Practice Management

Lawyers and law firms are usually too busy to stop and think about whether there are things that they could and should change. When others suggest that change is needed, they are quick to resist [...]

Dave Seager of SIFA Professional outlines 10 steps you can take to meet the SRA’s Transparency Rules. This is your chance to steal a march on your competitors, update your website to [...]

Use the OPIR method to churn through business material and sales books without missing important information. Keeping up with rapidly evolving sales knowledge and product information demands [...]

According to Harvard’s Institute of Coaching 70% of those who receive professional coaching benefit in terms of improved performance, relationships and enhanced communication skills. Coaching can [...]

Will lawyers be made redundant due to AI? The answer to this is a guarded ‘yes’ - some lawyers will be when the tipping point is reached – we are not just there yet.

Under the new dual code system arriving in November, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is clear that it expects law firm managers and their compliance officers to be introducing processes [...]

With the rise of digital marketing, social media has become a new tool to help drive potential private client instructions, referrals, brand awareness and recruitment. Clients also like to see [...]

Most firms still produce monthly management information in a very traditional way, showing the profit and loss account for the month and year to date and the month end balance sheet. While this [...]

It has finally been announced that the new SRA Accounts Rules are being adopted from 25 November this year (2019). This has come after months of speculation as to the exact adoption date which [...]

As many of you know, I suffer from inflammatory bowel disease which means I must be careful what I eat. I am intolerant of gluten, dairy and eggs. This makes life interesting when I am travelling [...]