Let us introduce you to some of our employer clients and the sectors in which we have particular expertise.
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Our client Fiskars Brands UK Ltd is part of the Fiskars group, a global consumer products business with a strong portfolio of trusted brands including Fiskars, Iittala, Arabia, Hackman, Gerber, Silva, and Buster. Focussed on garden and household cutting tools, such as shears, secateurs and scissors, Fiskars’ products can truly be said to be “cutting edge”.
HR Manager Sarah Brown is very pleased with our commercial approach.
I can thoroughly recommend Menzies Law for their commercial, ‘can do’ approach to their advice. They actively look at how to solve legal problems from the start rather than ever suggest that we can’t do what the business feels it needs to do.
Sarah Brown, HR Manager, Fiskars Brands UK Ltd
Our client RPC Containers Ltd, based in Llantrisant, South Wales, is part of the RPC Group, Europe's leading rigid plastic packaging manufacturer. RPC supplies a comprehensive range of customers, from the largest European manufacturers of consumer products to the smallest national businesses. It has 41 operations in 11 countries and employs just under 6,000 people.
At their Llantrisant site we assist RPC with all the usual HR/legal issues that tend to arise on a manufacturing site. Their HR Manager, Bram Fischer, is grateful for the reliable service we provide.
I have worked with Luke Menzies for a number of years and find him a highly reliable, approachable legal adviser. He is very quick to respond and has a solid grasp of how to tackle the ‘shop floor’ legal issues we encounter. He and his firm are tuned in to what a manufacturer needs from its legal support.
Bram Fischer, HR Manager, RPC Containers Ltd
Our client Linde Material Handling is part of the world's largest manufacturer of materials handling equipment, employing over 30,000 people worldwide, and boasting an annual production in excess of 90,000 units. It has manufacturing facilities in the UK, Germany and France, Italy, USA and China. Linde Material Handling forms just one part of the KION Group, the other divisions being Engineering and Contracting. These divisions have established leading positions in their respective markets and their innovative skills and technological know-how are second to none.
Linde Heavy Truck Division, based in a purpose-built factory in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, is the Group’s dedicated manufacturing facility for all forklifts from 10,000 Kg to 46,000 Kg, including Sideloaders and the entire Linde Container Handling range of products.
HR Manager Matthew Taylor recommends our robust approach to legal problems and Employment Tribunal cases.
I consider myself strongly supported by Menzies Law in my role and I appreciate their ‘no nonsense’ approach to employment law issues, particularly the difficult ones. They have an excellent success rate in handling our Tribunal claims. I think any employer would feel very confident with Menzies Law on its side.
Matthew Taylor, HR Manager,
Linde Heavy Truck Division Ltd
Our client Direct Wines Ltd trades as Laithwaites Wine, Virgin Wines, Sunday Times Wine Club and Averys of Bristol. Based in Theale, near Reading, it is the UK's largest mail-order wine merchant and, with nearly 1,000 employees, it is one of our largest clients.
Their Head of Human Resources, Roisin Rafferty, is very ready to recommend our service to other businesses:
We have great confidence in Menzies Law handling both our high-level, complex employment law needs as well as providing an excellent ‘HR support service’ on a daily basis. Their professionalism and very practical approach, focussed on our commercial priorities, gives us complete faith in the quality of their advice.
Roisin Rafferty, Head of Human Resources, Direct Wines
Our client New College, based in Swindon, is an FE college offering courses for 14-19 year olds and for businesses. New College runs over 175 A Level and vocational programmes, as well as a range of courses at other levels. Qualifications include AS and A Levels, BTECs, GCSEs (new and resits), NVQs, diplomas and work-based learning such as Apprenticeships and Foundation Degrees. New College has the largest number of exam entries of any school or college in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire or Avon. Ofsted praises the college as having “a happy, industrious and safe environment with enthusiastic, supportive staff and a strong sense of community.”
HR Director Maureen Debbage has enthusiastically recommended us to her counterparts in other colleges:
I have been delighted with the approach that Menzies Law takes to its service. They are very approachable and friendly but are also quick to give firm, pragmatic advice and – most importantly – they do not ‘sit on the fence’. They provide the quality of service that I spent a long time looking for.
Maureen Debbage, HR Director,
New College, Swindon
