Whilst the online revolution

Saturday, 19 July 2008 8:07PM

Whilst the online revolution

Whilst the online revolution has been upon us for years, there are still plenty of scope for development and for those of you who take regular interest in the adverts that cover the last pages of the Journal, you will have recently seen a newcomer.

legalsupportnetwork.co.uk is a new, innovative website that uses the latest online technology to provide a wide range of services to the thousands of professional staff working within costs & finance within the Legal industry throughout the UK & Ireland.

The website is the brainchild of David Sparkes, who many of you will already know from his years recruiting costs professionals with Adept Recruitment.

"The idea for the website came from years of frustration..." says David, “whenever I was looking for information in relation to costs or finance it would take me for ever to trawl through the web and pick out the most relevant bits of information”.

legalsupportnetwork.co.uk aims to fill the gap in the information market by bringing as much relevant content together so that professionals in these fields can benefit from a relevant and easy to use resource.

“I was always interviewing candidates and meeting clients who had the same frustrations”

“There is plenty of information available in the public domain, you just have to know where to find it and how to interpret it”

The website is entirely free to users and has been designed to incorporate easy to use navigation.

“Our key objectives during design were to provide an easy to use and informative website that will assist professionals in carrying out their day to day careers”.

David refers to the website as a multi-level resource as it incorporates a number of different services to users including;

News
The latest industry News from a range of News providers.

Events
Access to forthcoming Events & Seminars within the industry from a range of organisers.

Information
The website incorporates a Legal Costs Area that is dedicated to relevant information for the costs profession.

Business Directory
Designed to provide companies a medium for raising the profile of their services.

Recruitment Services
Includes a comprehensive job searching facility of the latest vacancies within the market.

Online Tools
A selection of useful online business tools.

“Our aim is to be the leading independent website for professionals working in the Legal costs & finance industry” says David.

“The progression has been a very natural one….having spent so many years recruiting costs & finance professionals in the Legal market I have been fortunate enough to build up some strong relationships with a broad spectrum of people”

“The whole idea is that professionals within our target markets benefit from the movement of information and networking with peers”

“We are very protective about our brand and the audience we target. The concept is about focusing on a niche audience and ensuring that everyone in the professional equation benefits from sharing information and services”.

There is clearly plenty of scope for a website of this nature and it is clear that David is keen to work with the profession to ensure that legalsupportnetwork.co.uk

Is a valuable resource to those individuals that find their careers in this field.

If you would like to make any contributions to the websites content or feedback suggestions and ideas for what you information and content you would like to see then please contact David Sparkes on 0870 112 5058 or at davids@legalsupportnetwork.co.uk

Author: David Sparkes

Published in: ALCD Journal (Association of Law Costs Draftsmen)

Dated: September 2006