Friday 29 Nov 2013 @ 07:05
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Welsh legal firm to launch UK wide eCommerce service
A Welsh legal firm is to launch “Gateway2Law” - a UK wide eCommerce service with an extensive range of legal services available online.
The investment by Watkins and Gunn, which is headquartered in Pontypool, is supported by £50,000 from the Welsh Government’s Economic Growth Fund.
The project involves the creation of a new eCommerce legal offering called “Gateway2Law”. It will create five new legal jobs and safeguard a further five jobs and involves developing an enhanced web presence and software to provide a path to an online personalised legal service complete with payment facilities.
eCommerce is still relatively new to the legal sector and offering on line services will enable Watkins and Gunn to remain ahead of the game in delivering its current and future services in an increasingly demanding and competitive market.
The Legal Services Act and the advent of Alternative Business Structures (ABS) is forcing the sector to innovate and diversify due to the increasingly competitive marketplace and changes in how customers source their legal services.
The Legal Services Act and the advent of Alternative Business Structures (ABS) is forcing the sector to innovate and diversify due to the increasingly competitive marketplace and changes in how customers source their legal services.
The Welsh Government promoted the importance of the legal sector offering online digital services at a business event it ran this summer.
Economy Minister Edwina Hart said:
”The legal sector is undergoing substantial change and faces a number of challenges so it is encouraging seeing a law firm taking steps to adapt to these changes and creating new opportunities for growth.“I am delighted support from the Welsh Government’s Economic Growth Fund is enabling this project to go ahead that will create and safeguard jobs in one of our key economic sectors. It will also enable Watkins and Gunn to develop new and innovative channels with the potential to extend their services throughout the UK.“
Managing Partner Clive Thomas said:
“I am really looking forward to the launch of “Gateway2Law”in the new year. We believe we are the first Welsh legal firm to develop such a holistic online solution and funding support from the Welsh Government was vital to launch this innovative new service.“The provision of on line legal services will help us grow our practice by enabling us to attract new clients, offer staff legal benefit schemes for companies and broaden our client base by competing for work nationally.”
The on line service will cover all of the firm’s specialist areas - Personal Injury; Family Law; Conveyancing; Crime; Private Client (Wills and Probate) and Employment.
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