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Covid-19: a word from The True Worth Expert… What are you willing to adapt so you can continue to grow?

There is always positive in the negative and negative in the positive – What are some of the benefits of …

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Covid-19: Implications for business

As the human tragedy of COVID-19 continues to unfold and the measures put in place to try and stem the …

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Collaboration tools: Free products during the Coronavirus pandemic

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic vendors are increasingly offering collaboration tools for free for a period of time. Legal …

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Corona Virus and Working from Home

Coronavirus has plunged the world into uncertainty and the constant news about the pandemic can feel relentless. All of this …

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Employment law issues

The UK has now moved into the delay stage of dealing with Covid-19. People are very concerned, growing numbers of …

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Minimising cashflow issues

There is no doubt that we are living in challenging and uncertain times. We are all worried about the possible …

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Release wave 2 launches with over 400 updates, new apps, and industry solutions

2019 release wave 2 launches with new applications and hundreds of capabilities across Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform. Today …

Walker Morris Invests in Lexis® Visualfiles™ to Deliver Efficiencies and Create Market Differentiation

LONDON, U.K., 11 December 2018 – Top 100 UK multi-disciplinary law firm Walker Morris is investing in Lexis® Visualfiles™ to …

The evolution of the legal IT department

The legal sector is facing challenging times – technology disruption, client demand for lower cost services, deregulation leading to new …

Case Studies

Katchr Client – Birketts

A case study video from Tim Sarson, a Finance Director at Birketts. Speaking about his experience of working with Katchr.

Katchr Client – Brady Solicitors

A case study video from Vin Chauhan, an IT Director at Brady Solicitors. Speaking about his experience of working with …

Katchr Client – DQ Advocates

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Reports

O’Neill Patient Plans Aggressive IT Investment and Expansion With Visualfiles

LONDON, U.K., 11 March, 2020 – LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions has today announced that the conveyancing market’s largest solicitor practice, O’Neill …

The integration complication: how merging law firms can tackle the tech

With the legal sector experiencing a significant period of consolidation, the number of UK law firms either merging or acquiring …

How the Office of Finance Can Become a Strategic Forecaster in Professional Services Firms

The Digital Disconnect Technology is revolutionising the finance function within many Professional Services organisations, enabling the Office of Finance team …

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The Data Analytics offering at Ecovis Wingrave Yeats is led by a team of data scientists, data analysts and business …

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T-Tech is one of the fastest growing IT Consultancy, Support and Cloud Service providers in the UK, serving SMEs in …

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