All In Business blog articles – Page 6
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OpinionBanking on solid foundations
The relationship between SGI Legal and NatWest underlines the importance of making funding decisions within agreed timescales.
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OpinionChina, Cameron and sausages
A Devon food producer was on the list of those on a trade trip to China. But where were the law firms?
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OpinionFlexible working: not just ‘a woman thing’
The attitude that ‘home is for wimps’ benefits no one.
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OpinionGoing open plan
The chief executive of Hardwicke Chambers shares her experience of going open plan.
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OpinionWhat sort of question is that?
Form-filling is increasingly becoming part of the job. But how many solicitors answer the questions honestly?
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OpinionChanging times
Charging by time only is unpopular with clients and has given various governments excuses to cut legal aid. Maybe a new system is needed.
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OpinionDos and don’ts of a lawyer’s personal blog
In this era of social media, what are the perils of lawyers blurring the lines between their professional and personal lives?
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OpinionThe cost of having principles
If general counsel advise an ethical response to wrongdoing and are ignored, it undermines their ability to do the core job of managing risk.
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OpinionKeeping gateway to debt advice open
Is a MoJ impenetrable gateway part of a big plan to save £350m from the legal aid budget?
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OpinionShould in-house grow their own leaders?
The reasons to promote internally are compelling, even if in-house succession planning presents challenges.
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Marketing materials and meaningful value
Reading through strategy adviser Nick Jarrett-Kerr’s article ‘In the nick of time’ in a recent edition of Managing for Success
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£10 too wealthy for legal aid
Today I received an application from an individual who was roughly £18 per month too wealthy to qualify for legal aid.
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Embracing compliance - like going to the gym
Much has been said and reported about the cost of regulatory compliance, but not so much about the benefits of compliance as a driver of quality and competitive advantage through creating better processes and controls. The SRA’s report Attitudes to regulation and compliance in legal services showed that the majority ...
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PII renewals: just like Christmas
This week the staff asked when we are closing for Christmas. They want to make plans, and why not?
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Helping out litigants in person
A report has been published by the Judicial Working Group on litigants in person. It explores possible judicial responses to the expected rise in litigants in person caused by the recent cuts to public funding for legal aid.
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Using Google Analytics
GA is a simple piece of code/script that drops a cookie onto a visitor, to track them and their behaviour whilst on your website.
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Law firms and cause-related marketing
To most people CRM stands for ‘client relationship marketing’ and is a vitally important topic I have written about on a number of times. There is another lesser-known CRM, which stands for ‘cause-related marketing’, which is about connecting one organisation with a non-profit organisation or charity for the purposes of ...
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Stress and productivity
A recent article about stress at work highlights the results of LawCare’s survey
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Results season matters more this year
It’s law firm results season – with every day bringing news of financial results, for the top-100 firms in particular.