Cruel To Be Kind.

I've Gotta Be Cruel to be kind. Because? Because there's epidemic failure, right now, throughout the...

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Snowflake? Me? Are Your Serious?

  "You are not special.  You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake."  -  Fight Club by Chuck Pala...

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Hello, Is it Me You’re Looking For?

Hello, is it me you're looking for? You've seen our leaflet?  What did you think? Oh, that's a shame...

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The Menu Decides The Choice.

The menu decides the choice. A common expression amongst magicians. Who only provide the options tha...

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Post-Truth Estate Agency.

Post-truth estate agency? This, gets to the heart of it. A malaise gripping not just estate agency, ...

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The Lost Art of Being Yourself.

The Lost Art of Being Yourself. Don't laugh.  This is really happening. An identity crisis, of your ...

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Where Hustle is the Name of the Game.

Where hustle is the name of the game. It has such a...….. dispiriting feel to it. To coerce, pressur...

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Afraid of Not Being Good Enough?

Afraid of not being good enough? Of course you are. Isn't everybody? The fear that sends us scurryin...

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What Is Your Estate Agency For? Who Is It For?

"What is it for?  Who is it for?" Words from the ever erudite, Seth Godin. A wake-up call for every ...

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My Role Isn’t To Help You Sell More – It’s To Get People to Like You More.

My role isn't to help you sell more - it's to get people to like you more.  Because people don't lik...

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“I Have A Dream That One Day”

"I have a dream that one day my four little children will be judged, not by the colour of their skin...

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How can I get my urgent application to HM Land Registry fast-tracked?

  Anyone browsing the property pages of a news website in the last year will have seen countless art...

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Digital by default 

Automation is at the heart of our plans to develop efficient and resilient land registry services, a...

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Introducing the planning data platform

Find planning and housing data that is easy to understand, use and trust. A platform to help you cre...

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Why Is The Property Market So Vanilla?

Interesting way to describe the UK housing market, right...? Vanilla... It conjures u...

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New user-centred services for planning applications are now live on council websites

3 new services: Find Out If You Need Planning Permission, Apply for a Lawful Development Certificate...

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Women working in digital, data and technology, part 1: product and delivery

There’s no set path to working in digital, data and technology (DDAT). Women working in these profes...

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New user-centred services for planning applications are now live on council websites

3 new services: Find Out If You Need Planning Permission, Apply for a Lawful Development Certificate...

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Piloting a Cyber Assessment Framework for Local Government

The potential impact of a cyber incident in a council can be devastating, as high profile attacks on...

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Celebrating four years of the Local Digital Declaration

Every July, the Local Digital team holds a month-long campaign to celebrate the anniversary of the l...

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How SearchLand is using our data to help land developers

SearchLand's co-founders: Archie Kennedy-Dyson, Arthur Goodhart and Hugh Gibbs SearchLand was a part...

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Handy new checklist for lease extensions (surrender and regrants)

Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock.com HM Land Registry has published a handy new checklist for use when hand...

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Women working in digital, data and technology, part 2: leadership

There’s no set path to working in digital, data and technology (DDAT). Women working in these profes...

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Digital planning reform - an overview

Have you ever tried to get planning permission or engage with the planning system as a user? For hom...

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Building confidence and expertise in local government for successful digital transformation

In the Local Digital Declaration, we outline our commitment to ‘creating the conditions for genuine ...

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What we learned from the Local Digital Roadshow 2022

The Local Digital team holding a workshop with attendees during the Yorkshire Roadshow. This year ha...

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Register of Overseas Entities: How it affects land transactions

The Economic Crime (Transparency & Enforcement) Act 2022 requires overseas entities that own or acqu...

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How Skyroom is helping landowners deliver housing in London

A Skyroom development in Southwark, London. Artistic impression. Skyroom was a participant in the Ge...

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Programme to help PropTech and geospatial start-ups wins award

I have been lucky enough to work on the Geovation Accelerator Programme since 2017 as part of HM Lan...

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Digital applications – 6 months to go

Six months ago, we told customers we had a year to switch to digital applications. Now at the midway...

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