Gardner Leader LLP

At Gardner Leader, we are proud of the diversity that runs through the firm and we value the importance of it, both internally and externally. The firm recently undertook a diversity survey to understand the breadth of people that are employed at Gardner Leader. We are also very proud of our employee retention, making sure our colleagues enjoy working for the firm, highlighted in our recent net promoter score of +70.

As such, the firm continually look to the future, hiring paralegals, trainee solicitors and graduates on a regular basis, helping them to further develop their careers in the legal sector. We also do not focus on those with a law degree as the singular pathway. We have recently helped a number of members complete their CILEx qualifications as well as our very first apprentice solicitor recently joining the firm.

Gardner Leader have been at the heart of the Thames Valley for over 125 years and supporting the community has always been important. We are proud to regularly support our local community in many different events and festivals, such as Thatcham Summer Festival, Newbury Beer Festival, Marlow Regatta, as well as a recent partnership with Maidenhead Football Club.

We are very proud of the charity work we do as a firm throughout the financial year. We vote from a list of nominated charities every spring and, in the last few years, we have supported many local and national charities. These include Newbury District Cancer Care Trust, Pancreatic Cancer UK and Thames Valley Air Ambulance, most recently raising over £7500 for the latter.

Running throughout our financial year from July, employees have been involved in many different fundraising activities, including: Bake sales, quizzes, and volunteering initiatives, as well as many other activities. Since 2014, employees and clients of Gardner Leader have raised in excess of £30,000.00.

This spring, the firm selected Newbury Soup Kitchen as our next ‘charity of the year’. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team are working on upcoming fundraising events and volunteering initiatives, including bake sales, charity raffles and community volunteering.

Gardner Leader also has an Environmental Group that looks at ways we can further improve the firm’s impact on the environment. Gardner Leader are now a part of the Legal Sustainability Alliance, looking at ways to improve the firm’s carbon footprint. Furthermore, our internal collaboration group have paid a particular focus on the environment, highlighting what more we can do as a firm to be more environmentally friendly. Including, sustainable promotional material and community initiatives.