I think that a Firm nowadays describes a collective of morons who go around using violence etc to intimidate people. ( Thats the gist that I get from my Martina Cole novels).
Although Firm has also been used to described a collective of morons ( mainly men) who use violence etc at football matches for whatever reason, never really understood the point of smashing someones head in for the love of Stoke City F.C etc.
Now.... a brief sypnosis please, I missed it- how did honey go into labour? how is it linked to 'Jase'?