The Real Cost Of Risk Management – Booking Now Available For Upcoming Legal Eye Conference
Booking is now open for the Legal Eye Conference ‘The real cost of Risk Management’ which is taking place on Thursday 14th November. Legal Eye are running the conference alongside The Cashroom focusing on the practical implications for the bottom line of law forms as they seek to interpret and implement a raft of regulatory […]
Lawyer Checker Further Strengthens Senior Management Team
The Practical Vision Network, home of the award-winning Lawyer Checker suite of risk management tools, has announced a further appointment to its senior management team to further strengthen the business. Financial Controller Ceri Hart joins from regional accountancy specialists Bennett Brooks having been a key part of the Solicitors Accounts auditing team. Coming hot on […]
Bank Of Mum And Dad 11th Largest UK Mortgage Lender
The Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) are now the 11th largest mortgage lender in the UK, eclipsing the Help to Buy schemes in helping younger buyers gain a foothold on the property ladder. In total, the BoMaD will lend almost £7 billion to potential homeowners this year, a 10% increase on 2018 despite the […]
Searches UK Announced As Gold Sponsor Of LFS Annual Awards
Searches UK is delighted to be a Gold Sponsor of the 2019 Law Firm Services Conveyancing Conference, which takes place in September. Now in its eighth year, the LFS Conference is the largest, most respected and most prestigious event in the conveyancing calendar, featuring innovative ideas, exhibitors and speakers from business and media who will […]
Persimmon Settle Cardiff Development Mis-Selling Accusations
A major UK house builder was put under the microscope this weekend, accused of mis-selling leasehold property to their customers. Persimmon reached an out of court settlement with their customers in a Cardiff development after it emerged the company failed to adequately inform the buyers they were purchasing a leasehold property. Homeowners in the St […]
Thirdfort And Lawyer Checker Join Forces
Industry leading risk tool Lawyer Checker is delighted to announce a tie up with ID and source of funds provider Thirdfort. From this week Lawyer Checker customers will be able to access Thirdfort’s next generation client verification app directly from their account. Launched in April 2019, Thirdfort’s first product has made waves in the industry, […]
Property Sector Director Banned For Breaching Privacy And Electronic Communications Regulations
An owner of a property company has been banned for operating a business for five years after encouraging his company to make over 110,000 illegal cold calls. Jonathan De Sousa set up Xternal Property Renovations Ltd in 2015 and relied heavily on direct marketing techniques which included cold calling potential customers. In a bid to […]
Senior Appointments join CLS Property Insight Business
CLS Property Insight, part of the CLS group of companies, have added two senior appointments to their team. Lianne Goddard has joined as Managing Director and Chris Green has joined as Business Development Manager. Lianne Goddard joins from Epiq Global where she was Director of European Commercial Strategy, working with four of the five Magic […]
Terrafirma Tackle Tough Mudder
So far, Terrafirma have raised £510 for homeless charity St Mungo’s. 9 brave members of the Terrafirma team took on the South West Tough Mudder Challenge over the weekend. The team have been training for the past 6 weeks for the course which consists of a 5K run with 13 gruelling obstacles to raise money and […]
Geodesys Consolidates Customer Service Function With Appointment Of New Team Manager
Geodesys – part of the Anglian Water Group and a leading provider of conveyancing searches for residential and commercial properties throughout England and Wales – has confirmed its focus on the delivery of excellent customer service by promoting Chelsea Sarath to Customer Services Team Manager. Chelsea’s new role includes management of the Customer Services team […]
Lawyer Checker Invests Heavily In Management Team
A leading supplier of products and services in the legal sector has announced a major investment into its management team to support future growth. The Practical Vision Network, home of the award-winning Lawyer Checker suite of risk management tools has appointed Julie Williams and David Opie to its management team. Director of Operations Julie Williams […]
Alexander Grace achieves the Legal Eye Quality Standard
Alexander Grace has achieved the Legal Eye Quality Standard in recognition of its proactive and robust approach to risk management. Lawyers at the Burnley-based firm are property specialists covering both residential and commercial property. The firm also offers advice to individuals around wills, probate and estate administration, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection issues. […]
New Conveyancing Firm Launched in Leeds
Adele Baker, Emma Newby and Gary McAuley, three experienced conveyancers with over 50 years’ experience have partnered together to create the new Leed’s based conveyancing firm, Lets Move Conveyancing. The trio have worked together for the last 12 years but decided to create their own firm, concentrating primarily on residential sales, purchase and remortgaging work. […]
Searches UK Honoured In 2019 Modern Law Conveyancing Awards
Searches UK has been highly commended in the Search Provider of the Year category at the prestigious Eclipse Proclaim Modern Law Conveyancing Awards. Now in their fourth year, the awards celebrate success in the UK conveyancing market by recognising talent, achievement and innovation. The awards ceremony took place on 18th July at The Rum Warehouse […]
LFS Shortlisted Firms for Best Individual Conveyancer Award 2019
The Law Firm Services Conveyancing Conference and gala dinner with awards ceremony have become a leading conveyancing event in the UK, with its array of innovative ideas, exhibitors and speakers. The 2019 event, which is sponsored by Groundsure, brings together the conveyancing industry to celebrate its achievements in the last 12 months, will take place […]
Thames Water Property Searches Hosting Commercial Legal CPD Event
Thames Water Property Searches are hosting an informative and interactive commercial legal CPD providing essential information and updates by leading industry experts. Event Details Date: Thursday 26th September 2019 Venue: Metro Bank Plc, 1 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5HA Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm The event is designed to inform commercial conveyancers and solicitors on recent […]
Industry Experts To Discuss Cyber Crime And Technology
Today’s Conveyancer’s latest round table event is less than a week away. As the nation adjusts to a new Prime Minister and prepares for a final Brexit outcome, the property market has experienced an ever-changing landscape. Despite shifting regulations and a hot seat of key political figures shaping the sector, the only real constants have […]
Only A Quarter Of Younger Generation Will Own Property By 2026
The majority of people who do not currently own their own home believe that the dream is now permanently beyond their reach. According to a recent survey from lender, Santander, 70% of respondents feel they will never own their own home without significant support and the younger generations will only struggle further in the future […]
Newly Launched Law Firm Puts Security First
Freshly launched North East based law firm, Lever Law, has placed security top of their agenda by implementing a trio of three cyber risk products to secure its business and clients from day one. The brand-new business has instigated a security first approach to significantly enhance their security risk framework by installing an army of […]
New Recruit Strengthens GlobalX Team
Global information provider, GlobalX, has strengthened their team, welcoming a new Client Relationship and Account Manager, who joins from the Legal 500. Mumtaz Hussain joins the GlobalX team in her new role, working across both corporate and property searches to ensure new and existing clients are aware of all the services available from GlobalX, as […]