Onesearch Risk Series: Coal Mining
This guest post has been written for the OneSearch Risk Series by Philip Huddleston MRICS, Director of PinPoint Coal Ltd. With changed economic and political influences, coal mining has now virtually ceased in the UK. Although there are a few proposals for underground mines in the pipeline (such as the proposal to mine Coking coal […]
Cladding crisis stalls again as lenders and RICS await guidance update
The Government’s plan to unlock at least some of the property market paralysed by the cladding crisis has faced yet another setback. New hope for leaseholders of properties in low rise buildings was offered last month when Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announced that buildings under 18 metres in height would no longer need an EWS1 […]
SRA contacts 500 firms for price transparency compliance declaration
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has launched its latest crackdown on price transparency compliance. The regulator has this week contacted nearly 500 law firms to request completion of a questionnaire and signed declaration the firm is compliant with the SRA Transparency Rules. It has requested the completion of the declaration by 14th August. The SRA has also […]
Digital ID Trust Scheme on trial in 11 locations
Estate agents, licensed conveyancers, solicitors and mortgage intermediaries operating in Battersea, Chiswick, Clapham, Putney, Wimbledon, Richmond, Kew, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Harrogate and York are to be the first to benefit this year from trials of a new digital identity trust scheme to make home buying and selling a quicker and more secure digital process. These geographical […]
ULS technology recruits Director of Conveyancing Transformation
ULS technology has reaffirmed its commitment to revolutionise home buying and selling, with the recruitment of Angela Hesketh as Director of Conveyancing Transformation. Angela has worked within legal practices specialising in Conveyancing for more than 30 years, during which time she has built teams and processes to improve the experience delivered to customers. In recent […]
“It’s NOT OK not to be OK”
I recently had the pleasure to attend a webinar hosted by the Conveyancing Foundation to discuss the work the Group Transformation Division at Lloyds Banking Group have been doing to support colleague’s mental, physical & emotional wellbeing during this difficult period. The objective was to share experiences from different organisations and industries; at LBG we […]
Today’s Conveyancer talks to Michael Connelly, MD at Legal Bricks
Today’s Conveyancer talk to Michael Connelly, MD of search provider Legal Bricks about his experiences of the challenges of the last 12 months and what Legal Bricks are doing to innovtae their product offering to help practitioners. TC: Can you provide a brief introduction to Legal Bricks and tell us what you do as […]
