The journey of Thornton Legal, so far...

I’m writing this blog from the Viking, a pub close to my house as I’m not in the office today. To be honest, I just fancied a change of scenery.

In the early days of Thornton Legal, before we had a permanent office, staff etc, a good amount of my time was spent here, and it’s got me reminiscing about the old days! Well, not quite the old days, but how far we have come in a relatively short amount of time and how things have changed. The more successful Thornton Legal, the more responsibility we have then the more we have on our plates – this is one of the biggest challenges for us, but we wouldn’t have it any other way, I’m sure most SME business owners would say something similar. 

Nick and I started trading in January 2016 using our own savings hoping that we could make a success of things, and so far, so good. In fact, it’s fair to say that neither of us are very good at acknowledging or celebrating our success – we definitely don’t blow our own trumpets enough. We joke to each other that we have been lucky, and we sometimes don’t know what we are doing (more so from a business owner perspective than recruitment) but, in actual fact, we have done really well with effort, determination and application. There is no doubt that recruitment is a tough job. But we have a great little business with loads of potential! Here are a few positive things that have popped into my head:

Nick and I make a very good team, we think differently but we know where we, were we want to be and how we are going to get there. Being joint owners and spending 99% of working days together has added another dimension to our friendship of over 30 years!

Our office space is getting bigger and better each year, an obvious sign of progression. In March 2016 we were in my house (Nick had the most ridiculous small desk - ha) and in March 2018 we will be moving to a really lovely room with space for 12. Our IT infrastructure is spot on too.

From a recruitment perspective Jade came on board in January as our marketing assistant and this month Alex will be joining us as our first trainee recruitment consultant. We have plans for further additions over the coming months and into 2019. They are both excellent hires for the business, let’s hope the next ones match up!

Nick and I have invested money where we have needed it. We spent a good few months with a business coach called Alison Humphries who helped us with a 3-year business plan and our 12 week trainee recruitment plan. We believe the training we offer is better than other recruiters, but the proof will be how good our staff retention rate I suppose.

Have you had a look at our website, it’s really good. I know I would say that, but it is! It’s brilliant that we have so many client and candidate testimonials and that we have law firms happy to give us their logos and associate with Thornton Legal. We are working hard to improve it all the time, and we have plans to link up with other related businesses (coaching, training, legal marketing etc), giving us a more rounded offering to our clients and candidates.

We won’t always get it right but, as Coach Luke said to me recently, if you’re not failings then you’re not growing…deep stuff!

P.S. I forgot to add that we won an award last year, Best Start Up in Merseyside – how cool is that!

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Thornton Legal is a leading legal recruitment company, recruiting for legal jobs in the North West, Midlands and Yorkshire. We are passionate about providing a professional, innovative and reliable legal recruitment service that is focused on quality and ensures our clients are matched with the strongest legal talent available. Contact one of our legal recruitment consultants today to see what we can do for your law firm or legal career. 

Thornton Legal is a leading legal recruitment company, recruiting for legal jobs in the North West, Midlands and Yorkshire. We are passionate about providing a professional, innovative and reliable legal recruitment service that is focused on quality and ensures our clients are matched with the strongest legal talent available. Contact one of our legal recruitment consultants today on 0151 307 5757 or [email protected] to see what we can do for your law firm or legal career.