Jen is the Senior Media Officer for Today’s Conveyancer, Today’s Wills & Probate and Today’s Family Lawyer.
Having gained a degree in Multimedia Computing, Jen fell into a content role after successfully applying for a job at Cheshire Police. During her 6-year service, she took on the role as personal Press Officer under the first Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire and worked in the busy press office for the force.
Jen has experience in the marketing and communication sphere, which stems from her time in the public sector, private care sector and now here at the Practical Vision Network, where she can utilise her skills and challenge herself further.
Yesterday the UK waited to see what Prime Minister Boris Johnson would announce in his speech which he made from Dudley, yesterday 30 June 2020. Detailing how the UK will emerge from the coronavirus pandemic,
David Alexander, joint Managing Director of apropos, has sent out a call to the Government suggesting that urgent reforms are needed to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) to kickstart the UK economy in the aftermath
The Law Society is running a survey and is calling on all CQS members for their input to help change the conveyancing process. The Law Society sent a message to members, which read: “Some industry
The Bank of England (BoE) has revealed, that as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, mortgage approvals were almost 90% below the levels seen at the start of 2020. Worringly, the
A brand new digital, end-to-end property completion platform, which will see a dramatic reduction in the time spent processing sales, is poised to launch in the UK. WeCOMPLETE is the first software of its kind
Market-leading conveyancing and property services group, Simplify has today announced the acquisition of Cook Taylor Woodhouse Solicitors as part of an ongoing growth strategy, strengthening its presence in London and the South East and increasing
The Conveyancing Association (CA), has urged the Welsh Government to go ‘further’ and ‘faster’ in opening up its housing market. Last Friday, the Welsh Government announced a partial reopening of the housing market in Wales
Red flags and alarm bells have been raised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who have discovered that some mortgage advisors were giving questionable advice to clients. The regulator has announced it will be carrying
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), the regulator of property and probate lawyers, has today announced the appointment of two new Council members. Jenny Quirke takes up the post of Chair of the CLC’s Audit
The annual Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report has been released with an update on progress in the cyber security arena for UK businesses. The headlines from the report, now in its 4th year, include A near
The coronavirus has undoubtedly had a catastrophic ripple effect that has affected people in so many different ways. Hundreds of thousands of people have sadly lost their lives around the world. Economies have been hit
During a time when many people have had to adapt to social distancing, working from home or being furloughed, it’s safe to say that we all expected a loss in business as the pandemic raged
ULS Technology has launched its digital Rapid Remortage service, which is available on the ULS DigitalMove platform, to the market. It’s part of the new DigitalMove Plus suite, and it is believed that most remortgage
The property portal Rightmove has released a statement providing a trading update relating from 1 January to 31 May 2020. The portal lay out the steps it’s taking to continue to support agents as the
Changes to social distancing rules in the UK could have a positive impact on businesses, as everyone attempts to get back to ‘normal’ following the coronavirus pandemic. The Government have announced today, that although social
The government have confirmed that planning permissions that have expired between the start of lockdown (23rd March 2020) and the end of 2020 will automatically be extended to 1st April 2021. Concerns had been raised
The Leasehold Group was devastated to hear about the sudden death of its Managing Director, colleague and friend Louie Burns in the early hours of Sunday 21 June 2020. Louie, who joined Leasehold Solutions in
It’s safe to say that 2020 has been a year that has changed the way people have worked. Although some sectors may have been looking at ways they could work remotely, others have had a
The re-opening of the English property market back on the 13 May, is said to have released seven weeks of pent up frustration of both buyers and sellers. When the UK went into lockdown on
MD of Searchflow, Tom Quirke talks to Today’s Conveyancer about his introduction to the industry 12 months on from his appointment; the challenges presented by Covid-19; what advice he has for firms over the next
Times have been tough recently, but one Property Eye reader shared an interesting story with the publication, and I thought I’d share it with you, as it made me smile. The reader found the story
Relaxations to the lockdown in Wales have been announced by the Welsh First Minster Mark Drakeford. Amongst them are the re-opening of non-essential shops, and tentative steps to reopening the property market from Monday 22nd
Here at Today’s Conveyancer we’d like to get our readers more involved in our stories and discussions. Having thriving discussions, sharing best practice and good news stories from across the sector helps our community to
Here at Today’s Conveyancer, we wanted to share with you the good news we’ve had within in the industry of professionals joining firms and those who have moved up the promotional ladder. This week we’ve
The UK Government has seemingly done its utmost to ensure people’s livelihoods hadn’t been completely destroyed by the coronavirus pandemic. The furlough scheme and coronavirus loans have been one way people have attempted to prevent
Savills have released their latest forecast, and it can make for some glum reading. Whereas most of the news is now populated with positive stories of the ‘bounce back’ of the property market, Savills is
The Law Society has revealed that CQS members are due to get refunds in the coming weeks. A Law Society spokesperson said: “Between 1 April and 31 December, we are offering a 75% fee discount
Following on from the Competition Markets Authority (CMA) successfully disqualifying two Directors from estate agents, it has been revealed that there are further investigations being conducted in the hope of netting further disqualifications. A statement
In December 2018, new rules entered the legal services sector which required firms and free lance solicitors to publish their prices on their website, to enable clients to gain an understanding of the cost of
A free webinar promoting the importance of agents using Facebook Marketplace is being hosted by OneDome at 9.30am on Thursday 18th June 2020. The webinar will provide attendees with information from Facebook Marketplace guests, who
Rightmove released data this week which showed that estate agents had managed to agree no fewer than 40,000 sales in the last four weeks. With new home sales, comes the task of looking and applying
Last week, the Law Society has launched their annual consultation with solicitors about their Practising Certificate (PC) Fee. The Law Society has announced that it has reduced it’s share of the fee by 10%, resulting