It hardly ever snows in the seaside town of Southport where MAPS is based.

However, today has been an exception.

James and John spent their lunchtime clearing snow from our car park!

Christmas came early to MAPS as staff put on their glad rags and headed for Zeligs in Liverpool on Friday 11^th December for a festive meal and entertainment.

Staff were greeted by the sounds of Liverpool’s own Franki Sinatra and supporting swing band followed by a tasty three course meal!!

Secret Santa presents were also exchanged at the meal and the whole event was reported to be a success!!

Some of the Maps team enjoyed a day out at Go Ape in Delamere Forest, Cheshire on Sunday. John and Deirdre managed to complete the course despite their fear of heights. Mike followed us on the ground whilst taking photos.

Adam managed to snap his pulley wire on the first zip slide but fortunately he was saved by two additional clips.

The last stage ended in a 12m high and 212m long zip slide into a pile of wood chippings. Most us us ended up on our backs but Dan, Vicky and Cheryl managed to stay on their feet.

Watch the videos taken by James on his iphone:
John | Deirdre | Adam | Cheryl | Vicky | Dan | Jessie

Pudsey Juniors under 14’s travel to Holland in April 2010 to take on the might of Europe in the Netherlands Easter Trophy!

The team is coached by Nigel Beck of Kayes Solicitors, and, despite this, the lads have high hopes for the competition!

The squad are actively raising money to fund the tour and are arranging a number of events including penalty shoot-outs, bag packs, and sponsored walks.

One of the bright sparks in them team has calculated that the return trip to Holland is 920 km’s and sponsorship is invited at £10 per km.

All sponsors will have a link on the official tour website and, for donations of £250 or more, will receive a match shirt signed by all the players at the end of the tour.

Who knows……you could be sponsoring a future England captain!

Follow the lads progress at their website

Maps announced as a finalist in the National GO Awards for Excellence in Public Procurement – Best Small Business Award.

A record number of submissions entered into the GO Awards, from a broad cross-section of the UK public and private sectors. This makes the achievement of a finalist place even more significant, as the level of competition for these coveted Awards intensifies.

The awards ceremony is being held on 4th June 2009 in London.

Our website now lives on its own dedicated server at Rackspace – world leader in hosting – who guarantee 100% network and infrastructure uptime and many other business-critical support features.

Their customer service philosophy, Fanatical Support^® has won much industry recognition and they were recently voted with the best customer focus in the country, in the 2008 National Business Awards.

MAPS decision to select Rackspace was obvious – a like-minded organisation with very strong environmental credentials!

MAPS have significantly strengthened their market share in the Public Sector and are considered to be the fastest growing independent legal expenses provider. James Tattersall, Managing Director of MAPS, comments: “We continue to win new Public Sector accounts every month and existing clients are renewing with us under long terms agreements. We are probably the second biggest LEI/ULR provider in the Public Sector and remain an independent privately owned company”.

We currently act for 39% of all County Councils and 27% of all London Boroughs as well as a considerable number of other Public Bodies such as Police and Fire Authorities, Housing Associations and Local Councils.

Last month Brother asked local businesses in the North West to help them attempt to create the world’s largest classified advertisement to help celebrate the launch of the world’s first compact A3 multifunction inkjet printers.

The ad ran live until the 16^th November but the web pages, www.brother.co.uk/manchesterad, will continue until the end of December 2008.

Can you find our logo? It’s on the top line!

Southport Trinity AFC under 8’s football team, sponsored by Maps Legal Assistance, wore their brand new kit for the first game of the season today. At half time they were winning 2-1 but in the last five minutes of the game their opponents equalised. Final score 2-2.

We are pleased to announce that Stephanie Gardner of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council was the winner of our 2008 ALARM Conference digital camera draw. Thank you to everyone who entered.

It was a hectic, but very successful, two day conference and great to see so many of our clients, friends and partners.