What’s the difference between business continuity and disaster recovery?

We get asked that question a lot. What’s the difference between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery? And what’s ‘resilience’ for that matter? It’s an interesting question, and there are specific industry and expert definitions. But, confusingly, they are often used interchangeably. In a broader business context, this is unhelpful. According to the BCI & DRJ, the […]

Mental Health Awareness Week: 4 out of 5 workers say stress is now a ‘way of life’

The growing impact of workplace stress has been revealed today in a new survey – with three quarters of people describing it as a ‘way of life’. The research – conducted by Cascade HR – polled 540 UK participants across a range of occupations and demographics, in readiness for Mental Health Awareness Week (14-18 May). […]

10 essential steps to renewing your law firm’s PI insurance

With Professional indemnity insurance (PII) mandatory for any solicitor’s practice, it can be an expensive and harrowing experience. However, this doesn’t have to be the case. Careful planning and partnership with the right broker could not only make the process easier but also save money. Find out more with ‘10 Essential Steps to Renewing your […]

LPM magazine, Brave the data (GDPR) 2018 supplement

This month, LPM magazine’s Brave the data supplement discusses the ‘last ditch’ efforts by SME law firms to prepare for the GDPR before the big day – thank you to our sponsors Accesspoint, Quiss and Archive Document Data Storage for helping to make this happen.    Get yours FREE now > Missed an issue? Visit the LPM magazine home page where you’ll be […]

LPM May 2018: Got talent?

This month, LPM magazine finds out how SME firms attract and retain the best talent Download your FREE copy now Feature: LPM’s HR agony aunt, Polly Jeanneret, explores some fresh ideas for finding and keeping the best people in your business. Brain training: Nick Lakhani, finance director at asb law, discusses killing the billable hour and finding NewLaw ways […]

Briefing supplement: Processing power

Briefing supplement: Processing powers Processing powers In this latest special spotlight supplement, Briefing navigates the apparent ‘automation gap’ within legal business for more insight into this technology’s efficiency gains and obstacles to implementation.   Download the supplement now for FREE What’s in this report? Feature: Arts of the process – how do firms choose where to channels their investments in […]

Briefing May 2018: Feel the path

Path binders  Leading law firms discuss the re-assessment of their skill mixes and bridging the worlds of legal knowledge and technology nous.   Download your copy right now. FREE  What’s in this month’s issue?    The big idea: Firms seem suddenly to be getting serious about investing in new pathways and training options for lawyers with a distinctly […]

Five mistakes law firms make … according to Intelligent Office UK

Back in 2011, Robert Bourns, senior partner at TLT spoke openly about the importance of properly rewarding and promoting law support staff through renumeration schemes. In a piece written for the Law Gazette, Bourns penned… “Salary structures can be developed to ensure that support staff are incentivised in a way that is similar to the […]

A disbursement or not a disbursement – that is the question

You may have heard recently about the case of Brabners LLP v HMRC where the tribunal judge held that electronic property search fees could not be labelled disbursements for VAT purposes, leaving Brabners with a hefty £68,000 VAT bill and law firm accounting departments across the country with sweaty palms. So where does the decision […]

The six biggest IG challenges law firms face today

Information governance means different things to different people. Recently, when leading industry organization IGI (Information Governance Initiative) asked its community members to help it define the term, respondents agreed that there are a wide range of activities that fall under the umbrella of IG.  All the big activities are covered, including business intelligence and big […]