If A Job’s Worth Doing, It’s worth Getting Someone Else to Do It For You

Our new Subscriptions Offer even better service and substantial savings on your PII Bill A recurring theme we’ve encountered at Compass since our inception is the challenge of fully communicating the advantages of our services to firms and clients. Feedback such as “the process is lengthy,” “there are numerous questions,” and “clients are hesitant to […]
Empowering Law Firm Leaders series turns focus on how SME law firms can build effective leadership teams

Osprey Approach announces that the second episode in a series of expert interviews, Empowering Law Firm Leaders, has launched today. This latest episode features an insightful discussion with experienced legal consultant and former solicitor, Ian Hopkins, and is available now to watch and listen for free. Having spent over three decades in various fee earner […]
Conveyancing firms can deal with ‘scope creep’ by early adoption of digital technology solutions, conference reveals

Conveyancing firms are having to deal with a significant amount of ‘scope creep’ when it comes to the work expected of them in today’s marketplace, but they can help deal with greater levels of work via today’s technological solutions which can help them move towards a more ‘trusted advisor’ status with their clients. That was […]
Record numbers of affordable homes completed in 2023 as private house building slows, reports NHBC

Figures released by the National House Building Council (NHBC) show 133,213 new homes were completed in 2023, down 12% on 2022 (151,308). 45,649 new homes were completed in the rental and affordable sector, up 10% on 2022 and the highest figure ever recorded by NHBC. In contrast, private sector completions were down 20%. In 2023 […]
Bindweed is the plant most commonly mistaken for Japanese knotweed

Concerned homeowners and gardeners are frequently mistaking common garden plants such as bindweed, dogwood and lilac for highly invasive Japanese knotweed, according to new research. Analysis of data from Environet’s Free ID Service has shown that bindweed is by far the plant most commonly confused with knotweed, accounting for one in four (26%) of all […]
83% of agents think up-front information will improve the homebuying process, research reveals

New research has revealed that more than 80% of UK estate agents think that the provision of up-front information at the very start of the homebuying process will improve the buying and selling experience, but only 30% have already made efforts to provide such information for the homes they list. Since June 2022, Part A […]