Technology’s Role In Taming The Black Swan
By Carole Marsden, Chief Commercial Officer, poweredbypie What is a Black Swan? Finance professor, writer and former Wall Street trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb, wrote about black swan events before the financial crash of 2008. He suggested such incidents have catastrophic consequences as they are so rare. Later, he went on to argue that failures can serve […]
New Panel Created By SRA To Advise On Policy
A team has been named that will advise the Solicitors Regulation Authority to “help deliver our work in a way that meets the public interest and is responsive to changes in the legal services market.” says chief executive Paul Philip. The core panel members announced are; Kate Briscoe, chief executive of consumer website Legal Beagles; […]
Conveyancing Association Provides Guidance On ‘Local Lockdown’ House Moves
Although the UK is attempting to regain a semblance of ‘normality’ as it continues its recovery from the coronavirus, the ability for local authorities to enact a local lockdown like we’ve seen in Leicester can have a serious effect on the local industry and infrastructure. As a result of this, the Conveyancing Associate has provided […]
Virtual Awards Ceremony Celebrates ESTA Victories
The ESTAS took virtual centre stage last week as over 1,500 agents and suppliers tuned in to the online event to see who took the crowns at this year’s ceremony. Winners of the prestigious ESTAS Customer Service Awards 2020 were announced by Phil Spencer. Simon Brown, ESTAS Group founder said: “There’s also never been a […]
Fraudulant HMRC Payments Jail Man
A man who set up fraudulent payments worth £2.9m to HMRC instead and then transferred the money to himself has been jailed for more than 4 years. Simon Olver spent the stolen money on deposits for sports cars, watches, jewellery and flights as well as making an offer on a house for £2.6m. Following a […]