associate news

Tower Street Finance is continuing to expand its team with two more new hires. As the company scales up the business development team has expanded, so David Crooke has been recruited to head up the team. In addition Jordan Jonas has been appointed to the finance team.

This time last year The Law Society announced that a number of leading organisations in the conveyancing profession had agreed to work together, known as ‘The Conveyancing Task Force’ work together to agree and discuss the reform and improvement of the conveyancing process for the benefit of consumers and lawyers alike.

Landmark Information Group, the leading provider of information to the UK property market, has today announced the launch of Landmark Scotland to provide dedicated technology and data-driven product and service solutions for the Scottish property market.

iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge WorkTM, today announced a global strategic partnership  with Microsoft that will harness cloud technology with the industry’s premier document and email management platform to innovate, develop new solutions, and deliver better business outcomes for customers. The two companies bring together expertise and advanced technologies to enable organisations to improve productivity, enhance connectivity and collaboration, all the while benefitting from institutional knowledge to gain competitive advantage.

A new survey amongst the employees of SMEs by Purbeck Personal Guarantee Insurance, the UK’s only provider of Personal Guarantee Insurance to business owners and the partners/directors of solicitors firms, has found that over a third of SMEs (34%) took no measures at all to deal with the pandemic over the past year.

Andy Sommerville comments on the ‘return to normal’ following January’s dip in transactions of about 22%. Andy also comments on how demand will evolve in the coming months and how property professionals can help buyers balance property demands with upcoming cost pressures through innovative technological solutions.

National Apprenticeship Week 2022, the 15th annual week-long celebration of apprenticeships, took place earlier this month. The week brings together businesses and apprentices across the country to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships have on individuals, businesses, and the wider economy.

Perfect Portal has been recognised as a leading innovator in the legal industry, with a nomination for Innovation of the Year at this year’s British Conveyancing Awards.

The Oxford Brookes School of Law  has always aimed to offer practical legal skills, complemented with academic rigour, to their students, helping them successfully compete in the legal services market.

Legal administrative work is crucial to running a successful firm, but it’s something law firms can struggle with. For many law firm staff, the processes at their firm make admin time-consuming and tedious, and can pull their focus from building the firm. That’s where task and workflow automation comes in.