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Financial Benchmarking Survey 2025

2025-03-05T15:30:00+00:00

The legal sector remains healthy, but law firms must guard against complacency by focusing on improving productivity and profitability. Explore the findings of the Financial Benchmarking Survey 2025, a leading annual health check report for smaller and mid-sized practices.

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Counting the cost

2025-04-30T00:00:00+01:00By

Tim Kidd explores the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s recent consultation on its proposed changes to the handling of client money

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Recent people and leadership

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Honing healthy habits

2025-07-31T00:00:00+01:00By

Stressed at work? Julian Hall explains ways to improve our emotional health and build resilience, including a simple-but-effective way to deal with difficult people

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Trust issues

2025-07-31T00:00:00+01:00By

Emma Egerton-Jones shares her simple six-step framework to help law firm leaders build trust and increase their influence with both employees and clients

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Recent regulation and compliance

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Work in progress

2025-07-31T00:00:00+01:00By

Amy Wren looks at what the Employment Rights Bill means for employers

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Executive regulation

2025-07-31T00:00:00+01:00By

Matthew Edwards considers proposals for the Solicitors Regulation Authority to take over the regulation of legal executives

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Recent mergers and structures

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A united front?

2025-01-30T00:00:00+00:00By and

Anne Harnetty and David Sparkes consider the main drivers behind entering a merger, and what makes a merger succeed or fail

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Merge and conquer

2024-07-30T00:00:00+01:00By

Andrew Roberts discusses how to achieve successful integration once a merger is complete

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Recent business development

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Trial by media

2025-07-31T00:00:00+01:00By

Victoria Moffatt explains what reputation is, why it’s important and how law firm leaders can employ a strong reputation to grow their business

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Recent strategy and innovation

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Trial by media

2025-07-31T00:00:00+01:00By

Victoria Moffatt explains what reputation is, why it’s important and how law firm leaders can employ a strong reputation to grow their business

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Becoming an influencer

2024-01-30T00:00:00+00:00By

Michelle Howard shares the three phrases that will help you demonstrate your value and gain partner influence

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Banking on success

2024-01-30T00:00:00+00:00By

Anna Hart, head of legal for the Bank of China’s operations in the UK, describes the transition to working in-house she made five years ago, and why she is all the happier for it

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A matter of time

2022-07-21T10:40:00+01:00By

Mila Trezza gives her tips for managing your time effectively when you have competing priorities and a heavy workload

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