tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293541051800644281.post7707258213829569932..comments2023-12-05T11:15:10.915+00:00Comments on Solicitors News: Do we really need conveyancing awards?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293541051800644281.post-50212151743409576962015-09-07T11:44:20.224+01:002015-09-07T11:44:20.224+01:00Richard - Thank you for your comment. I was not ...Richard - Thank you for your comment. I was not looking to cause offence and to prove this I have edited the entry having regard to your remarks. David Petthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05224846621053203356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293541051800644281.post-83403938678897281332015-09-07T09:32:41.828+01:002015-09-07T09:32:41.828+01:00I may have hit a nerve here! The article was not ...I may have hit a nerve here! The article was not meant to criticise, it was published to ask questions about how the process could be improved. I know you are both highly skilled and experienced to provide expert input and I am looking forward to seeing which firms this year emerge as winners. I still maintain that award competitions are geared to a particular type of business and are not everybody's cup of tea. I also stand by my observation that because one business in one area may come out with an award it does not mean other businesses in that same area are not as good. I recognise that in practice nothing will change and at the end of the day with out without a prize its about pride and whether as an owner of s business you can hold you head up high knowing that you have efficient processes, happy and returning clients, content staff and a profit to show at the end of the year. David Petthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05224846621053203356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293541051800644281.post-74406002021774303382015-09-07T09:09:50.668+01:002015-09-07T09:09:50.668+01:00Spot on Rob. As another judge, I take your criti...Spot on Rob. As another judge, I take your criticism very personally... it's never going to be easy task, but we try are hardest, based on the evidence we gather via various means.. and its amazing how some Conveyancers arrogantly think they can walk on water, then fall short in some area, when put under scrutiny. Roger Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293541051800644281.post-84805345735176626932015-09-06T21:17:28.451+01:002015-09-06T21:17:28.451+01:00I was asked to be a judge for the first time last ...I was asked to be a judge for the first time last year, for the Property Forum Awards. I was pleased to be asked and had no idea what to expect.<br /><br />I spent a day in London along with four other judges. It was a long day. We reviewed all of the submissions sent in by the entrants. There was no favouritism, no heavy handed persuasion or anything other than genuine consideration of every applicant by every judge.<br /><br />Yes, some entrants are more regular than other and, on the surface, more polished. But, give the judges some credit, we can see through a flimsy application quite easily. There needs to be some substance behind the fluff.<br /><br />In one category two firms were lieterally neck and neck, a regular ‘big player’ entrant and a high street firm, a ‘first timer’. The ‘first timer’ got it. Although their gains were not quite as great as those of the ‘big player’ they were actually greater in comparison to the size of the two firms. The amount of time and effort spent creating the new systems and processes to benefit their client’s was huge.<br /><br />But it’s not just about the award. It is also, in my opinion, about the ceremony. Conveyancing is a tough profession, with a few laughs and not much fun. An award ceremony gives everyone the opportunity to meet some of the people they deal with (when does that happen now?) and to let their hair down.<br /><br />Not everyone can be a winner (that's not strictly true,everyone can be a winner, but their will only be one winner) but everyone can get involved and have some fun.<br />Rob Hailstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108138595996506154noreply@blogger.com