Practice Management

Residential property professionals across the breadth of the chain are feeling the pressure of increased volumes brought on by the Stamp Duty holiday. Yet, according to the latest tm:tv panel debate ‘Is the property market faking it?’, buyers and sellers could help reduce the pressure by taking proactive steps to manage their transaction. Hosted by Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, this sentiment was echoed throughout the tm:tv session by estate agent, conveyancing, surveying and mortgage broker representatives.

There are many reasons as to why your firm should explore integrating a payment portal to its website and as web integrations are becoming a huge trend it’s not too late for your website to be providing more than just a visual shop window that displays service offerings. Now more than ever, clients want to be able to interact remotely with many things in life and providing your client’s with a speedy, convenient and secure option to pay their fees will ensure your firm gains a competitive edge as well as a greater level of assurance for the future.

A guide for Practice Managers tasked with pulling together a short-list.

If you’re reading this then you won’t need telling about the winds of change blowing through the legal landscape. It’s a familiar tale. Everyone it seems is expecting twice as much to be done, in half the time for no more money! The rising expectations of clients, the requirements of the regulators and the growth of ‘volume’ providers are akin to a perfect storm affecting many firms’ financial performance.

Microsoft Office 10 is still in use in organisations and also on many home PCs.  The deadline, which is fast approaching is 13 October 2020.  It is strongly advised that you upgrade as Microsoft will no longer provide security updates and support for this version of the software and therefore individuals and Organisations are at risk from malicious attacks on security vulnerabilities.