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HBR Consulting expands executive team, appointing Evan Trent as COO
HBR Consulting LLC (HBR), a trusted advisor to law firms and corporations worldwide, is pleased to announce that Evan Trent has joined the Firm’s executive team as chief operating officer (COO), effective April 2. With deep expertise in driving accelerated growth for organizations through both organic and M&A strategies, Trent will be instrumental in moving […]
The majority of Europe’s top law firms choose iManage for work product management
iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work, today announced that 75 percent of the law firms in the European 100 rely on iManage to handle their document and email management needs, enhance their security and transform how their professionals get work done. iManage’s strong showing in the European 100 is further demonstrated with […]
Legal Workflow on enforcing a house style on Microsoft Word files – a battle of wills…
Does your law firm struggle to lock down house styles in your Word documents, do stubborn files refuse to bend to your will? It’s a time-draining problem for lawyers and support staff alike. We’d like to introduce you to a new product available from Legal Workflow, a customised Word ribbon that locks down house styles […]
Intapp reports strong European growth
Innovative law firms select the Intapp Professional Services Platform to better deliver client and firm success Intapp, a leading provider of business applications and services for professional services firms, today announced the addition of 13 new law firm customers in Europe over the past year. In addition, Intapp has kicked off 35 new projects across […]
10 in 10: Kate Swinscoe at Leeds-based Cascade HR
In a new feature for The Yorkshire Times, we put a regional business professional in the hot seat and give them 10 minutes to answer our 10 burning questions. Here, we hear from Kate Swinscoe, marketing manager at Leeds-based Cascade HR. What does a typical working day for you involve?No two days are ever the […]
Intelligent Office UK: how to communicate change initiatives to administrative support staff
To any law firm planning on implementing substantial change, it won’t be news that a strategic approach is imperative to the success of the transformation. But when this change involves potentially sensitive subjects such as; outsourcing, reorganising processes, reallocating work or introducing new technologies, what does this ‘strategic approach’ look like? In our blog, we […]
PitchPerfect overview
PitchPerfect enables users to create a high-quality pitch documents and marketing collateral without compromising the functionality of the document. PitchPerfect is accessed via a ribbon in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, which allows for firm wide access and requires minimal training. Visit the website for more information www.enableplc.co.uk Video length: 2mins 12secs
DPS Software asks: are you ready for making tax digital?
In July 2017 the UK government announced that Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT will come into effect from April 2019. This means businesses who meet the VAT threshold will have to keep their records digitally and provide their VAT return through MTD compatible software. The Four Foundations of Making Tax Digital Better use of […]
Video: Briefing 5P 2017 – Pricing and profitability of legal services – Sam Davies, Herbert Smith Freehills
Video length: 19mins 21secs What happens to profitability when people buy people? Sam Davies, pricing manager (now pricing lead) at Herbert Smith Freehills, discusses how firms can go from combative to collaborative pricing. Covering market forces and barriers to effective pricing and implementing L&D to teach client-facing staff to have robust pricing conversations. Want […]
Feeling threatened by digital services and AI?
Video time: 1 min 17 seconds Change is happening all around us and technology helps speed up the process. To stand still is to go backwards and in business nobody can afford to let that happen. Legal firms are no different, they too must move with the times to become more efficient, to meet the […]
Intelligent Office achieves the ‘Ones to Watch’ rating from Best Companies
Intelligent Office (IO) has been recognised as an employer of choice having achieved the ‘Ones to Watch’ rating from Best Companies. This latest accolade comes during a very successful 18 months for IO which has seen the business win four new clients including major US law firm, Shearman & Sterling and also The Solicitors Regulation […]
Year end ‘payroll pain’ can be alleviated with simple tips by Cascade HR
With the end of the financial year now looming, a number of organisations are gearing up for what can often be an incredibly frantic time. But from a remuneration perspective, there are many ways to avoid encountering ‘payroll pain’, believes Claire Treadwell, senior bureau manager at Cascade Payroll Managed Services. Admittedly the exact preparatory process […]
GDPR compliance starts with IG, according to FileTrail
As the deadline for GDPR implementation edges closer, discussions about compliance are mostly focused on how to ensure organizations have permission to use the data they’re collecting and processing. This makes sense in the light of today’s data-driven world, in which seemingly every part of our digital lives is tracked and stored. According to Gartner, data […]