Features and Opinion – Page 5

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    Opinion

    Under the banner

    2014-05-07T16:53:00Z

    Robert Banner, new chair of the Section executive committee, outlines his plans for the Section, including helping firms through financial stability issues, and supporting smaller firms with practice management challenges

  • Andy Harris
    Feature

    How do you compare?

    2014-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Our 2013 Financial Benchmarking Survey report is out now. Fees and profits are up once again, but partner capital is down, and many firms show signs of financial stability issues. Andy Harris introduces the results of the survey

  • Clare Boardman
    Feature

    On the money

    2014-05-07T00:00:00Z

    In today’s challenging marketplace, firms need to be able to spot potential financial problems early and take decisive action. Clare Boardman provides an accountant’s perspective on the steps a firm needs to take to secure its financial future

  • Steven Petty
    Feature

    Office politics

    2014-05-07T00:00:00Z

    As firms struggle to adapt to the pace of change in the legal market, premises costs can make the difference between success and failure. Steven Petty explains how you can manage these costs to the benefit of your firm

  • Chris Hart
    Opinion

    Counting the cost

    2014-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Law Management Section chair Chris Hart discusses this issue’s financial focus, and bids farewell as chair of the Section

  • Barry Wilkinson
    Feature

    It all adds up

    2014-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Despite the sombre headlines of financial woe we were faced with last year, 2013 
saw the UK economy grow and the professional services sector perform strongly. Can 
they both be right? Barry Wilkinson looks at what exactly is going on

  • George Bull
    Feature

    Better safe…

    2014-02-12T00:00:00Z

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s focus on financial stability is part of a wider change to the regulatory environment, and what compliance means in practice. George Bull explains how to assess your firm against the regulator’s risk indicators

  • Andrew Allen
    Feature

    Life partners

    2014-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Allen discusses the impact on law firms of the partnership changes announced in the autumn statement, including to the self-employment status of LLP members, and to the operation of ‘mixed partnerships’

  • Robert Banner
    Feature

    Cash in hand

    2014-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Cashflow is the lifeblood of any business, and a lack thereof can be a key reason for financial instability. Behind good cashflow are effective cash management policies and a culture set up to deliver them. Barry Wilkinson and Robert Banner explain how to show your firm the money

  • Ian Muirhead
    Feature

    Multi-tasking?

    2014-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Ian Muirhead asks why multi-disciplinary practices have been less popular than they were seemingly envisaged to be by the Legal Services Act, and presents a personal view on the role of joint ventures between solicitors and independent financial advisers

  • Georgine Beechinor
    Feature

    New obligations

    2014-02-12T00:00:00Z

    By 2018, all UK firms will be required to enrol all eligible employees into a qualifying pension scheme. Georgina Beechinor looks at how these changes and developments will affect law firms, and what you should be doing now to prepare

  • Helen Broughton
    Feature

    Private lives

    2013-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Six months on from the major changes to family legal aid, many firms are still grappling with the move from legal aid to private clients. Helen Broughton explains some of the management and financial challenges, and how to deal with them

  • Ian Brown
    Feature

    Golden Brown

    2013-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Wosskow Brown managing partner, Ian Brown, on securing new banking facilities worth nearly £2m

  • Richard Burcher
    Feature

    The rules of civility

    2013-08-13T00:00:00Z

    The cuts to civil legal aid have hit both members of the public and law firms hard. Richard Burcher looks at the strategic options for firms deciding whether or not to continue with civil legal aid work

  • Setfords
    Feature

    Set apart

    2013-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Guy and Chris Setford of Setfords Solicitors on the benefits of moving to a fee-sharing model

  • Ian Muirhead
    Feature

    War of independence

    2013-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Ian Muirhead provides a personal perspective on the Solicitors Regulation Authority decision to allow referrals from non-independent financial advisers, and looks at how law firms can select advisers they can trust with their referred clients

  • David Beech
    Feature

    Here be Dragons

    2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

    David Beech of Knights Solicitors on securing private  equity investment

  • Helen Broughton
    Feature

    Back to basics: Cashflow

    2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Knowing your worst and best cashflow months will help you decide when to make additional items of expenditure and how to negotiate overdrafts

  • Nick of time
    Feature

    In the nick of time

    2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

    The news is full of horror stories about law firms going under, but if firms act as soon as they find themselves in trouble – and even before – they could avoid becoming just another statistic. Nick Jarrett-Kerr gives his 12 top tips for financial recovery

  • Nigel Haddon
    Feature

    From tip to toe

    2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Nigel Haddon reviews a new free e-book which aims to help firms to be more profitable through 12 ‘top tips’, covering everything from recruitment to instructing barristers