BREAKING NEWS: PIE/PSG Snapped Up By Owner of Index Property Information Group
Dye & Durham Limited, the Canada-based owner of Index Property Information Group, has today announced the purchase of well-known property search and cloud software business Property Information Exchange for a sum of around £32m. Operating under the “poweredbypie” brand, Property Information Exchange merged with PSG (Property Search Group) in 2017 with the acquisition of a […]
An Insight Into Life At AVRillo In The Aftermath Of Covid-19
Adapting to the new normal has been difficult for many people. The social distancing, working from home, furlough scheme and redundancy has made 2020 one of the hardest years to survive from a professional viewpoint. That doesn’t take into account the personal tribulations many people have had to face. Nine months into the year, and […]
Still Time To Enter The Mortgage Finance Gazette Awards
The closing date for nomination submissions to the Mortgage Finance Gazette Annual Awards has been extended until 27 September 2020. The awards are open to mortgage lenders, conveyancers and law firms who supply them and recognises the achievements of lenders and suppliers and the positive innovative things they’ve been doing. For more information on how […]
UK legal workers expect a pay rise, but is that realistic?
CV-Library recently released the results of a survey of 1100 UK workers, and found that 41% expect a pay rise within the next year. Legal workers seem especially confident, as four fifths of respondents from the legal sector reported this expectation. But how realistic is it for so many employees to expect salary increases, given […]
Advice Regarding Mergers & Acquisitions In A Covid World
The coronavirus understandably changed life as we know it, putting many things on hold. Whilst many people were able to work from home during the pandemic, helping their firm run ‘business as usual’, the strategic direction of the firm, especially those considering merging or acquiring another firm, had to understandably go on ice. I spent […]
Feel Good Friday: Bell Lamb & Joynson, Smartsearch, Keebles & Hodge
There have been lots of positive things happening across the sector this week, so we wanted to share these good vibes with you as part of our ‘Feel Good Friday’ news items. Here is a little snap shot of what’s been going on. Bell Lamb & Joynson Solicitors welcomes five recruits to mark new business […]
DUAL Asset Announces Strategic Partnership With Accredited Insurance (Europe) Limited
DUAL Asset, part of DUAL, the underwriting arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, today announced a long-term collaboration with Accredited Insurance (Europe) Limited, specialist program manager across Europe, for their UK legal indemnity insurance business. This will see DUAL Asset further consolidate its position as one of the leading legal indemnity underwriters worldwide. Accredited Insurance (Europe) […]
Metamorph Group Limited Acquire Knight Polson
Metamorph Group Limited have acquired the Hampshire-based law firm Knight Polson as the group continue to strengthen their group office network and increase the number of offences in Hampshire to five. After the recent deal for Beaumont Legal (in April), this new acquisition takes Metamorph Group to nine firms across England. Knight Polson, previously part […]
National Paralegal Awards 2020 Ceremony Goes Virtual
The Professional Paralegal Register (PPR) is counting down to the National Paralegal Awards taking place on Friday 18 September. The PPR normally welcomes over 270 guests at a venue in central London in March for its annual ceremony but this year was forced to postpone it because of the coronavirus outbreak. A decision was taken […]
X-Press Joins UK Finance Association
Leading property search provider, X-Press Legal Services has announced its membership of UK Finance, the collective voice for the banking and finance industry, as it extends its suite of digital innovation. UK Finance is the trade association for the UK banking and financial services sector representing around 300 firms in the UK providing credit, banking, […]
Law Society Excellence Awards Shortlist Announced
The Law Society Excellence Awards shortlist has now been announced with the event being held virtually next month. The Law Society’s website states: “The Excellence Awards entries we have received in what has been a very challenging year for solicitors are a testament to the outstanding work accomplished across the legal profession. Congratulations to tall […]
Feel Good Friday: Sort Legal, Mitchell Roberton, Smartsearch & Equity Release Council
There have been lots of positive things happening across the sector this week, so we wanted to share these good vibes with you as part of our ‘Feel Good Friday’ news items. Here is a little snap shot of what’s been going on. Sort Legal welcome new HOLP Laura Burkinshaw and celebrate opening of a […]
An Insight Into Life At Keebles LLP During Covid-19
Adapting to the ‘new normal’ has been difficult and it has been a time where companies and individuals have acted quickly to ensure businesses can carry on as much as possible, even in these unprecedented times. The property market has been hugely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and it has had a knock-on effect on […]
Futureproofing Your Business During A Pandemic
Ride the wave of the boom, but prepare for the bust: how Natalie Moore, company Director at Aconveyancing is futureproofing her business I consider our industry to be incredibly lucky right now. Compared to many other sectors, struggling with the final months of furlough and faced with mass redundancies, in stark contrast we are riding […]
Oliver Lutner Shares His Views On The Post Covid-19 Housing Market
It is safe to say that 2020 has been a year like no other. Following the lockdown of the UK, the future of the economy was something that played on people’s minds as we would begin to embrace lockdown restrictions. Naturally, for those in the conveyancing sector, the impact the coronavirus would have on the […]
Mark Howell Appointed Group Head Of Marketing At Simplify
Simplify, the UK’s largest conveyancing and property services group has appointed Mark Howell as Group Head of Marketing. Mark, with over 20 years’ experience in financial services has helped build Pink Home Loans, Bristol & West Mortgages and Bank of Ireland Mortgages to strong brand positions in the market. Recently he has also spent time […]
Is Remote Working Here To Stay For Law Firms?
Throughout 2020 businesses of all kinds have been forced to adapt, and the legal sector is no exception. It’s one of many sectors that have had to implement remote work largely across the board, and it’s hard to imagine that going away after all of this is over for most, as shown in a recent […]
Index Property Information Partner With Thirdfort
Providing identity checks can be difficult enough, given how sophisticated fraudulent documents can be. The new social distancing rules have made things even trickier for many conveyancers, leaving them struggling to deal with a lack of physical documents or face-to-face contact due to remote working. Index Property Information have solved the problem by partnering with […]
Simply Conveyancing MD Shares His Views On Conveyancing Market
Ben Davidson, Managing Director of Simply Conveyancing, spoke to Tom Lyes at Today’s Conveyancer about some of the problems that have arisen over the past few months as a result of the pandemic and opportunities that have been created. What has the impact been on the workload your firm has seen? Ben explains that his […]
Stamp Duty Holiday: A True Test For Conveyancers
In recent weeks, the volume of enquiries has been unprecedented. The residential property team are prioritising our existing clients and recommendations and trying to keep a sense of realism on how much work we can do. Clients are struggling to secure properties to buy and gazumping is rife. This raises a series of questions: firstly, […]