GDPR and marketing – one year on
Working in the fast-paced, demanding legal sector can often mean buzzwords and jargon are commonplace, especially when it comes to legal expenses insurance (LEI). To help simplify these terms for you, our brief guides give you the know-how.
What your law firm’s cyber insurance doesn’t cover
Law firms have more to lose from cyber security breaches than most types of business, because handling sensitive and confidential information for clients is so central to what legal professionals do. That’s why increasing numbers of firms are taking out specialist cyber insurance policies. Our view is that cyber insurance may well be worthwhile, but it can only ever be a complement to advanced cyber security measures – never a replacement. Here’s why…
Five ways to boost team engagement
Thanks to increased everyday workloads, digital distractions, growing stress levels and evolving client demands, team engagement and motivation levels can wither. Research shows that this can impact productivity and overall team satisfaction levels, so it’s crucial to keep your team engaged to encourage loyalty and help to ensure career longevity.
Future Gazing – industry experts debate what’s next in PropTech
We recently held a series of stimulating roundtables to reflect on the PropTech landscape and the potential of future innovations. We invited representatives from HM Land Registry (HMLR), Leverton, an Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning technology company, International Property Network (IPN), a blockchain property technology firm, research-led Artificial Intelligence company, Eigen Technologies, and also representatives from some of the country’s leading law firms to discuss hot-button issues in the digitisation of the property sector.
Landmark comments on Prime Minister’s commitment to boost home sales
With the arrival of the new Prime Minister, Mr Johnson has already stated his intentions of injecting a long-overdue boost in to the UK’s property market. This is certainly welcome news to help revitalise what is currently a flat market, which is down by around 5% when compared with the same period last year. Brexit and prohibitive taxation has certainly made its mark and HMRC is already estimating that July will be significantly down compared to this time last year.
Thames Water Property Searches is hosting commercial conveyancer CPD event
Thames Water Property Searches are hosting an informative and interactive commercial legal CPD providing essential information and updates by leading industry experts on Thursday 26 September 2019.
This is what clients love about DPS
You want a great service, right? Who doesn’t? But, do you always receive it? In business you may get a great service when someone is trying to sell you something. Phone calls every day, emails, liking your tweets, laughing at all your jokes, no matter how bad they are, and basically be the best friend you didn’t want. But how long does this last? Often, right up until you sign on the dotted line. Then it all stops. You’re passed over to someone else to deal with and that great service stops.
Finders Ireland – Four years old!
Finders International’s Irish office celebrates its fourth anniversary this year—four years of providing missing beneficiary tracing, no known next of kin, rooting out unclaimed assets and more. In the four years, we’ve built up a solid reputation for thoroughness and professionalism, and we’ve been involved in plenty of ‘good news’ stories over that time.
