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What is tech bloat and why is it a problem for law firms?
Monday, 8 June 2026Too many law firms are adopting shiny new tech without first retiring their legacy systems, causing duplication and unnecessary costs.
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Property industry reaction to monthly property transaction statistics via HMRC
Wednesday, 3 June 2026“Today’s transaction data reveals the extent of the challenges facing not only the UK property market, but our wider economy. Any thought that we were already past the worst of it has proven misplaced.
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Revealed: Risk of stranded assets increases, as MEES compliance slows
Friday, 24 April 2026Energy compliance in the commercial real estate sector is slowing, new analysis has revealed, raising concerns of stranded assets and sell-offs.
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HMRC property transaction reaction: “Ominous tone for the housing market”
Wednesday, 1 April 2026Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director at property data firm, Search Acumen comments on the recent HMRC property transaction stats.
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Lawyers gain 10,000 hours in productivity as AI-powered document reading tool REI processes data from over 300 local authorities in England & Wales
Tuesday, 10 March 2026Search Acumen has announced that its local authority document reading tool, Real Estate Intelligence (REI), has created time efficiency savings of approximately 10,000 hours for real estate lawyers to date.
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Conveyancing sector sees steady caseload growth amid easing market consolidation
Monday, 2 March 2026Search Acumen has conducted proprietary research of HM Land Registry data which shows property transactions were 3.09% higher in Q4 2025 than in Q4 2024.
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Business fatigue to AI will risk job security
Thursday, 12 February 2026Whilst we know professional learning has always been part of career paths, to hire, retain and keep talent, AI needs to be embedded as a core part of this training.
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Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s property transaction data for December 2025
Tuesday, 3 February 2026“December’s figures show a market holding the line against the usual seasonal slowdown.”
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Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s property transaction data for November 2025
Monday, 26 January 2026November’s data suggests the housing market is starting to thaw, but it’s a hesitant, uneven defrost rather than a clean return to momentum.
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Search Acumen responds to Bank of England’s interest rate cut
Friday, 19 December 2025In response to the Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates to 3.75%, Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director at Search Acumen, has commented.
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From ‘year zero’ to £6.5m – how a law firm found its second life
In 2018, I hit what I call ‘year zero’. On paper, Olliers Solicitors was a top-tier criminal defence firm but beneath the surface, I could see we were at a crossroads.
Linklaters’ chief growth officer takes the ‘blank sheet’ challenge
In the third and final part of this series, Lucy Murphy, chief growth officer at magic circle firm Linklaters, outlines her vision for the law firm of the future.
The ‘blank sheet’ challenge, part 2 – what would you do differently?
In the second part of this blog series, Shainul Kassam, managing director of small London firm Fortune Law, sets out how she would set up a law firm now.
