How technology can help with source of funds checks
In the latest episode of Legal Eye’s coffee break series, Paul Saunders, MD of Legal Eye, talks to Mike Ward, Chairman of Amarlytix, about how technology can help lawyers to quickly and efficiently establish reliable Source of Funds information when working on a transaction. This article was submitted to be published by Legal Eye as […]
Bumper March as transactions complete before original SDLT deadlines
The effect of the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) and land transaction tax (LTT) holidays, has helped produce a bumper March for housing transaction numbers, with data released by HMRC this morning (21st April 2021), revealing that March 2021 had more than double the amount of transactions of the same time last year for England, […]
Introducing: Perfect Portal and Redbrick Solutions Integration
Perfect Portal and Redbrick Solutions have combined their technology to provide their mutual clients with the platform to convert more leads whilst offering an enhanced consumer experience. “Everything we do is client-centric, and uniting our technologies seemed the natural next step in ensuring our mutual clients could access both Perfect Portal and Redbrick Solutions seamlessly. […]
Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken
Written by Gregor Angus Who enjoyed the Masters a couple of weeks ago? I always think the Masters signals the start of spring, a turn in the weather (for the better), and gives a general sense of optimism about what lies ahead. And goodness, we can all do with that this year can’t we?! For […]
Highest volume of property demand in over a decade
Off the back of the busiest start to a year in the property market, the latest data from Twenty CI, reveals that nearly 162,000 sales were agreed during March, which is a 77% year-on-year increase on 2020. The sales agreed figure is the highest that the property data and statistics provider has recorded since their […]
Apprenticeship’s offer a brighter future for the next generation of Conveyancers
Helping aspiring lawyers is something that firms like to get involved in. Some firms use academies whilst others use the apprentice route to grow and mentor new talent. Katharine Saunders from Aconveyancing explains how the firm uses apprenticeships to help them. Law is an expensive industry to get into, especially if entering through the traditional […]
Be Kind We Care Stress Management Webinar
The Be Kind We Care initiative will host its first free webinar on Wednesday 28th April 1pm-2pm. April is Stress Awareness Month and the session will focus on stress management, with guest speakers providing practical techniques for identifying symptoms in ourselves and others, managing stress, and ‘working back’ from potential burnout. Webinar attendees will hear […]
British Conveyancing Awards Sponsor Spotlight: CTS
In a series of Spotlight pieces, we are thrilled to introduce our supporters of The British Conveyancing Awards 2021 Alongside headline sponsor Lawyer Checker, we look forward to recognising individuals, teams and companies who have gone above and beyond to support buyers and sellers to move home during the most challenging year the conveyancing industry has perhaps […]
Mental health and well-being survey – tell us your thoughts
Mental health and stress have been phrases that we’ve heard regularly over the course of this pandemic, and people have all been affected in different ways. With this in mind, we would like to see how our readers are feeling. We know the last 12 months have thrown various battles including the stamp duty land […]
