by David Baskerville | 23 Jan 2023 | Advisory, Our Insights, Selection
I can’t believe it’s three years ago that I wrote my article and subsequent handout on vendor / supplier management but it is a subject which is still high in my mind. In our work as retained advisors a lot of our time goes into managing other suppliers on...
by Guest | 23 Jan 2023 | Advisory, Our Experience, Our Insights, Selection
Download as a PDF Project type Practice management system selection Scope Buckles was looking at a PMS to replace its long-standing SOS solution. With an ambitious growth target – to double in size by 2025 – and a multi-currency requirement, the firm was ready to move...
by Richard Wyatt | 12 Dec 2022 | Finance, Our Insights
Many Managing Partners get exasperated by their firm’s inability to get away from being cash-strapped, despite seeming to make decent profits, whether annually or month-by-month. There is a constant worry about paying the salaries and other major commitments, such as...
by Beccy Scobell | 11 Dec 2022 | Our Insights
Today, in the current world of IT there are a lot of products out there that have a lot of functionality. It is very difficult to know every function in each of these products, so I thought I would share my personal “quick wins” in some Microsoft products. Read Aloud...
by David Baskerville | 25 Oct 2022 | Our Insights
Save the date – Roundtable webinar Mobilising your IT strategy through your people – Monday 7 November @ 12.30 Whilst having an IT strategy is crucial for all businesses, it will not be successful unless your IT teams are sufficiently skilled, confident...
by David Baskerville | 21 Oct 2022 | Our Insights
David Baskerville takes a look at the state of play in the Practice Management Software market, recently published in The Law Society’s Managing for Success magazine. The Practice Management Software (PMS) market has changed substantially in the last few years...
by Richard Wyatt | 9 Oct 2022 | Our Insights
In my time advising and helping manage law firms, I have twice been asked the question: “What is the single most important factor in making law firms profitable”? Both times I was asked by a firm’s Managing Partner, so it was clearly important to them and equally...
by Cathy Kirby | 3 Oct 2022 | Our Insights
Cathy Kirby offers tips on changing Practice Management Systems in a recent feature in PI Focus from the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) Changing your practice management software – or any part of your major business applications – is not a...
by Beccy Scobell | 30 Sep 2022 | Our Insights
Today I find myself reflecting on my first 3-months as a consultant. I’m thinking about how much I have grown in my knowledge of systems, my self-confidence, and how important IT Training is! As an in-house trainer for over a decade, my decision to become a...
by Guest | 30 Aug 2022 | Our Insights
Save the date – Roundtable webinar Mitigo and Cyber Security – Wednesday 14 September @ 12.30 This webinar is a little different to previous ones as our guests, the team from Mitigo (leading cyber security specialists), will be walking us through the...
by David Baskerville | 27 Jul 2022 | Our Insights
As part of British Wills and Probate Awards sponsor Exizent’s new Judges Insight series, David Baskerville, Director & Lead Consultant, Baskerville Drummond LLP, discusses the challenges he faces in encouraging technology adoption across legal services,...
by David Baskerville | 25 Jul 2022 | Advisory, Our Insights
Save the date – Roundtable webinar Mimecast and Cyber Security – Tuesday 9 August @ 11am On 9 August Baskerville Drummond will be holding the latest in our series of roundtable webinars. This is where we host our clients and a chosen technology provider in...
by Beccy Scobell | 18 Jul 2022 | Advisory, Our Insights
When a new software application is rolled out to a firm, training is needed. Everyone knows and agrees that some sort of training is required, but depending on who you ask, the next questions will have different answers: When should training be included in the...
by Guest | 12 Jul 2022 | Our Insights
As LawNet’s preferred IT consultancy, there was no way that we would miss taking up our place at this year’s LawNet Conference at the Celtic Manor. Despite its enforced absence due to the pandemic, the event returned with a real bang, firing on all cylinders with its...
by Guest | 29 Jun 2022 | Our Insights
Briefed – Issue 8 Welcome to the latest edition of Briefed, a handy digest of all the recently published articles, news and blogs from Baskerville Drummond. Read Briefed Issue 8 Why not read our other issues of Briefed? Briefed – Issue 8 Briefed – Issue 7...
by David Baskerville | 23 Jun 2022 | Our Insights
The legal IT press seems to be full of news of Supplier A purchasing Supplier B or Supplier C receiving more funding via a funding cycle. I’m not normally one for commenting on such things publicly but the other week I saw a post on LinkedIn from an employee of a...
by David Baskerville | 23 Jun 2022 | Our Experience, Our Insights
Baskerville Drummond is delighted to announced that it has retained its Band 1 rating in the 2022 edition of Chambers and Partners’ LawTech Consulting guide. In common with all Chambers’ guides and directories, this is an independent evaluation of market players, with...
by Guest | 21 Jun 2022 | Our Insights
Baskerville Drummond has announced the addition of Beccy Scobell to its consulting team. Beccy is set to combine both training and junior consulting roles, as Baskerville Drummond looks to extend the range of practical help offered, to enable firms to get more out of...
by Guest | 11 Apr 2022 | Advisory, Michelle Howard, Our Insights
Future Focussed In the series of articles entitled, ‘Making law firms more profitable’ Richard Wyatt looks at three ways in which law firms can become more profitable. They are to: Increase fee earner numbers Increase profitability per fee earner Reduce overheads...
by Nigel Stott | 29 Mar 2022 | Our Insights
“I’ve found a problem with the new system!”, the Partner said to me in a matter of fact but not entirely disappointed way before explaining the issue he had found with our new time recording system. As we went through the detail of his discovery; he informed me he’d...
