SearchFlow offer guidance on risk management compliance
SearchFlow have joined forces with Legal Eye to help practices embed compliance within their firms. The firm is running a series of seminars throughout the autumn to explain more about compliance and how they can help. To find out more . They explain that the need for risk management processes is vital following the SRA […]
Law Society takes stake in external service provider
The Law Society has announced it will be teaming up with Riliance, a company who offer support on outcomes-focused regulation (OFR). This is the first time the Law Society has invested in a firm rather than formed a commercial partnership. The deal will allow Riliance to strengthen its Risk and Compliance Service and Lexcel practice […]
Flat month according to RICS
RICS September Housing Market Survey shows a fairly flat month for both transactions and prices. The national price balance improved slightly from -18 to -15, meaning 15% more surveyors reported a fall rather than a rise in prices over the last three months. London remains the only region where more surveyors are reporting price rises […]
Data-enabled fraud here to stay
The UK’s Fraud Prevention CIFAS have identified a 10% increase in cases of confirmed fraud across their membership. Whilst this is a worrying trend the increase may be in part due to improved detection techniques, and increased fraud awareness, helping to reveal more frauds that had previously escaped undetected. There was a 73% increase in […]