We spoke to our motor engineer, Adam Philpotts, about his first outing in a Laird sponsored Nissan Micra in this year’s SMC Rally Stage in Anglesey   Back in September 2017 I purchased a Nissan Micra that had been used as a Targa rally car. Targa rallying is an entry level form of rallying that […]

New Business Development Team We are delighted to announce a complete new line up to our Business Development & Relationship Team for 2018. History Nik Ellis explained some of the thought process for this change of direction. “In our earlier history I introduced young engineer, James Shields, into the business development team & we grew […]

Laird Expert is an award-winning expert witness firm, providing a variety of forensic services to the legal, insurance & motor industries through the UK. Our strong annual growth is due to our outstanding customer service, highly rated reports and an awesome blend of really useful IT and superb staff. We’re proud to be at the […]

Leon Woodiwiss lets us know in his own words what he thinks of his first two years with Laird: “Just a quick note to celebrate my 2 year anniversary today at Laird Assessors. I would just like to say what a great 2 years it has been. It’s a fantastic company to work for with […]

We are delighted to announce that our Head of Automotive, Lee Baty, has won the The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) Learning & Development Outstanding Achiever Management Award 2017. The annual awards were held at Fanshaws, Hertfordshire,  where IMI Patron, Prince Michael of Kent, was in attendance to recognise the growing talent within the […]

Today Laird say’s goodbye to one of it’s longest standing members and key players in our Work Hard, Play Harder culture! James Shields came to Laird 13 years ago for a summer job whilst he decided what to do with his life and well, the rest is history.   The company has grown from 5 […]

Motor Engineer John McCormack takes on the Tour Of Cambridgeshire Gran Fondo The mainly flat Tour Of Cambridgeshire Gran Fondo, on fully closed roads in Peterborough, has become the biggest event in its third edition with over 8,000 participants. The 79 miles / 127km Race on Sunday 2nd June featured a fast course. This British event […]

Laird recognised by the Legal & Insurance industries for their supporting Expert Witness work. Delighted to announce that Laird Expert won the best Associated Industry award for their expert witness work supporting the Legal & Insurance industries at the Claims Management Awards held at The Grange, St Pauls, London. MD Nik Ellis said “We’re really pleased to […]

Chain Runner is a 10k ‘tough mudder’ style  run with obstacles such as ‘Barb Crawl’ ‘Shocking Crawl’ ‘The Plunge’ and ‘Log Carry.’ Ed will be running in aid of Claire House and  is looking forward to the challenge! We are looking for people to help Ed exceed his donation target for this fantastic cause. Please follow […]

Did you know? Yesterday was International Happiness Day! How happy where you? We made a special effort in the office to put a smile on everyones faces! Heres a list of just SOME of the things that took place over the course of the day yesterday …. Team Lunch – Nando’s – Harvest Mouse Team […]

Liam joined Laird in 2016 as an apprentice and found his feet quickly as our First Response Administrator. His desire to learn and progress has cemented him as a truly valued member of the Laird family and following his successful completion of his apprenticeship, he has now been offered a permanent contract as an Administrator […]

Hannah has successfully completed her first year at Laird. She came to Laird originally as Maternity cover. She has since become a valuable member of the Laird family. So much so, we have now offered her a permanent position within the logistics team following a review that has seen her improve in leaps and bounds. […]

Another year another ski trip! Laird take some of their staff on the annual ski trip to La Clusaz! With nearly a metre and a half of snow dumped the day before we arrived we were greeted by bright sunshine and a weather forecast skiers always hope to see! The antics began on the Thursday […]

Wow, hasn’t time flown, its been an astonishing 13 years but where has the time gone…. Everybody at Laird would love to wish James Shields our Business Development Manager a happy 13 year anniversary! The business has flourished and couldn’t have got to where it has today without the help of Mr Shields! Thanks James […]

From all at Laird we would like to say a massive Happy 1 year anniversary to Ross Connell, one of our engineers! This is what he said about his last 1 year working at Laird: I first applied for laird just thinking well why the hell not after trying to become a motor engineer for […]