Be Ready: PII Renewal Issues
With the next Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) renewal date looming on the 1 October, here at Today’s Conveyancer, we wanted to look at the current market conditions and renewal issues, so solicitors are fully informed and prepared. With a global pandemic, which resulted in the UK being put into lockdown, speculation of a looming recession, and […]
Is Conveyancing Finally Going Digital? – Thirdfort Want Your Views
Covid-19 has had an enormous impact on all walks of life. Industries across the board have been forced to re-evaluate and innovate. The conveyancing sector has seemingly began to embrace the digital era, as eSignatures are now being used by HMLR, and the steps forward made by the industry are welcomed by many. Thirdfort have […]
Almost 60% Rise In Conveyancing Vacancies
For six weeks Today’s Conveyancer has been observing how many recruitment adverts that included the term ‘conveyancer’ had been placed on the Indeed website. In four weeks, the increase has grown by 59.8%. This is a large increase, considering a couple of weeks ago we revealed that the increase in vacancies stood at 34%, which […]
Reminder: Places Available For A Comprehensive Guide To Unregistered Conveyancing Training
There are still places available for the Today’s Training: A Comprehensive Guide To Unregistered Conveyancing. The four sessions will be hosted over four consecutive weeks, with the first starting on 8 September at 10am. The course is also suitable for newly qualified staff who are unfamiliar with the process. The course counts towards your continuing […]
SRA Closes Law Firm Following Misdemeanour
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have closed the doors on a large national firm for alleged wrongdoings. On 12th August, the SRA intervened into Kingly Solicitors Limited, trading as Giffen Couch & Archer due to suspected misconduct and misdemeanour by the owner. Kingly Solicitors also trade under Richard Herne Co, Hancock Quins, Austin Ray, Ray […]
Adapting To A Changing Market: A Search Provider’s Perspective
Thomas Quirke, MD of SearchFlow, gives a search provider’s perspective of how to adapt to a changing market to Today’s Conveyancer’s readers. It’s been just over a year since I joined SearchFlow, and six months of that has been within the ‘Covid-19 world’. One thing that really appealed to me when joining the business was […]
Covid-19 Is Changing Criminal Behaviours
Are your conveyancing team up to speed with the frauds that you might inadvertently get caught up in? The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which describes itself as the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, including organisations like Interpol etc, have recently held a series of webinars which might help shed some light on […]
Reminder: Changes To Furlough Scheme In September
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme also known as the furlough scheme will be changing from 1 September 2020. From next month the scheme will only pay 70% of an employees wage, up to a maximum of £2,187.50 per month for the hours they don’t work. Employers will need to pay the 10% top up to […]
Mark Howell Appointed Group Head Of Marketing At Simplify
Simplify, the UK’s largest conveyancing and property services group has appointed Mark Howell as Group Head of Marketing. Mark, with over 20 years’ experience in financial services has helped build Pink Home Loans, Bristol & West Mortgages and Bank of Ireland Mortgages to strong brand positions in the market. Recently he has also spent time […]
How Is 3D Imagery Used By The Experts At Mining Searches UK
Mining Searches UK are the leading specialist in mining site investigation and reporting. We are continually innovating to ensure we can provide the most robust assessment for our clients. On a recent site, Gwallon Keas (200 house development) for Devonshire Homes, we have been using innovative 3D CAD plans for our site assessment. Take up […]
Thirdfort Raises £1m In Seed-Plus Funding Round
Legal tech startup accelerating growth plans as Covid-19 increases law firm demand for secure, remote, user-friendly technology Latest investors include James Meekings and Andrew Mullinger, co-founders of Funding Circle, and David Rutter, founder of R3 Legal tech startup Thirdfort has secured £1m in its latest fund raising, as the security specialist looks to capitalise on increasing demand […]
Is Remote Working Here To Stay For Law Firms?
Throughout 2020 businesses of all kinds have been forced to adapt, and the legal sector is no exception. It’s one of many sectors that have had to implement remote work largely across the board, and it’s hard to imagine that going away after all of this is over for most, as shown in a recent […]
Index Property Information Partner With Thirdfort
Providing identity checks can be difficult enough, given how sophisticated fraudulent documents can be. The new social distancing rules have made things even trickier for many conveyancers, leaving them struggling to deal with a lack of physical documents or face-to-face contact due to remote working. Index Property Information have solved the problem by partnering with […]
Post Lockdown Market Shows Little Signs Of Slowing Down
Demand continues to run ahead of supply, sustaining annual house price growth at +2.5% Time to sell since the market reopened has decreased by 31% across the UK, averaging just 27 days in the period since lockdown, compared to 39 days over the same period in 2019 Three bed houses are selling fastest, while time […]
Conveyancing Firms Urged To Embrace “Smarter Working”
Management consultancy Journey4, has released guidance on how businesses can implement ‘Smarter Working’, following lessons learned by businesses in the wake of coronavirus. Director, Stuart Pearce, outlines some key research findings and what this could mean for conveyancers. There is no doubt that the pandemic and lockdown restrictions caused companies and staff to work under […]
Second Lockdown Pips Brexit As Number One Concern
It’s safe to say that the UK wide lockdown which was introduced on the 23 March 2020, and was slowly eased from the middle of May to present day, has had a huge impact on people and the economy. Brexit used to be the word of the day, with the people across a variety of […]
Law Society Warns Firms About Delaying PII Renewal
The Law Society for England and Wales have sent out a rallying cry to the legal community, encouraging them to act now on their professional indemnity insurance (PII) renewal. Most firms still renew their PII on the old common renewal date of 1 October. This has always created a bottleneck, with underwriters and brokers rushing […]
Conveyancing Comeback Gathers Pace In June After Covid-19 Cliff-Edge
Search Acumen Conveyancing Market Tracker – Q2 2020 edition 82,385 completed transactions registered in England and Wales during Q2 2020, the lowest level since records began in Q2 2011 and a 65% decrease on the previous quarter as Covid-19 froze the market April saw the biggest decline with just 440 transactions registered – less than […]
Mini Housing Boom Continues
The latest Yomdel Sentiment Tracker suggests that the mini boom that the housing market has experienced since it re-opened following lockdown is continuing. The data released by Yomdel shows that there is a huge amount of sustained activity on estate agent websites for the fourth consecutive month. It found that website user numbers are 36% […]
Simply Conveyancing MD Shares His Views On Conveyancing Market
Ben Davidson, Managing Director of Simply Conveyancing, spoke to Tom Lyes at Today’s Conveyancer about some of the problems that have arisen over the past few months as a result of the pandemic and opportunities that have been created. What has the impact been on the workload your firm has seen? Ben explains that his […]
