UK hiring intentions hit record high, according to Cascade Go

With UK business output at a seven-month high, firms have stated that their hiring intentions are also at record high levels. The respected Accountant and business advisor BDO stated that their Optimism Index; which measures UK business output based on how companies expect to perform over the next six months; increased to 100.05 in March, […]

Saving the criminal defence lawyer from extinction

Life is hard as a legal aid lawyer. Government cuts and a lack of funding has seen many leave the profession to the point where it is now thought that criminal defence lawyers could become extinct in England and Wales. It’s understandable that many would avoid entering the profession. You go to university and go through the LPC 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tikit: Push for connection

This article was originally featured as an interview in the April 2018 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. Effective data entry and good client relationship management have never been as important as they are to businesses today. Why? Well, you can’t have a data-based discussion these days, it seems, without bringing up the […]

Converge TS on why your IT partner should be a legal specialist

It’s a widely known fact among CIO’s that using a cloud infrastructure provider to support their IT strategy is a key component of progression and increased profitability. Gartner recently reported that 80% of CIO’s will migrate to a cloud-based environment within the next few years. But what should you be looking for when choosing a […]