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 […]