All In Business blog articles – Page 6
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OpinionCity failing in hunt for talent
School statistics demonstrate that City firms do not have to look far to find high-achieving young people.
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OpinionThe labour market isn’t working
Law firms and legal departments that are in a position to be more imaginative when hiring will end up with better people.
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OpinionFly-fisher’s guide to business development
When trying to win new clients, preparation and patience are required.
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OpinionThe power of negative thinking
Taking a sceptical view undermines nothing, says Kathleen Hall.
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OpinionChristmas and flexible working
There is plenty of flexible working around Christmas time – and this has lessons for the rest of the year.
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OpinionA senior partner’s Christmas countdown
David Pickup runs us through his exhaustive list of tasks to complete before the big holiday.
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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 ...