Landmark Information Group supports UKELA in raising the awareness of flood in Wales
Natural Resources Wales’s Flood Risk Strategy Manager, Steve Cook, told a meeting of the UK Environmental Law Association, that currently one in six properties in Wales is at risk of flooding. Mr Cook said: “The current number of properties at risk of flooding is likely to increase as we experience the effects of climate […]
Leading search company for sale
On Wednesday 7th May Security Research Group plc (the owner of Property Search Group (PSG)) made the following announcement: “Security Research Group plc announces that it is to conduct a strategic review of its options concerning its wholly owned subsidiaries, PSG Franchising Limited and its subsidiaries and PSG Financial Services Limited. These options may include […]
Labour push letting agent fee ban vote
Labour announced they will attempt to push through a ban on letting agents charging fees to renting tenants, by calling a vote in the Commons. The party is tabling an amendment to the Consumer Rights Bill on Tuesday and leader Ed Miliband said his party was standing up for “generation rent”. Mr Miliband outlined his […]
Ombudsman could hold lawyers accountable for stamp duty
The Legal Ombudsman has released a report about Stamp Duty that raises the question of whether HMRC should hold lawyers, not clients, accountable for non-payment of stamp duty. The report, Complaints in Focus: Stamp Duty, found that there is an alarming trend of lawyers failing to pay Stamp Duty Land Tax on behalf of their […]
House sales rise more than a third
House sales were 34 per cent higher than the previous year in the period between October 2013 and January 2014, according to a new report. The Land Registry’s latest House Price Index for England and Wales showed that sales volumes averaged 74,941 transactions a month, compared to 55,824 in 2012/2013. Completed house sales in January […]
SRA planning major regulatory reforms
The SRA has announced plans for major programme of regulatory reform, which could see insurers need a financial strength rating. In a move to better the regulation of solicitors and firms, the SRA is consulting on four major areas to implement change in. The first is to enable more multi-disciplinary ABS’s to enter the market […]
Strictly legal lawyer takes to the dance floor for St. Rocco’s Hospice
Legal chief Denis Stevenson of Rowlinsons Solicitors is set to swap the court room for the dance floor to help raise much-needed funds for St. Rocco’s Hospice in Warrington. Denis, Senior Director at Frodsham-based law firm Rowlinsons Solicitors, is one of 10 amateur dancers who will participate in Strictly St. Rocco’s glittering sponsored dance competition, […]
Convey Law Appoint New Director
Convey Law have appointed Rob Hosier as their Sales and Marketing Director. The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) approved the appointment for the award winning Conveyancing Company at the end of April 2014. Rob Hosier joined Convey Law in 2007 as a Conveyancing Assistant, he was promoted to a Conveyancing Position before an opening arose […]
GroundSure launches UK’s first desktop search for Japanese Knotweed
GroundSure, the UK’s leading environmental data intelligence provider for property professionals, has today launched the first commercially available desktop search report to identify the presence of Japanese Knotweed. This highly invasive species, introduced by the Victorians as an ornamental plant, is now rampant across the UK. It is causing widespread damage to natural ecosystems and […]
Conveyancing teams missing out on efficiency gains
Conveyancing teams are missing out on simple efficiency gains according to search specialist ETSOS. A recent survey revealed that only 27% of respondents using a case management system (CMS) had their search provider(s) integrated within that system. But with 94% of those reporting improved efficiencies as a result of such integration, it would seem to […]
John Pickford announced as new Managing Director of SearchFlow
dmgi::land&property europe has confirmed that John Pickford has been appointed Managing Director of SearchFlow, the UK’s leading conveyancing search provider. Pickford, who is currently at Thames Water, will join SearchFlow in August. He takes up the newly created role of Managing Director of SearchFlow, which was previously part of the responsibility of Marshall King, CEO […]
Geeks Win … and it gets Personal…. again.
Firstly, congratulations to Geeks — not all geeks everywhere but our technology partner — Geeks Ltd — who won the 2014 Queens Award for Enterprise in Innovation last month. Apart from the fact that we are very pleased for them and proud to be associated with a company who has achieved such a prestigious award; […]
Spring Summit 2014
As a reseller of Landmark products for more years than I care to mention, I always look forward to getting together and socialising with the folks that provide my reports. It sadly doesn’t happen very often due to geography so to say that I leapt at the invitation to their Spring Summit is probably not […]
Best conveyancer for first time buyers declared
Beaumont Legal, one of the country’s fastest growing conveyancing firms, has been voted Best Law Firm for Conveyancing for the second consecutive year, after the Wakefield-based solicitors clinched top honours at the 2014 First Time Buyer Readers’ Awards. Held at the Landmark Hotel, London on Friday 25th April, the awards celebrate those who are helping […]
Consultation on the publishing of disciplinary data
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has launched a six week consultation asking for views on its proposals for publishing data about the disciplinary history of the individuals and firms it regulates. We would like to hear your views on the possibility of publishing: – Notice of hearings of the Adjudication Panel, including details of the […]
Local authorities consider legal challenge to Land Registry proposals
– Property sales transactions at risk of collapse – Delays inevitable due to local authority staff cuts – Quality of information will deteriorate Local authority CEOs have mooted a possible legal challenge against central government following a meeting organised by the DCLG and […]
After a busy bank holiday, Moneypenny looks ahead to Legalex 2014
Telephone answering specialist Moneypenny has reported its busiest ever bank holiday weekend in terms of the number of calls taken for its continually growing portfolio of legal clients. Over the May Day weekend, Moneypenny’s Legal Receptionists handled over four times more calls than during the equivalent weekend in 2013. There are a number of reasons […]
Searches UK raise money for charity
Searches UK raise money for charity in the Brighton legal walk Searches UK, a leading provider of searches to UK conveyancing practitioners, is both proud and delighted to be joining the 10k Brighton Legal Walk in June to help raise money for charity. All of the Searches UK team will start the walk at the […]
Nicola Scahill – consultant at BCL Legal – gives her overview of the UK’s conveyancing jobs market….
There’s no doubting that us Brits are passionate about owning our property; especially when compared to our European cousins. Sure, many people have been bruised following the downturn and economic turbulence of recent years but confidence is coming back. That’s not just our optimistic point of view as we’re seeing a real surge in demand […]
Landnet releases latest publication
Landnet has released the latest issue of its customer magazine. The April issue covers how lower fees are passing savings on to their customers and how the disputes procedure has evolved over the last decade. Landnet 41 also features topics on state–of-the-art technology in customer research, views on their MapSearch service and how customers can […]