WORCESTERSHIRE solicitors has made eight new appointments to its growing team this year.

Thursfields Solicitors, which has its head office in Foregate Street, has recruited Laura Smith as an associate in the wills and estates division.

Meanwhile Emily Regimbeau has joined the company as legal secretary in the commercial property division.

Sharon Oakley has joined as senior associate and Jodie Harper as legal assistant in the wills and estates division at the Kidderminster office.

Other Midland offices in the firm have welcomed Pauline O’Rourke, Jade Linton, James Monk and Philip Rea, which has taken the overall staff number to above 140.

Michelle O’Hara, director of human resources and commercial services at the firm, said: “Thursfields is rapidly expanding across the Midlands and is attracting high-calibre lawyers who want to work for a company that offers them the chance to make a difference to our clients.

"Thursfields’ turnover has grown by 20 per cent in each of the last four financial years.

"We now have staff working in our seven offices in Birmingham, Solihull, Worcester, Kidderminster, Halesowen, Sedgley and Stourport-on-Severn."