SearchFlow Fundraises For Cardiac Charity In Memory Of Colleague
Following a special memorial fundraising day earlier this year, SearchFlow – the UK’s leading provider of property conveyancing search solutions based in Kings Hill, Kent – has raised money for the Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) charity in honour of a colleague, James Pilfold, who sadly passed away in December 2018 aged just 27. […]
Land Data Welcomes NLIS Channel License Applications
Land Data, the National Land Information Service (NLIS) regulator, is inviting companies to apply for a license to operate as a regulated provider of NLIS sourced data. To help mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on the property searches sector, companies who already order Local Authority, Coal Authority or HMLR official searches could benefit hugely from […]
Landmark Reveals New Landmark Academy To Provide Free Learning
Landmark reveals new Landmark Academy to provide free learning and development for property lawyers and conveyancers Landmark Information, the property, land and environmental data specialist, has today launched a brand new Landmark Academy service, which provides property lawyers, conveyancers, legal executives and PAs with the ability to access free training and development videos, podcasts and […]
Legal Zoom Sell Law Firm To Metamorph Group
Legal Zoom have sold their Yorkshire-based law firm Beaumont Legal to the ambitious Metamorph Group. Since being founded in 2015, the Metamorph Group have acquired seven law firms in England. Multi practice law firms across England which include Linder Myers in the north west, Terry Jones in the midlands and Verisona Law, Donnelly & Elliot […]
Diary Of A Highstreet Conveyancer – Thursday April 30
Thursday So today was like all the other days as they all merge into the same – I am just thankful that I can come to my office. And then it is interesting when you have a client, selling an empty property, who thinks it is acceptable to impose a deadline. I do not like […]
Ask An Expert: Quotation Communication Tools And Property Sector Resillience
The property market has been forced to stall as the UK fights the ‘invisible enemy’ and some forecasts predict contraction in transaction of up to 50 per cent in 2020. However, many conveyancers have highlighted their resilience and determination in difficult conditions with reduced employees creating increased workloads as more staff are furloughed to cut […]
SRA Issues Cyber Crime Warning To Remote Workers
The solicitors Regulation Authority and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) are urging law firms and their employees to remain vigilant during lockdown as cyber criminals increasingly target remote workers. Given the lower levels of security in people’s homes and the increasing numbers of legal practitioners working in these perceived relaxed conditions, the SRA are […]
Construction To Fall By 35 Percent In 2020
The coronavirus pandemic could cause a 35 per cent reduction in privately built homes this year. According to research from Knight Frank, the impact of the pandemic could result in fewer homes being built this year than the number built in the year following the financial crisis. Privately new built homes completed in 2020 is […]