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CELEBRATING
30 YEARS
This year Alison Fielden & Co celebrates 30 years
of service to the people and businesses of Cirencester and the Cotswolds.
In 1986 Alison Fielden started the firm in Cirencester
where she had been living for the last 4 years.
At that time she was working in Swindon
and considering her future there. However, as a young mother with a 2 year old
she had a burning desire to set up her own practice, she particularly wanted
the freedom that would give her to concentrate on client service and not on the
bureaucracy which goes with larger organisations.
From the very beginning, above an Indian Restaurant in
Castle Street, Alison looked to create a firm which put clients first, avoided
office politics and focused on doing the best job for clients.
On her own she had the ability to be flexible in
meeting client’s needs, to be innovative in developing new ways of serving those
clients without being bogged down in lots of discussion, bureaucracy and those
dreaded office politics.
Quality has been a watchword for Alison throughout the
life of the firm. She has always sought
to give a quality service to clients.
When she took on staff she looked to employ quality well qualified
people who could do their job and give a quality service to clients with little
interference from her.
Flexibility and innovation have meant that Alison
could develop new services for clients and new ways of delivering those
services as she saw the need. Whilst
conveyancing and property related matters have always been the main field of
work for Alison, in those early days she also developed a criminal practice,
sadly a service she is no longer able to offer clients. She saw the need and opportunity to qualify
as a Notary Public to offer additional services to local individuals and
business with international connections.
To be able to offer a wide range of services to local
people who could not afford them, she entered into contracts with the Legal Aid
Board and Legal Services Commission, when Legal Aid was more generally
available. From the outset she opened
the office on Saturday mornings to enable clients who struggled during the week
to come in. The firm developed a recycling
policy and a no smoking policy long before those matters were popular
ideas.
For Alison, and the people that she has employed,
highlights have been when clients let her know that they are pleased with the
job that has been well done; she delights in getting a difficult job done well.
Over the years she has got to know lots of people in
the local area, local businesses, the Mayor and counsellors, members of the
Chamber of Commerce but also the many clients for whom she has worked. She was a Governor at Chesterton Primary
School for 24 years.
Also in 1986 Cirencester Housing for Young People(CHYP)
started. Alison’s work brought her into
contact with that organisation and she and the firm have always supported the
work CHYP have done. In recent years
they have marked “CHYP Awareness Week” by holding a cake sale on their
forecourt. This year as CHYP celebrate
their 30th Anniversary Alison Fielden & Co have sponsored one of
their volunteers to undertake a Wing Walk to raise funds for the organisation. Later in the year members of staff at Alison
Fielden & Co are planning to walk, cycle and run 30 km through the
Cotswolds, hoping to raise more funds for CHYP.
Being part of the community and giving back to the
community has always been important for Alison which is why for the last 2
years and again this year Alison Fielden & Co have sponsored the Christmas
Lights in Cirencester.
Whilst celebrating 30 years of service to the
community, people and businesses of Cirencester and the Cotswolds, Alison
Fielden & Co is looking forward to continue serving that community, those
people and businesses going forward into the future.
Alison Fielden & Co have well qualified solicitors
and staff to advise in the following areas of law:
·
Property,
residential and commercial;
·
Business
matters;
·
Family Law –
divorce, finances and children;
·
Employment Law,
litigation and debt collection;
·
Wills and
Probate
alongside Alison’s continuing work as the only Notary Public
in Cirencester.
Alison Fielden & Co, The Gatehouse, Dollar Street,
Cirencester, Glos GL7 2AN
