Conscious Solutions: The Google page experience update

On 28 May 2020 Google pre-announced a new set of ranking factors based upon User Experience that will come into effect in 2021. Google giving this much notice before a major update is unprecedented. They are so committed to this direction that they have already incorporated the relevant diagnostics into the Search Console platform, replacing […]

Repstor: How do we optimise task management in Teams and MS Planner?

As Teams-based collaboration gathers pace among our remote workers, what’s the best way to allocate and manage tasks so we can maintain progress against client work or other projects? This is a great question, and one with a happy answer in the form of Teams’ great companion tool, MS Planner. Although Planner isn’t an inherent […]

Clocktimizer: Changing law firms: Five principles for successful change management

Humans, generally speaking, do not enjoy change. Our desire to avoid it is well documented. Most of us will walk the same route to work each day. We will order our favourite food from a takeaway restaurant, rather than try something new. We find the familiar comforting. However, most of us are also aware that […]

Clocktimizer: Changing law firms: Understanding the ROI of law firm process improvement

A survey performed by LexisNexis as recently as 2018 found that 74% of mid-sized firms in the UK do not measure the ROI for investments in technology. This is in spite of the fact that 87% believe that technology contributes to profit growth to ‘some extent’. Plainly, these two statistics are at the heart of […]

Our wrap up of the Clocktimizer and LawVision flash survey webinar

It seems that the famous Chinese curse, “may you live in interesting times”, is upon us. Uncertainty is rife. A global pandemic, and the inevitable ensuing economic downturn is making its mark on the legal world. What will it mean for law firms? And how can they weather the oncoming storm? In recent weeks, Clocktimizer […]

Clocktimizer: Best practices for tech roll-outs in large firms

Welcome to the second piece in our change management blog series. Across the series we will be addressing practical steps to introduce improvements at your firm. In the coming weeks we speak to industry insiders to offer advice on successfully implementing new technology. We will also look at how to monetise change in your firm […]

Accesspoint Legal Services talk ‘Process Automation’

Process automation is becoming more of a necessity each day as firms face the harsh reality of furloughing staff or even worse in order to survive this current climate. With less manpower, firms need to adopt new methods in order to maintain the efficient, high quality service provided to clients every day.   Innovative technology is now available that can cut out countless steps and streamline a firm’s workflow by injecting accurate […]

Quiss Technology: Desktop as a Service. The future. Finally.

Desktop as a Service (DaaS) is by no means a new idea, with service providers as far back as 2005 attempting to deliver remote desktop experiences from data centres, but now begins a new chapter in its development and application. The idea of being able to access applications from any location and using any device […]

Sysero advice: How to stay relevant in the post-pandemic legal landscape

The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has made one thing very clear: traditional ways of working will forever be changed. As law firms across the globe partake in the world’s biggest work-from-home experiment, many are quickly realising the importance of digital transformation.  In a recent article for The Times titled Technology is the Key to Stopping […]

Contingency planning with Quill

The SRA expects its regulated law firms to ‘continue to meet the high standards the public expect’ and have ‘appropriate contingency plans in place for disruption’ during the coronavirus pandemic. With that in mind, it should be no surprise that as the largest combined legal cashiering and payroll bureau in the UK, we at Quill […]