The new normal

TM Group brings property professionals – including residential conveyancers – together to consider the opportunities and challenges being faced by the industry, as it finds its feet in the wake of the pandemic.

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It’s increasingly clear that 2021 posed just as many challenges as the immediate outbreak of Covid-19 back in 2020 – just different ones. That’s why we polled the industry again to find out what’s really been happening behind the scenes of yet another unprecedented year.

Bringing together the voices of nearly 800 property professionals, including residential conveyancers, commercial real estate professionals, estate agents, lenders, surveyors, developers, and more, ‘The New Normal’ research set out to capture how those working on the frontline of the property transaction really feel the industry is adapting to ‘The New Normal’.

The results were intriguing, as we uncovered…

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Train your own, grow your firm: the business case for the SQE in SME law firms Case Study

Henna Zafar | Business development manager, BARBRI | 14 October 2026
For many of the SME law firms we work with, this autumn is the first time they will support trainees through the SQE. The concerns we hear are consistent — firms don’t feel they know enough about the SQE, most don’t have a learning and development team and partners are already stretched. Those concerns are […]

Is your law firm ready for the next decade?

Chelsea Goldsby | Operations director, Osprey Approach | 11 November 2026
Almost half of respondents to research into the Welsh legal sector are uncertain whether their current business model will remain sustainable over the next ten years. For managing partners, it raises important questions about succession, ownership, and retirement, as well as how to fund growth and prepare the firm for its next stage.  The Welsh […]