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Fed up with call centre menu options? Then please press 1
Fed up with call centre menu options – all the hoops you have to jump through before you get to the department you want or to speak to a real person? Check out this new site http://www.pleasepress1.com/
Select Legal launch their coffee-break video case studies
UK legal software supplier Select Legal Systems has produced three coffee-break sized video case studies, each featuring a different law firm – Cartwright King, Silver Fitzgerald and H&R Hughes – using the company’s LawFusion system.
IT Trainer- Consultant, home based (Midlands ideally) up to £24k + £4,200 Car Allowance
Our client is a a global organisation that provides technical consultancy and outsourcing services to the professional services market that includes Accountancy and Legal Sectors. Skills: • At least 3 years’ experience training experience in …
Systems Administrator (Microsoft Windows Server/Windows XP / Windows 7)
Our client a leading London based Law Firm who have been established for nearly 200 years, they focus on many disciplines of Law and work with a very well renowned client base. They are now …
New Business Sales Consultant – base salary up to £45k + OTE comm of circa £40k + benefits inc £6k car allowance
Our client is a market leading provider of mission-critical, sector specialist software solutions and services to the UK’s Legal and Not for Profit sectors, business accounting and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solutions principally for SME’s …
New report on law firm service desk issues
Sherry Bevan Consulting Ltd has just published what is believed to be the world’s first Law Firm Service Desk Report. The data in the report is based on responses from more than 30 law firms to a survey conducted during January and February 2013. Further insight was gained from interviews with law firm heads of IT, CIOs, service delivery managers, recruitment agencies and ITIL consultants.
HP versus OpenText over Autonomy Round #97
In the latest installment of the titanic struggle between the forces of Good and Evil – or Evil and Good – between HP and OpenText – or OpenText and HP (readers are free to rearrange the names in any order) HP Autonomy iManage has reacted angrily to rumours that HP is looking to sell the Autonomy business, possibly to SAP.
Australian study reveals increased time demands placed on lawyers + infographic
While legal professionals are known for working hard, a new study by legal and tax & accounting information solutions provider, Thomson Reuters, has shed light on the increasing time demands placed on Australia’s legal professionals as hours increase and client expectations grow – with some reporting as much as 100 hour working weeks.
SOS reports strong trading year as year-on-year growth continues
Legal software and services provider Solicitors Own Software Ltd. (SOS) has reported another strong trading year with turnover and profits up from 2012, as well as high levels of client and employee satisfaction.
Ray Kurzweil at LTF 2013 – exclusive interview with Charles Christian
Here’s our exclusive interview with Ray Kurzweil, while he was over here in the UK last month for the LawTech Futures 2013 event in London. This is the only interview Ray gave while he was in the country – and in fact 5 minutes after we finished recording, he was in a limo on his way back to Heathrow.
O’Connor to head up Prosperoware in UK/EMEA
Prosperoware announced today the appointment of Paul O’Connor as the company’s Director of UK & EMEA operations. The appointment of O’Connor reflects the growing adoption of the Prosperoware product suite in Europe, which includes four …
The 2013 InnovAction Awards Now Open for Nominations
The College of Law Practice Management (COLPM), an international organization that recognizes excellence in law practice management, is calling for entries for its 2013 InnovAction Awards, a worldwide recognition of lawyers, law firms, law departments and other legal service providers that have innovated and successfully applied new business practices to the delivery of legal services. Submissions for the 2013 InnovAction Awards will be accepted until June 30, 2013.
Rocket Lawyer raises an additional US$ 15 million
Online legal services platform Rocket Lawyer has raised another $15 million in new funding from a so-far unnamed “strategic investor”. Rocket Lawyer previously raised $40 million in capital from August Capital, Google Ventures and Investor Growth Capital (IGC). Rocket Lawyer founder Charley Moore claimed earlier this year that the company is growing revenues by $20 million a year.
New podcast: it’s all about the cash! Jim Stanley of Nexum talks to Charles Christian
It’s all about the cash! Jim Stanley, the CEO of Nexum, and Charles Christian of Legal IT Insider discuss the financial pressures facing law firms today and the importance of cash-flow management. Jim and the Nexum senior management team discussed this topic at LawTech Futures but if you missed that event, don’t worry because (in true Blue Peter fashion) here’s a podcast we recorded earlier.
MIS Analyst – London c£40,000 plus benefits
Our client is a large international law firm with a truly global presence, The firm is currently involve din a major project to upgrade their website and intranet portals and is now urgently seeking an …
