INFO IN BRIEFl marketing web sites fail to deliverLaw firms signed up to legal marketing Web sites are seeing little business in return, a survey by legal IT expert Delia Venables has suggested.

Ms Venables e-mailed around 1,500 firms and 'nearly all' of the 60 responses 'were negative in tone, with the firms having received no work'.

However, one site, Law on the Web, received two 'glowing testimonials'.

l connected careers channelDenton Wilde Sapte has become the first major City firm to sign up to LegalCV, the Web site to connect law students to training contracts and pupillages.

LegalCV is scheduled to launch itself on the digital television station Jobchannel shortly.LINKS www.legalcv.com

l mile high profit increaseSupplier Miles 33 has announced a 25% rise in pre-tax profits to almost 2 million as against a turnover which fell 7%.

The company supplies the legal, publishing and credit management markets and has just installed its Precedent practice management and accounting system at Birmingham firm Challinors Lyon Clark.

l steely investmentSouth-coast law firm Steele Raymond has announced a 300,000 investment in new infrastructure and software solutions across its Bournemouth and Wimborne offices.

It is replacing its existing TFB software with Axxia's Artiion accounts system and Fee Earner Desktop suite.

l Telephone talkThe Speech Recognition Company has announced 5 million of investment from Cazenove Private Equity and 3i, and plans to develop a suite of telephony speech recognition services.

The company, which has clients including Denton Wilde Sapte, Irwin Mitchell, BAT and HSBC, was advised by City law firm Taylor Joynson Garrett.