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Celebrating legal support staff: The operational backbone of the legal industry
Our latest report, BigHand Legal Workflow Leadership Report 2025, shines a spotlight on support staff value.
Retaining talent: How law firms can overcome the skills shortage
Download this white paper and to discover how small to mid-sized firms can tackle the talent shortage and create a thriving, future-proof workplace that keeps the best lawyers engaged and motivated.
Brabners completes HQ overhaul with Liverpool refurbishment
Purpose-led independent law firm Brabners has completed a major refurbishment of its 30,000sq ft Liverpool office at Horton House, within the city’s iconic Grade II listed Exchange Flags building.
2025 UK midsize law firm priorities: talent, tech, and change
Midsize law firms in the UK find themselves at a critical inflection point. With mounting economic pressures, firm leaders must carefully assess their priorities and investment strategies to remain competitive.
360 Business Law expands revolutionary AI Contract Review Service to its international consultant lawyers
360 Business Law, the award-winning international law firm with a presence in more than 90 countries, has expanded its revolutionary AI Contract Review Service to support its growing network of international consultant lawyers.
CEL Solicitors is expanding its litigation team amid continued growth
As part of its commitment to delivering high-quality legal services, CEL Solicitors is recruiting a wide range of appointments to bolster its litigation offering.
How secure e-bundling solutions strengthen law firm reputation
In today’s digital age of cybersecurity risks and diverse client needs, the need for secure e-bundling solutions is more crucial than ever.
Your step-by-step guide to small law firm growth
Running a small law firm has never been easy—but in today’s environment, it can feel like you’re constantly trying to do more with less. Yet for solicitors who are strategic and well-prepared, smaller operations have a distinct advantage: agility.
Empowering Law Firm Leaders: Podcast highlights how law firms can activate their business development effectively
This latest episode features a conversation with Matt Dixon, founding partner of training and consultancy firm DCM Insights, who is recognised as being one of the world’s leading authorities on sales, business development and marketing.
HYCU R-Cloud for iManage Cloud now available via early access program
iManage has announced the early access availability of HYCU® R-Cloud™ for iManage Cloud – an enterprise-grade backup and recovery solution purpose-built for iManage Cloud customers and powered by HYCU,
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The new metrics for success in conveyancing
While technology has made much of the conveyancing process faster, there remains a practical limit to how many matters anyone can manage while still keeping standards intact.
The UK legal market is polarising – and the middle is disappearing
Consolidation and the boutique boom are not contradictory. They are the same market stretching apart at both ends – and it changes what your firm is worth, and to whom.
Conveyancing’s consistency problem is about pressure, not skills
When I qualified, a conveyancer had perhaps 10 or 12 plates to keep spinning. Today’s conveyancers have 20 or 30, and almost none of the room for error I had starting out.
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