Pali Goes Green!
“When providing environmental reports it is important we look the part” We at Pali consider ourselves an eco-friendly company, hence the current choice of Pali cars being Smart cars, so we thought what better way to do our bit for the environment than to have one of our Search Agents cycle to our local council […]
Sounds app-ealing! (Conveyancer Slater – Tweet of the Week)
Would this really be the app that solves all conveyancing client woes? Dealing with conveyancers during a house move is a nightmare, it cries out for a basecamp-for-moving-house web app. #PleaseBuildOne — Alastair Campbell (@alastc) April 16, 2015
Proposals continue SRA's regulatory reform
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a further raft of proposals to reduce the regulatory burden on law firms. The SRA Regulatory Reform programme was launched in May 2014 and aims to remove unnecessary regulatory barriers and restrictions and enable increased competition, without removing vital protections for consumers of legal services. A number of […]
Residential property vendors get cold feet
Supply of homes dwindles further, but demand remains steady Completed transaction levels stay relatively unchanged month on month The latest RICS Residential Market Survey report for March shows that, despite housing demand remaining relatively steady, the increase in price momentum prevails. This is allegedly comes as a result of limited property supply across the board […]
Usage of legal services remains unchanged
New research from YouGov Reports shows that a majority of consumers have used a solicitor or law firm in their lifetime. The Legal Services 2015 report finds that most adults (62%) have used a law firm or solicitor at some point in their lifetime; this remains the same as the previous report in December 2013. Adults […]
Q&A: Driving and Adapting to Change, Central London, Thursday 23rd April
Why should I attend? This national CPD conference will help decision makers at conveyancing firms manage issues that are seemingly outside of your control – as well as revealing proactive steps that you can take to get ahead of the competition and secure your firm’s success in the months and years to come. What will […]
Searches UK introduce Emma Stamp to its expanding and thriving team
Searches UK are delighted to welcome its newest member to its expanding team, Emma Stamp. Emma has worked in the legal industry for the last 11 years, specialising in the search market and legal software. Having gained extensive experience in sales and customer service, she is an expert in providing a quality service to clients. […]
ETSOS takes advantage of improving market
Conveyancing technology specialist ETSOS has reported sharp growth figures as the housing market continues to pick up. March was its latest record month, processing nearly 10,000 transactions in total, split between search orders and quotations generated by its class-leading enquiry management tool, QRS. This represents a 40% uplift on the same period last year, with […]
20% rise in calls handled for law firms
Reviewing its legal call data for the first quarter of 2015, telephone answering specialist Moneypenny has reported a 20% rise in calls handled for law firms in comparison with the same time last year. More than half a million calls were answered by Moneypenny’s legal receptionists on behalf of firms of all shapes and sizes, […]
PSG get top marks for Customer Service
Each year, the market leading conveyancing search provider give their clients the opportunity to have their say and provide feedback on the service they receive from PSG. This year, for the second time running an impressive 100% of customers said that they would recommend PSG to an industry colleague. Over 2,000 clients across England and […]
House price increases slow in run up to the General Election
The latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) House Price Index figures have been released for February 2015. The main points for conveyancers to note from this latest data are: 1.2% decrease in UK house price annual rise in the year to February 2015 compared to the year to January 2015– now at 7.2% increase. Excluding […]
Pali Launches New Office in Doncaster
The Pali Network Continues to Expand Pali would like to welcome a new addition to the franchise family. Matt Carter-Worrall is heading up the new Pali office in Doncaster. Matt has a wealth of experience in both property and the business sector and we at HQ can tell he’s going to be an asset to […]
Promotions within Legal-Eye Ltd (subsidiary of ULS Group)
Legal-Eye Ltd (Legal Eye) is proud to announce 5 promotions within the internal and associate team. Rhonda Treacy-Hales has been promoted to Head of Business Development, Dawn Stone has been promoted to Paraplanner, Legal Services and there have been 3 promotions within the associate team. Helen Glaze, Loschinee Naidoo and Norman Denton have been promoted […]
OneSearch Direct to Set up Dedicated Department for Landmark Reports
OneSearch Direct, the largest independent local authority data search company in the UK, has today announced that it is to set up a department at its Glasgow headquarters dedicated to supplying data for the ‘SiteSolutions Highways’ report successfully launched at the end of last year by Landmark Information Group. The ‘SiteSolutions Highways’ report, utilises data […]
A reminder – the enforceability of restrictive covenants
Restrictive covenants can have a serious impact upon the potential for development of a piece of land. In some cases the development will fail completely. Simon Wood, Barrister within the Commercial Litigation department at law firm Hart Brown, summarises how restrictive covenants work and how they may be circumvented. The first point for the developer […]
The Green Deal Explained
The Green Deal, which came into force in January 2013, is a government based initiative designed to reduce carbon emissions and save energy. It is a new way to pay for energy-saving home improvements like loft, cavity or solid-wall insulation, double glazing, a new boiler or even a ‘micro-generation’ system, such as solar panels. The […]
Interview with Dominic Cullis, Managing Director of Easy Convey
Dominic Cullis is Managing Director of Easy Convey and heads up the Legal Software Suppliers Association’s working group on conveyancing. As Glynn Morris prepares to take over as CEO of the LSSA, we asked Dominic about the issues currently being discussed by the conveyancing branch of the organisation. How long has Easy Convey been running? […]
Spotlight on….. SRA Spring Risk Outlook
Last month saw the SRA release their Spring Outlook which again drove home the clear messages of the continuing misuse of money and assets, the remaining risk of cyber-crime and bogus firms, and that money laundering is still a major industry problem. The document revealed that things have changed little since Autumn with poor financial controls […]
Good or bad? (Conveyancer Slater – Tweet of the Week)
This week we have a conveyancing “praiser” and “slater” combo! Which do you agree with? @Smokesniper To be fair, I found conveyancing to be deeply painful. Granted for very different reasons 😉 — Nearly Legal (@nearlylegal) April 7, 2015
Track your conveyancing conversion rate with Quick Quote exclusively from Searches UK
Searches UK have made further improvements to their Quick Quote system which now allows law firms to track conveyancing quotes and conversion rates quickly and easily. Law firms are now able to view all quotes generated by fee earners and also view the conversion rate from quote to instruction. This allows firms to change their […]
