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Avoid the blues this Christmas with a healthy bank balance
Christmas and cash flow do not go hand-in-hand. Fewer trading days, office closures, annual leave, the season for illnesses, darker days so more lights on, etc.
The no-cost marketing strategy all SME law firms can adopt
Most firms plan to invest more time and money on marketing strategies, but what about SME firms that are feeling squeezed and have neither the resource nor budget to increase their marketing activity?
Are law firms ignoring their most critical assets?
Surprisingly, law firms are not adequately addressing their clients’ demands for improved diversity, equity and inclusion.
The reputational risk of not making a referral
Posted by Dave Seager, consulting adviser to Legal Futures Associate SIFA Professional It would not be contentious to suggest that solicitors, both as individuals and as firms, are naturally risk averse. Perhaps this is understandable from a profession that is dealing with the… Read More
No one available to take your call? Why firms are losing potential customers
As many as one in five new enquiries to law firms do not get a response. It’s a surprising and somewhat shocking statistic when you consider the significant sums many firms spend on marketing.
The human dimension of regulating lawyers
The vast majority of professionals are not involved in corruption or intentional wrongdoing, but many will need support at points to achieve and maintain the high standards of compliance we demand.
Navigating career transitions in law
A solicitor’s career path can be a long one, with many twists and turns that can lead to more fulfilling work and greater success – but sometimes into a dead end.
From pouring pints to poring over contracts: what SQE did for me
My legal journey started with a dropped grade at GCSE. One of my 12 GCSEs was a ‘B’ in chemistry; not high enough to study the subject at A-Level, at my school, at least. Bang went my ambition to be a vet.
Supporting in-house teams as they integrate within businesses
As the role of in-house legal teams shifts towards the centre of business decision making the support needed from its law firms and alternative legal services providers is changing.
LPAs – are you working with the right financial planning partner?
If you are not receiving constant referrals from your financial planning partners, then are you not working with the right partners. Or are they perhaps not true financial planners at all?
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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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