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Solicitors urged to offer personal guarantee protection to small business clients

17 January 2022

Solicitors could be seeing an increase in demand for SME finance based services in 2022 as the Government’s COVID-19 support has eased back and take up of the Recovery Loan Scheme is expected to remain low.


Demand outweighs cost pressures in the construction industry

14 January 2022

Monthly construction output increased by 3.5% in volume terms in November 2021, which is the largest monthly rise seen in construction output growth since March 2021 


November 2021 Data Breach Roundup

14 January 2022

In November, some of the most notable data breaches included data from county schools in Kent being leaked to the dark web, patient records having to be destroyed after being abandoned at a former care home and the high-profile data breach involving the Labour Party.


Weak property listings pipeline continues to dominate market pressures

13 January 2022

Data from the latest edition of Landmark Information Group’s Property Trends Report has highlighted that the sustained imbalance of ‘supply versus demand’ continues to be the dominant pressure on activity levels in the England and Wales’ residential property industry.


ARAG’s Canadian subsidiaries amalgamate to become ARAG Legal Solutions Inc

13 January 2022

The Toronto-based ARAG Services Corporation amalgamated with ARAG Legal Solutions Inc., effective January 1st, 2022. The amalgamation was driven by the acquisition of DAS Canadian operations in March 2021 by the German ARAG Group, a global leader in legal expenses insurance (LEI) and currently active in 19 countries.


How Exizent is helping Hughes Parry Solicitors save time in a growing sector

13 January 2022

When Hughes Parry Solicitors underwent a firm reorganisation, Director Tim Wilson took on the responsibility for probate work across the firm. With a background in Divorce and Family work, Tim needed a simple solution to track all his new probate cases and turned to Exizent to help improve the visibility and accuracy of his clients’ cases, as well as the speed taken to solve them.


Stephen Rimmer uses Minerva to enhance client-retention during conveyancing boom

12 January 2022

By Legal Futures Associate Minerva Stephen Rimmer LLP, a firm that offers a full range of commercial and consumer legal services, is leading the way in dealing with the conveyancing boom during the Covid-19 pandemic. The firm’s conveyancing team has seen… Read More


Search Acumen launches end-to-end residential conveyancing platform

12 January 2022

Search Acumen, the property data, insight and technology provider, has announced the launch of its residential conveyancing platform. The end-to-end legal technology solution enables lawyers to manage the entire residential conveyancing process through a central dashboard.


InfoTrack announce new onboarding event for law firms

11 January 2022

InfoTrack have announced the launch of a new event for the legal industry, The Onboarding Summit, a half day event designed to share everything law firms need to know about client onboarding in the digital age.


Additional funding will support Tower Street Finance’s ambitious growth plans

11 January 2022

Following a successful 2021, Tower Street Finance, the inheritance lending specialist, has successfully closed its latest funding round. The latest round raised £18.2m of debt and equity, to fund growth through 2022. The total raised now stands at £36.2m.

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