<p>The Evening Standard are looking for comment and anecdotes from business owners in London whose business may be affected in a positive way by the big match on Saturday night when England play South Africa in the Rugby World Cup semi-final. For example, you could be a bar and be fully booked or perhaps are a butcher and have sold a lot more ribeyes than usual as people plan a big night in with friends and family. If that's you, fire away.</p>

Evening Standard story on big rugby weekend

As a firm with a proud South African lawyer and a number of English lawyers, as you can expect this match is already the cause of a lot of friendly banter.  We do a lot of cross-border work between the two countries and this match has definitely increased conversations as it reminds many in South Africa of their historic ties to the UK and hence opportunities to invest and visit here.  <br><br>  The odd one out is our other director who supports Scotland!

Tahina Akther

As a Chartered Wealth Manager I have enjoyed a varied career working with some of the largest brands in the UK financial advice industry.
Not your typical financial services type!
A specialist working with the legal sector.
The non-lawyer co-owner of a boutique national law firm.
A career coach and mentor I have had the privilege of working with a number of very successful employed and self-employed individuals. My skillset is in identifying skills in others and helping them to use these for success.
I'm a family man and this motivates everything I do and love working with like minded individuals. Work should never come at the cost of family, life is too short! 
I am a passionate believer in flexible working and the benefits that can bring, especially in enabling working parents balance successful careers and family life. 

Over the years I have worked with those up to and including board level. I have seen what works and doesn't work for businesses ranging in size from one person self-employed practices to large national organisations. I have coached and developed brand new trainees up to experienced MD's. 
I am known in financial services as a problem solver and self confessed geek.  I have expertise in most financial planning areas but particularly complex pensions and Trust arrangements.  I was a member of the CISI technical panel for their PCIAM exam for a number of years.

Outside the day job I regularly present to state schools about careers and am an Academy Chair for one of the largest secondary schools in the country. 

Companies I have worked for or with:
Aviva 
Coventry Building Society - Aviva Financial advisers 
Coutts (Including heading Wealth Training for Coutts, Adam and Co, Nat West, RBS et al).
SJP
Chase de Vere


Evening Standard story on big rugby weekend

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Barrister and Co-Founder at Wildcat Law

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