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21 February 2014
Issue: 7595 / Categories: Legal News
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Financial fitness

Law firms must shape up

“Don’t milk the cash cow”, have clear monthly accounts, make sure clients pay promptly, and maintain a good relationship with your bank, is just a selection of the advice on offer from Brent Wilkinson, consultant at BDO, writing in this week’s issue of NLJ. He explains how to make sure a law firm is “financially fit” and avoids failure. Recent research found more than 30% of UK law firms are at risk of failing in the next 12 months.

Issue: 7595 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Weightmans—Jason Slatcher

Weightmans—Jason Slatcher

Weightmans appoint new Chief Technology Officer

Mishcon de Reya—trainees

Mishcon de Reya—trainees

Mishcon de Reya announces trainee retention rate of 86%

Sackers—Charlotte Adams & Fraser Sutton

Sackers—Charlotte Adams & Fraser Sutton

Sackers welcomes two new Graduate Solicitor Apprentices

NEWS
LexisNexis is delighted to announce the launch of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2027, celebrating outstanding achievement, innovation and impact across the legal profession
The Legal Services Board (LSB) is to take further enforcement action against the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), setting additional performance targets and ‘intensifying’ its oversight, it has said
Regulators missed several opportunities to intervene in PM Law Group before it collapsed, an independent review by City firm Jenner & Block has found
An employer’s vicarious liability for the alleged torts of an employee cannot be transferred by TUPE, the Court of Appeal has confirmed
Tiered fees of up to £1,500 for Legal Ombudsman (LeO) cases could leave firms with little option but to pay out, lawyers have warned
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