The Access Group Acquires DPS Software
The Access Group (Access), today announced the acquisition of DPS Software (DPS), a UK leader in SaaS based Practice Management software for Legal Practices and In-House Legal departments, with a focus on firms with between 10 and 200 employees. The addition of DPS, follows shortly after the groups’ acquisition of Eclipse and will deliver a […]
Moneypenny Launches Covid-19 Screening Bot For Law Firms
A new online Self-screening Bot has been launched to help law firms manage clients’ safety more easily, before any face-to-face meetings take place. Launched by leading outsourced communication provider Moneypenny, the bot has three core functions, all of which can be customised easily. Firstly, it captures contact details securely in one place to enable track […]
Challenges To Collaboration In The Residential Property Sector
Managing Director at mio Emma Vigus talks to Chris Harris about the challenges to collaboration in the residential property sector, how organisations can come together to work more effectively, and discusses the success she’s had within popular networking group Women in Residential Property. Emma said: “Collaboration is a bit of a buzzword in the residential […]
David Hollingworth Shares His Views On Mortgages Post Lockdown
Since the re-opening of the English housing market on 13 May, there has been a surge in activity in the market with buyers and sellers both chomping at the bit to change their property after being cooped up for so long. David Hollingworth, Associate Director at L&C Mortgages took some time to speak to me […]
CGT Review Could Be Disastrous For The Housing Market
A review into the Capital Gains (CGT) regime has been requested by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, causing worry in the property industry. In his letter to the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS), Mr Sunak requested that a review be undertaken to “identify and offer advise about opportunities to simplify the taxation” as […]
Recruitment And The Legal Sector Following A Pandemic
Now that the coronavirus pandemic seems to be on the backfoot, and the Government are attempting to kick start the UK economy, we wanted to take a look at what effect the pandemic has had on the legal job market. Previously, we’ve spoken to Realm Recruit who revealed that the pandemic had seemingly woken up […]
Positivity In The Sector Returning
After three months of near stasis, the market has exploded. In fact, we at ASAP have just had our busiest month ever with new instructions. July is on track to deliver likewise. How much of this is pent up demand remains to be seen but, anecdotally, estate agents are telling us that there is renewed […]