Please Don’t Leave A Message After The Tone
Claire Smith, Head of Business Development at Moneypenny explains why firms should leave voicemail in the last decade and make 2020 the year to invest in a more modern solution. Voicemail has been a firm fixture in both our personal and professional lives since the early 80s. It’s something that the majority of us will […]
Landmark Information Response to CLC Discussion Paper
Landmark Information responds to the Council for Licensed Conveyancers’ ‘Conveyancing 2030’ Discussion Paper Landmark Information – the property, land and environmental data specialist – has welcomed the publication of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) new discussion paper, ‘Conveyancing 2030’. The paper encourages an open dialogue regarding the future of the legal property transaction process […]
Reservation Agreements – The Conveyancer’s View
As a conveyancing solicitor with over 25 years’ experience, I think I can say with some confidence that conveyancers do not like reservation agreements. Despite this, the government has indicated that it will press ahead with a reservation agreement trial in Spring 2020. In its simplest form, a reservation agreement allows a buyer to reserve […]
Search Acumen comments On ONS Housebuilding Stats, Q3 2019
Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments: “No one could accuse the nation’s housebuilders of giving us too much of a good thing. Right across the board – from the private sector to housing associations, and local authorities – building figures have plateaued. Except for a brief spike in late 2018, completion numbers have not […]
OneSearch Addresses Cyber Crime Concerns With Free CPD Webinar
OneSearch Direct, one of the largest local search data companies in the UK, has partnered with Lawyer Checker to provide a free webinar for property lawyers and conveyancers to address cybercrime concerns revealed in its recent industry-wide survey. Within the survey, of which results were launched on 3rd February, cybercrime/ID theft was identified as the biggest […]
Geodesys Wins Modern Law Award
Leading conveyancing search provider takes home top prize for supporting the legal industry Huntingdon, February 12th, 2020 – Geodesys – part of Anglian Water and a leading provider of conveyancing searches for residential and commercial properties – beat off strong competition to take home the award for Supporting the Industry, (26 employees or above) at […]
First Apprenticeship Yields Chartered Legal Executive
Nowadays, there are many routes you can take to learn and earn qualifications. Historically, the legal sector has predominantly taken the route of university qualifications, it has taken a big leap in recent years, as it was announced at the start of this month, that an apprentice had qualified as a chartered legal executive. Evie […]
10 Biggest Frauds Of The 2010s – Part 2
Now that we’re all embedded into a new decade, January has finally come to an end and spring is hopefully just around the corner. I thought it would be interesting to take a look back, and take stock if you like of the top 10 frauds that occurred between 2010-2019, to see if we’ve learnt […]
Construction Sector Increased By 2.5% in 2019
Despite the political strangle hold Brexit placed on the property sector in 2019, the construction sector grew by 2.5% over the course of the year. Overall, the construction sector’s value rose to its highest recorded level of £13,949 million, according to ONS’s ‘Construction output in Great Britain: December 2019 and new orders October to December […]
