Terrafirma Tackle Tough Mudder
So far, Terrafirma have raised £510 for homeless charity St Mungo’s. 9 brave members of the Terrafirma team took on the South West Tough Mudder Challenge over the weekend. The team have been training for the past 6 weeks for the course which consists of a 5K run with 13 gruelling obstacles to raise money and […]
Geodesys Consolidates Customer Service Function With Appointment Of New Team Manager
Geodesys – part of the Anglian Water Group and a leading provider of conveyancing searches for residential and commercial properties throughout England and Wales – has confirmed its focus on the delivery of excellent customer service by promoting Chelsea Sarath to Customer Services Team Manager. Chelsea’s new role includes management of the Customer Services team […]
Chancellor Won’t Shift SDLT To Sellers
Chancellor Sajid Javid has rebuffed any suggestion that he could switch the payment of stamp duty land tax away from buyers onto the sellers. The suggestion, taken from an interview published in The Times over the weekend Mr Javid said: “I’m a low-tax guy. I want to see simpler taxes.” Adding that he was looking […]
Conveyancing Protocol Takes Effect Today
The Law Society has today, Monday 19th August launched its Conveyancing Protocol 2019, which has replaced the previous 2011 version. The update comes following changes to the Conveyancing Quality Scheme effective from May 2019 and addresses some of the most significant changes in conveyancing since the release of the previous version. Most notably the new […]
Government Housing Target Found To Be Unrealistic
The current process for calculating housing needs suggests that the Government’s goal of delivering 300,000 homes per year will not be met. Last year in the National Planning Policy Framework, planning consultancy Lichfields had evaluated how the ‘standard method’ would meet the Government targets, through calculating the minimum number of dwellings each council should plan […]
Lawyer Checker Invests Heavily In Management Team
A leading supplier of products and services in the legal sector has announced a major investment into its management team to support future growth. The Practical Vision Network, home of the award-winning Lawyer Checker suite of risk management tools has appointed Julie Williams and David Opie to its management team. Director of Operations Julie Williams […]