Significant changes to the audit profession in recent years mean that the industry is facing a recruitment crisis. Whereas audit used to be considered a core skill for a career in accountancy, factors such as increased audit thresholds and greater scrutiny from regulators are making it a less attractive career path for high-quality candidates. This […]
Solicitors are being targeted by organised criminals during property purchases as it emerged red flags over home transactions surged 66% in two years, according to anti-money laundering and big data specialists Fortytwo Data. Staggeringly, nearly four in ten (37%) of all Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) across the entire legal sector relate to either residential or […]
Towards the end of 2017, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid announced plans to make buying and selling homes ‘cheaper, faster and less stressful’. Amongst his proposals was to clamp down on ‘gazumping’ which sees a buyer lose out on a property at the last minute after a higher offer is […]
Most employers allow their workers to use their own devices for company operations purposes, the most common being sending emails when they’re not in the office. However, new FCA rules now prohibit the use of own devices in the financial sector. Daren Howell, Solutions Marketing Manager at Sungard Availability Services, explains more below. Barely into […]
Practically every task that takes place in the legal industry utilises paper. From deeds and contracts, to wills, leases, agreements, and litigations - the list of paper files that are necessary for the success of any task in this document intensive industry is endless. Mark Bailey is the Managing Director of EBM Managed Services, and […]
Acritas’ new legal spend report reveals globally men to be earning 26% more than women in equivalent in-house chief legal roles, but in the US women can expect to earn the same for equivalent roles. Acritas’ Patterns in Legal Spend reports are drawn from the Sharplegal survey, which interviews 2,000+ senior legal buyers in $1 […]
The Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, has called for a regulatory crackdown on Bitcoin; comments which can be expected to help fuel a sustainable recovery of the likes of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin and Dash. Mr Carney noted: “The time has come to hold the crypto asset ecosystem to the same standards as the […]
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