Is disjointed technology holding you back?
Start by asking this: are lawyers and administrators spending valuable time looking for information – be it a document, client folder, phone number or billing details? If the answer is yes to any of the above, then the firm is most likely being held back by disjointed technology systems. By reducing the time wasted on […]
Groundsure Charity Golf Day 2016
Groundsure are hosting their inaugural charity golf day on 30th September 2016 at Cottesmore Hotel Golf and Country Club, West Sussex, raising money for Prostate Cancer UK.
Midnight deadline on second home SDLT supposed to “minimise distortions”
The midnight deadline for the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional properties was supposed to minimise any distortion in the marketplace according to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke MP. Speaking at a session of the public bill committee, the MP for South West Hertfordshire also confirmed that so-called “Granny Annexes” would be […]
Improve your personal and business security
Ken Munro, ethical hacker, covers recent data breaches and explains the ways in which people, passwords and patches need to work together to avoid a breach. More information on Cyber and how to Prepare, protect and prevent This article was submitted to be published by Howden UK Limited as part of their advertising agreement with […]
Home ownership rates stable after decade of decline
Home ownership rates are stable across England for the first time since 2003 according to the English Housing Survey for 2014/15. According to the report there were 14 million owner-occupiers in 2014/15, with 80% of those that applied for a mortgage given one. Statistics also say 52,500 have bought through the Right to Buy scheme […]
Transactions down 11% on 2015 for June, say HMRC stats
The number of transactions worth more than £40,000 was 11% lower this June compared with June 2015, according to statistics released by HMRC. In total there were 102,010 house purchases, down from 114,770 in June 2015. However there are signs the market is beginning to recover from the effects of the SDLT reforms which saw transaction levels […]