associate news

RiskView environmental due diligence reports now includes enhanced mining, subsidence and ground hazards intelligence, including past insurance claims relating to ground movement

Today’s house price statistics will bring little festive cheer to the UK’s first-time buyers. While growth in prices has slightly dampened during 2017, the market continues to push itself further out of reach for young market hopefuls who were wishing to put up a Christmas tree in their new home this year.

DocsCorp today announced a major update to cleanDocs, its metadata cleaning tool. cleanDocs 2.0 is the next generation in data leak prevention software, combining metadata cleaning and email recipient checking in a single product. Users can now be confident that private information is going to the right person and that it contains no harmful metadata.

Leading legal practice Aaron & Partners LLP has strengthened its marketing team with the appointment of Christos Kottis as its new Head of Marketing.

SearchFlow, the market leading provider of conveyancing search solutions in the UK, is delighted to announce it is the headline sponsor of the second annual ESTAS Conveyancer Awards for 2018, following the successful inaugural event which took place in October this year.

Corporé, one of the largest rehabilitation and injury management companies in the UK, has selected Converge TS to provide a Hosted Desktop service. Employing 120 staff and experiencing growth, Corporé has taken the decision to move to a more scalable and secure environment that gives the company greater flexibility.

Accountancy firms are increasingly finding themselves being challenged on hourly billing and other inflexible and outdated pricing models, according to international pricing guru Richard Burcher. Burcher Jennings are being approached by accountancy firms keen to learn lessons drawn from similar disruption to age-old and increasingly discredited pricing models.

CILEx Regulation has created a new scheme to allow applicants to become a Charted Legal Executive and Probate Practitioner in just one application. The fee is £450, a saving of up to £220

Email modification fraud is one of the most prominent forms of cybercrime. Highlighted in the Autumn Update of the SRA’s Risk Outlook, email interception still poses a significant threat to client money, with cases demonstrating the devastating impact that scams can have on both clients and firms.

I had a meeting the other day with a potential client who were trying to get their head around the digital age of marketing and frankly they were feeling the pressure to become part of the social media revolution.