Latest features and guidance – Page 4
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FeatureFour steps to improve your firm’s cash flow in 2018
A recent survey has revealed that over half of Britain’s SMEs are owed nearly £45 billion in late payments, placing severe strain on working capital. Steve Deutsch outlines some simple steps that small businesses - law firms included - can take now to bolster their balance sheets.
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FeatureAutumn Budget 2017 - the headlines for law firms
Steve Roberts looks at the top-level developments in November’s Budget for law firms.
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FeaturePricing excellence for law firms: How to be smarter and more profitable
Philipp Biermann and Andreas Panayiotou set out five actions you can take to improve your pricing outcomes and create significant value for your firm.
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FeatureThe argument for self-care
Sass Boucher is a counsellor and psychotherapist registered with the BACP, working in private practice. She discusses how the act of self-care can be an antidote to working in stressful and traumatic roles.
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FeatureWhy join the Law Management Section committee?
The Law Management Section committee currently has four vacancies. Current committee member Ian Hopkins explains why he joined, how it’s benefitted him and his firm, and how the committee supports Section members
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FeatureDefying conventional wisdom
Partner Jeremy Holt discusses growing and running a law firm, according to ‘conventional wisdom’.
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FeatureClient reviews: 5 benefits of using an independent consultant
Do you fully understand your clients’ needs? Are they really satisfied with your service? Daphne Thissen explains the benefits of using a consultant for client reviews
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FeatureBook review - Remaking Law Firms: Why & How
Remaking Law Firms: Why & How (by George Beaton and Imme Kaschner) provides a very valuable foretaste of what is to come - don’t say you weren’t warned, says Barry Wilkinson
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FeatureFive business development options that don’t involve networking
A lawyer’s career hinges on their ability to win work. Douglas McPherson suggests five alternative options for those that don’t like formal networking
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FeatureThe PSC register: what legal practice managers need to know
The requirement for a register of ‘persons with significant control’ came into force on 6 April 2016. Alison Matthews explains what you need to know
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FeatureThe importance of effective internal communication
Effective internal communication will reap dividends over time. Rachel Brushfield explains the role it plays in building employee engagement.
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FeatureBook review: LinkedIn for Lawyers – Developing a Profile to Grow Your Practice
Can LinkedIn help lawyers improve their practice in an efficient and cost effective way, or is it a time-consuming luxury? Barry Wilkinson reviews LinkedIn for Lawyers - Developing a Profile to Grow Your Practice (by Emily Miller and Kirsten Hodgson) and offers his verdict
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FeatureCreating a ‘great place to work’: the key to talent attraction and retention
Creating ‘a great place to work’ is a key element of talent attraction and retention. Julie Harrison explains the challenges and provides a taster of her session at the LMS annual conference on 27 April
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FeatureThe 007 approach to cyber-attack
Law firms have now largely woken up to the dangers of cybercrime, but even firms that have done their utmost to secure their IT systems are vulnerable to a new threat, explains Stuart Poole-Robb
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FeatureManaging absence in law firms
Joanne Perry explains the main causes of absence and provides a taster of her session at the LMS HR forum on 16 March
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FeatureGrowing your bottom line in 2016: Is LinkedIn worth YOUR time? Part 2
In part 2 of their guide to using LinkedIn as a business tool, Emily Miller and Susan Kench explain how to build and engage with your network
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FeatureHow to attract and retain the best talent for your firm
Deborah Gray explains where firms go wrong in recruitment and provides a taster of her session at the LMS HR forum on 16 March
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FeatureWhy 2015 was the tipping point for cybersecurity
Paul Gribbon explains why 2015 was a watershed year for cybersecurity
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FeatureNew corporate membership option
Robert Banner, chair of the Law Management Section committee, outlines a key development in the membership of the Law Managment Section
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FeatureGrowing your bottom line in 2016: Is LinkedIn worth YOUR time? Part 1
Emily Miller and Susan Kench explain how LinkedIn can help smaller law firms to generate and support the relationships that grow their client base