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Book review: All you need to know about commercial awareness by Christopher Stoakes

I facilitate various workshops designed to increase commercial awareness. For young professionals. And it’s good to be able to recommend reliable sources of information at those sessions. This short (130 pages) information-packed book was revised in 2019. And I commend it to those looking to initiate their commercial awareness journey. Read More

2023-08-24T15:46:17+01:00August 24, 2023|Kim's Blog, Management Skills|

Two 2023 financial benchmarks for law firms: The Law Society/Hazelwoods and the Institute of Legal Finance & Management (ILFM)/Crowe

I regularly review and summarise benchmark reports for law, accountancy, property and consultancy businesses. So here are two 2023 benchmarks for law firms: The Law Society/Hazelwoods and the Institute of Legal Finance & Management (ILFM)/Crowe. It’s interesting to compare the results from the two benchmarks. The Law Society and Hazelwoods Read More

2023-04-05T12:21:41+01:00April 5, 2023|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Statistics and trends|

Law firm analysis – MHA Legal Benchmarking Annual Report 2020

I regularly scan for research reports that can be used by professional service firms (lawyers, accountants and surveyors) when conducting their business analysis and business, financial and marketing planning. I share summaries of key reports to assist firms with their planning. The MHA Legal Benchmarking Annual Report 2020 (8th) covers Read More

2021-03-30T20:47:58+01:00January 14, 2021|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Statistics and trends, Strategy|

Research report: 24th Annual Smith & Williamson Law Firm Survey 2018 “Brexit, what Brexit?”

The annual Smith & Williamson law firm survey 2018 obtained the opinions of over 130 managing partners and senior management personnel across the UK in August 2018. The clear message emerging from this year’s survey show that law firms are continuing to fight for top talent in a competitive market Read More

2021-04-03T15:05:13+01:00July 15, 2019|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Statistics and trends, Strategy|
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