The business of being a business isn't easy. Often, companies need professional, legal, real estate, recruitment and education services to navigate challenges. This series delves into the challenges and opportunities faced by the companies providing those business services.

Money laundering is very much in the legal news at the moment, especially as the Solicitors Regulation Authority is continuing with its thematic reviews looking at AML compliance within law firms; its most recent review looked into 74 firms and found some major failings, including inadequate training, no firm-wide risk assessments in place, and issues around source of funds checks.

LexisNexis, a leading global provider of legal intelligence and analytics, has today launched Lexis Create, a powerful new platform that makes legal drafting easier. Lexis Create puts the muscle of LexisNexis at lawyers’ fingertips within Microsoft Office products.

Saying “I know MY clients” is no longer enough to protect and grow revenues. Forward-looking firms are transitioning to a model where Partners, fee-earners and Marketing/BD teams can confidently say: “WE know OUR clients”

Is your client planning to buy one? Do you know what the implications are for insurability or what really happens if their cliff-top garden collapses onto the promenade below? This and more was discussed in a tm:tv session on Coastal Hazards, as part of the Climate Change and the Property Market series; hosted by Martin Manning, Head of Account Management at tmgroup, and joined by Tom Backhouse, Geologist and CEO of Terrafirma, and Sean Reeves, Associate Solicitor and Head of Residential Conveyancing at Letchers Solicitors.

Download Naq's free guide to learn how to keep your firm’s online accounts secure and sensitive information protected with these easy to implement cyber security tips.

InfoTrack is delighted to be joined by Steve Johnson, National Key Account Manager and Ellie Steele, Senior Underwriter, at CLS to review the Covid-19 Search Insurance policy that was launched during the pandemic last year.

Today we are thrilled to announce that our family of businesses have come together with a single new identity: Agilico.

The Google Page Experience Update, which we have written about before, is due to come into effect in less than one month and could have wide-reaching implications on the web.

The Access Group, one of the UK’s leading software providers has officially launched its new legal software division, Access Legal, promising to help the UK’s most ambitious law firms achieve their potential through a powerful suite of technology.

BlackBoiler is revolutionising the contract review and markup process with its patented Automated Contract Markup technology, helping companies manage and negotiate contracts in a fraction of time.

The issues of meeting risk and compliance regulatory requirements are always of the utmost importance to law firms, but never more so than when your fee earners and finance staff are working remotely.

Law firms are progressively beginning to embrace a more client-centric approach to strengthen the relationship with their clients and prospects and become more value-focused, where their value is defined at the intersection of branding, client relationships, differentiation, and added-value services.