Sometimes it’s harder being green. Switching suppliers, auditing, recycling, partnering. For LLC though it’s a core part of our social and business responsibility. When we started LLC, we agreed that that we should do more so that we have a positive impact on the world around us. That’s why we applied for Green Small Business […]

Tim Herbert Director More Info + The National Security and Investment Act came into force on 4 January 2022.  It allows the UK Government to screen acquisitions or investments that it considers could potentially represent a threat to the UK’s national security.  The Government can examine and intercede as it considers necessary for the public

Founders David Farquharson and Jo Farquharson of LLC are delighted to welcome Tim Herbert as a Director.  Trained at Herbert Smith Freehills, Tim brings over twenty years of high-quality commercial and corporate experience to LLC. Alongside this, Tim will also be a senior leader in LLC’s dispute resolution practice. Founder David Farquharson commented on Tim’s appointment, “we are delighted that

David Farquharson Founder More Info + #bluemonday. Alongside a seminal track by New Order, this phrase has become synonymous in recent years with gloom – statistically, the most depressing day of the year. It’s likely to be cold; it’s going to get dark early; and it’s January. You get the gist.  Without being in any

“Addressing the interconnected emergencies facing our societies and planet will require systems change, and transformations of that scale are a team sport.” (See Harvard Business Review, The Myth of the CEO Hero) It’s common knowledge that the safe limit for the rise in global average temperature is 1.5 degrees Celsius.  A recently published UN Report concluded that if carbon

David Farquharson Founder More Info + To address the most pressing global issues of our time, it’s up to governments, companies and individuals to work together responsibly. That’s why when we started LLC, it was always our ambition to apply for B Corp UK Status. We are delighted to announce that at the end of

David Farquharson Founder More Info + “I’m not sure what us men are supposed to do. The vast majority respect women completely so these stories are aimed at nutters, who will always be nutters regardless”(Tweet in response to Marina Hyde’s “What happened to me was nothing – the nothing women know all too well” Guardian,

Lizzie Frost Director More Info + A theme of International Women’s Day (IWD) is choose to challenge.  Choice.  For those of us who have the freedom of choice, this is an opportunity to challenge – gender stereotypes, the gender pay gap, office harassment and bullying.  The challenge I take up is ensuring flexibility to work. 

David Farquharson Founder More Info + So, about 2020. A hard one to sugar coat really. It was Hemingway in one of his regular dark moments who said “The world breaks every one”. More optimistically, he coupled this with “afterwards many are strong at the broken places”. It is my hope that, as we exit almost everyone’s annus horribilis, many of

David Farquharson Founder More Info + This is an article about perspective, resilience, sensitivity, and purpose. A few months ago, when I posted some thoughts on our approach to the pandemic, coronavirus had claimed 68,169 lives worldwide with more than 1.25 million confirmed cases. Boris Johnson had proclaimed that “families will lose loved ones before