This week is Walk to School Week, and Winns is sponsoring four schools in our local area to help them get involved.

Congratulations are in order for Whitley Bay Sporting Club U13s girl’s team, who have recently lifted the Wade Financial Trophy!

At the end of last month, Ben Marshall from our First Response Team took party in a charity boxing match in Sunderland.

Suzanne Winn has recently celebrated her ten-year anniversary of working with the firm. We caught up with her to find out more about her experience of working with us.

This week is National Apprenticeship Week and we’ve been talking to our apprentices, past and present, to see what they value about apprenticeships and working with Winns. We talked to Meghan Alexandra who started as an apprentice in the post team and now works as a junior legal secretary. This is what she had to say.

We’re delighted to announce that Rebecca Lamb has joined the growing On Hire team as Deputy Manager.

We are delighted to announce that we are further expanding our business and are excited to announce our new venture, On Insurance Connect.

A huge congratulations are in order for the five Winns staff who ran the Great North Run to raise money for the Sunshine Fund.

Costs Lawyer Jonathan Frith has recently been promoted to Manager of the Costs Team.

Congratulations are in order for Carly Backhouse, who has recently completed her apprenticeship in Business Administration with Winn Solicitors, and has been promoted from apprentice Admin Assistant in the Post Team to Admin Assistant within the Trials Team.

Congratulations are in order for Kris Brown, who has recently been promoted to the role of Training and Development Officer.

Friday 24th March was Red Nose Day, and staff at Winn Group got involved in a whole host of activities in order to raise money for charity.

Winns is welcoming James Urquhart-Burton to the firm, in the role of Solicitor in the Part 7 Team.

Holly Clegg, from Newcastle, has recently joined Winn Solicitors. In her new role, she will work as a Solicitor within the Complex Claims Team.

Winns welcomes Solicitors Lucy Wennington, Jonathan Straughan and Louise Gudgin, who have recently joined the firm.

Congratulations are in order for Haleema Gohar, Liam Warren and Daniel Strong, who have recently been awarded training contracts with Winn Solicitors.

Winns are proud sponsors of the second annual WonderLAN ball. The ball is a charity event put on by Durham-based EMG Solicitors to support brain injury charity Headway.

Winns has welcomed senior appointment Deborah Henning, who has joined the firm as Compliance Manager.

Winns staff Kieran Embleton, Ben Marshall and Sharan Singh took part in the Great North Run 2016 on behalf of the Sunshine Fund.

Winn Solicitors has successfully secured the national Law Society’s legal practice quality mark, Lexcel, for another year. After initially being awarded the accolade in 2011, the firm have maintained the award ever since.

Congratulations to Sabina Haque, Natalie Hall and Josh Armstrong, who have recently been accepted on to training contracts with the firm.

We’d like to say a huge well done to the 35 staff members at Winns who took part in this year’s Sunshine Run. The team took on the 5k run along Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside yesterday evening, to raise money for North East charity The Sunshine Fund.

Mark Howell has recently joined the IT Team at Winns, in the role of Proclaim Developer. In his new role, Mark, from Newcastle, will be responsible for developing and maintaining the Proclaim case management system.

We are delighted to announce that we have made the shortlist for the Northern Law Awards. Both the Litigation Team and the Trials Team have made the cut for Team of the Year – Personal Injury/ Clinical Negligence, while the firm as a whole has been shortlisted for Large Law Firm of the Year. The awards celebrate the great wealth of legal talent and success within the region.

Meisha Wallace has recently joined the HR team in the role of HR Assistant. She will be responsible for assisting the HR Officer with all aspects of HR.

Winns has recently taken on three new apprentices through Learning Links, to expand its workforce and encourage internal growth and promotion for aspiring legal professionals.

We are delighted to be supporting the Sunshine Fund in the Great North Run 2016, for the second year in a row. The money raised by those taking part will go towards supporting disabled and seriously ill children around the North East.

Helen Proud has joined Winn Solicitors as a Chartered Legal Executive, working in the Road Traffic Accident Portal Team.

Winns are proud to have participated in this year’s Making Winter Warmer Selection Box Appeal. Staff have been rallying around to contribute as many selection boxes and chocolate gifts as possible to donate to the cause, which was organised by the Making Winter Warmer community g

Congratulations are in order for newly qualified Solicitors Nikita Bos and Katy Jones. Nikita, from Seaham, and Katy, from Nenthead, both studied Law at Northumbria University, before joining Winn Solicitors as Legal Clerks in 2012.

In aid of Children in Need, the team at Winns got involved in a range of fantastic fundraising activities. Staff cooked up an impressive array of cakes, which were sold at our bake sale, entered a ‘sweets in a jar’ competition, and even turned up to work in fancy dress!

Adam Robinson and Stephanie Bennett are celebrating after being selected to undertake training contracts at Winn Solicitors.

Megan, from Newbiggin Hall, recently joined Winn Solicitors on an apprenticeship in business administration. Here, she talks about her role within the company, and her ambitions for the future.

Congratulations are in order for newly qualified solicitors Joanne Blenkinsopp and Catherine Walker. Joanne, from Bedlington, and Catherine, from Shotley Bridge, both joined Winn Solicitors as Legal Clerks three years ago, and were subsequently awarded training contracts.

Winn Solicitors staff Adam Robinson and Mick Davis took part in one of the region’s biggest sporting events this Sunday - the Great North Run.

We are delighted to welcome new Solicitors Fiona McClelland and Himat Sidhu to Winns. Fiona, from High Heaton, and Himat, from Jarrow, both recently joined our busy Trials Team.

After only five months at Winn Solicitors, Stacey Grant is on the fast-track to success. Having joined Winn Solicitors as an Admin Assistant for the busy Post Team, she has been promoted to Rehabilitation Administrator for sister company On Medical.

Following success in their previous roles, two of Winns high achievers, Haleema Gohar and Sarah McCulloch, have been promoted to become Legal Clerks.

Winn Solicitors have awarded three students from Northumbria University Law School with prestigious prizes for the best performance in Civil Litigation, at the 2015 Academic Congregations and Prize Giving Ceremony 2015.

Proclaim Developer Michael Kealy is taking on an impressive challenge this summer – he is set to complete three triathlons between now and August.

Marketing Executive Jeff Lyall, from Gateshead, has joined the growing marketing team at Winn Solicitors. Jeff’s main areas of responsibility will include social media and email marketing.

Winns welcomes a new starter to the Marketing Department. Sophie Cresswell, from Heaton, has joined the expanding team in the role of Marketing Copywriter.

Every year in September the North East comes to a standstill as the regions runners take to the streets and all eyes turn to the world’s leading half marathon – The Great North Run.

Accomplished Winn Solicitors employee Lauren Vasey has been promoted to the role of Legal Clerk. Lauren has been with the Winns team for almost three years, and in that time she has made impressive progress.

Congratulations to everyone who took part in yesterday's Cobalt Duathlon and a special well done to our very own Michael Kealy, who completed the 30k course in 01h 34m 43.5s!

Winns are always pleased to see our team members evolve and grow during their time with us, so we couldn’t be more pleased to see Nichola Welsh qualify as a Costs Lawyer.

We're delighted to announce that Jo Amos has joined the Winn Solicitors board of directors.

Katy-Anne Atkinson joined Winn Solicitors in 2012 as Legal Clerk and secured a training contract with the company in 2013.

Winn Assist has been nominated for Claims Management Company of the Year at the Modern Claims Awards. The prestigious new awards celebrate cross-industry talent and success.

We just wanted to take this opportunity to say Happy New Year from everyone at Winn Solicitors!

Winn Solicitors employee Victoria George has been awarded her Level 5 Intermediate Diploma in Human Resources Management from the CIPD.

Specialist accident management company Winn Assist has scooped a prestigious award having been named the ABP Repairers’ Choice Award: Accident Management Company of the Year 2014, at the 8th Annual ABP Night of Knights Awards Ceremony.

Winn Solicitors is continuing its successful year with the Newcastle based firm celebrating its first entries to the prestigious Legal 500 listing, widely recognised as the leading guide to law firms in the country.

HR Administrator Melanie Reynolds celebrates 10 years working with Winn Solicitors, and tells us more about her time with the firm.

Winn Solicitors Limited graduate trainees Keelie Robinson and Rebecca Hann have completed their training contracts and successfully qualified as solicitors.

Congratulations to the Winn Group Finance Director, Iain Richardson, on securing the Finance Director of the Year title at the North East Accountancy Awards on Thursday 26 June.

Road accident management firm Winn Assist has won a major national award in recognition of its high standard of customer service and expertise.

Road accident management firm Winn Assist has been shortlisted for the second national award recognising the quality of its team in as many weeks.

Winns are happy to announce that B2B branch Winn Assist has been nominated for Outstanding Claims Management Team of the Year award at the Insurance Times Claims Excellence Awards 2014.

MI6 recently caused a buzz in the HR circuit after releasing their latest recruitment ad, which highlighted “The Fast Track To Becoming An Intelligence Officer”.

Winn Solicitors are very proud to be on board as official sponsors of Newcastle's very first city-centre, triathlon event, which will see teams from both regional and national business vying for first place in the Quayside race.

A study of UK mums has found that childcare costs are a preventing factor in their decision to return to work.

The New Year often incites motivation to make changes to ones lifestyle or outlook, however a recent study has found that almost one in five of us are considering a change in employment in 2014.

Chancellor George Osborne is expected to announce plans to raise the national state pension age to 70 after 2050 in today's Autumn Statement.

A talented young solicitor here at Winn Solicitors has proven determination pays off after completing her solicitor training despite coping with a double tragedy.

Winn Solicitors are proud to announce a massive investment deal to fuel national growth: we’ve gone into partnership with financiers JZI International and Souter Investments to help boost growth of our award-winning firm and encourage new jobs.

At Winns we're proud to be based in the North East and we acknowledge our obligation to care for the wider community in which we serve.

Winns would like to congratulate Graham Lamb from the Accounts Department who we recently sponsored to complete the ‘Coast 2 Coast’ challenge all for the amazing Alzheimer’s Society Charity.