Oliver Sullivan

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THE WORKING DAY IS GETTING LONGER – 80% rise in calls outside 9 to 5 hours for legal businesses

25th June 2015
41% more worker time is spent dealing with customers outside traditional 9 to 5 office hours, compared with three years ago, creating a rapid demand for 24 hour services. A study into incoming business call volumes by call answering service alldayPA, tracked over a million calls from a two year period, to reveal the working […]
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UKOOG and GMB Reach Landmark Agreement on Shale Gas

16th June 2015
UKOOG and the GMB recently (8th June 2015) announced the agreement of a joint charter on shale gas, focusing on safety, skills and supply chain development. The charter underlines a joint commitment to ensure:   ·         That gas is recognised as essential to British industry and households ·         Gas has a key role in both the UK’s future energy supply […]
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European Commission adopts its first Solvency II Equivalence Decisions

9th June 2015
The European Commission has published its first Solvency II third-country equivalence decisions, and they include a few surprises. The Commission has decided that Switzerland is Solvency II equivalent on all three bases - i.e. for group capital calculation purposes, for group supervisory purposes, and for reinsurance purposes. There's no surprise here. These decisions will now be considered by the European Parliament and […]
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Competition heats up as conveyancing transactions fall 16% in Q1 2015

8th June 2015
Conveyancers face mounting pressure to maintain and grow their business as total transactions for the first quarter of 2015 fell 16% from Q4 2014 and 5% year-on-year, according to the Conveyancing Market Tracker from Search Acumen, the search provider.   The Tracker – which uses Land Registry data to assess competitive pressures in the conveyancing […]
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