“You need to kiss a lot of frogs…” How YouConvey fell in love with Minerva
In the month of love and storms, a brilliant union is announced. This time last year, The Law Society announced that a number of leading organisations in the conveyancing profession had agreed to work together – known as “The Conveyancing Task Force” – to agree and discuss the reform and improvement of the conveyancing process […]
Landmark Information Group launches Landmark Scotland
Landmark Information Group, the leading provider of information to the UK property market, has today announced the launch of Landmark Scotland to provide dedicated technology and data-driven product and service solutions for the Scottish property market. Landmark’s existing legal search and due diligence business, Millar & Bryce, which has led the way in the provision […]
Flooding by Franklin on a conveyor of storms
Whether it is the act of naming storms that has brought them to more prominence, or the fact that three of them happened in one week, our latest turbulent weather has again publicised and underlined our vulnerabilities from the changing climate. Storm Dudley crossed the north of England and brought high winds and damage to […]
HMLR: January 2022 applications transaction data
Latest HMLR Transaction Data has been published, providing information about the number and types of applications that HMLR completed in January 2022. In January more than 1,771,690 applications to change or query the Land Register were completed by HMLR, with the South East topping the table of regional applications at 417,879 requests. HMLR completed 1,771,694 […]
Sponsor Spotlight: X-Press Legal Services
The British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham, simply would not happen without the support of the industry. Thank you to all those who have entered and sponsored the event which this year is hosted as a hybrid event; with an in-person ceremony at the stunning Church House in London, simultaneously live streamed via […]
Building Safety Bill: amendments will ensure leaseholders treated equally
Amendments to the Building Safety Bill would ensure that all leaseholders are treated equally when it comes to cladding remediation. An amendment tabled last week is proposing to remove prior amendment 64, which states that leaseholders should not have to pay for cladding remediation if the property is the leaseholders’ principal home, the leaseholder doesn’t […]
Record growth for UK’s £10.1 billion cyber security sector
The latest figures from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) reveal that revenue generated by the UK’s 1,838 cyber security firms rose by 14% to £10.1 billion over the last financial year. The DCMS Annual Cyber Sector Report, which tracks the growth and performance of the UK’s cyber security industry, reveals the […]