Industry high-flyer
in the driving seat at Crutes
A Hexham businessman has joined one of the region’s leading law firms to help
drive forward its ambitious growth plans.
Tim Robinson, a chartered accountant by profession, has joined Crutes Law Firm
as commercial director. He brings with him over 20 years experience of
successfully growing businesses in the UK and further a field. His aim
is to help the firm expand its service offering and dramatically increase
market share.
Crutes is currently one of the top five law firms in the North
East, with offices in Newcastle, Teesside and Carlisle. Over the next
three years Crutes aims to close the gap on the top three law firms in
the region by continuing to expand its services in areas such as business
services and private client law.
Tim commented on his appointment: “I am very much looking
forward to the opportunity that this new role brings. The majority of
my experience to date has come in the manufacturing industry, so the
opportunity to use my skills in a completely different sector is what
appealed to me most about this role.
“Using my 20 plus years experience of building successful
businesses I hope to bring a strong commercial viewpoint to Crutes. We
already have an excellent team of lawyers, and a strong tradition in
litigation, insurance and public sector work. I am here to help the firm
build on these strengths - and expand the business in a commercially
viable way in our new target areas.
“The potential is there within this market, we only have to
look at our larger competitors to see that.”
Robinson spent nine years of his career with electronics company
ISL as finance director – he helped the company grow from a turnover
of £10 million to £150 million when the company was sold to an American
consortium in 1997.
He continued working for the US consortium as European finance
director for all its electronics businesses. At this time he was responsible
for businesses in eight different countries, with a combined turnover
of over £800 million.
Following this Tim joined North East success story - the Tanfield
Group - and helped float the company in 2000. He played a key role in
growing the company from zero to a turnover of more than £50 million.
Tanfield Group is now valued at over £400 million on the London Stock
Market.
Helen Ager, managing partner at Crutes, said: “In the last
two years Crutes has invested heavily to get the right people in place
across our target growth areas of business services and private client.
Now we are ready to go out there and meet our competitors in the marketplace
head-on. Tim’s vast experience and innate commercial awareness is going
to be of huge benefit to us at this exciting time in our growth and development.”
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