Women’s Property Networking Events Confirmed
Founded in 2017 by Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agent’s sales progression platform, Women in Residential Property (WIRP) aims to, both, encourage collaboration across the residential property industry and improve networking opportunities for women who may find traditional industry events intimidating and overtly competitive. The network has raised over £3,000 for charity […]
Cyber Essentials – What’s Changing?
Webinar: Cyber Essentials vs Cyber Essentials PLUS Date: Tuesday 4th February 2020 Time: 10am __________________ From April 2020 the IASME Consortium will take over the full responsibility for Cyber Essentials delivery. Why is this relevant to you? The legal sector is under attack. In the first 6 months of 2019, law firms reported a loss of £731,250 of […]
Election Result Sees Home Buying Enquiries Boom As Phones Keep Ringing
New figures from telephone answering and live chat provider Moneypenny show a boom in enquiries to estate and letting agents following the December election. Data from Moneypenny, which provides telephone answering and live chat services to more than 2,500 property businesses across the UK, showed a 22% increase in phone calls asking for property valuations, […]
Electronic Verification: Effective And Efficient AML Process
The Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive is now in full swing with property regulators urging firms to comply with immediate effect. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) insisted that its 7,000 regulated firms re-assess their processes in order to comply with regulatory change. Although they are releasing guidance on a number of enhanced due diligence measures law […]
Leading Lawyers Welcome Reform To Eviction Law
Leading property lawyers called for reform to abolish ‘no-fault’ evictions in order to protect tenants and bring balance between the rights of tenants and landlords. Key housing law experts welcomed the news by backing the government in their bid to end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions, which enables landlords to evict tenants without a legal obligation […]
Blacks Solicitors Of Leeds Discuss Conveyancing Training
Staff turnover in the legal sector was higher than expected in 2019 when compared to other professional service organisation sectors. According to the PWC Annual Law Firms’ Survey 2019, a fifth of solicitors, working in the top 50 law firms, with between 3 and 5 years’ post-qualified experience left their roles in 2019. Newly qualified […]