In the swim

The run-up to the Olympics always causes great excitement at Pinsent Curtis, owing to the marketing opportunities afforded by crack rower Matthew Pinsent (second right), great-grandson of the firm's founder.

Four years ago in Atlanta the firm sponsored him and Steven Redgrave (right), Britain's only gold medallists.

This time around, they are not sponsoring the pair as they join with James Cracknell (left) and Tim Foster in the coxless fours, but nonetheless managed to persuade them to tour the Birmingham office 'to meet staff and share their experience of how successful teams are built'.

The quartet also found time to make use of new business director Sally Jones in an impromptu weight-training session.