L-CAT to be recompeted

David Gilroy
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Someone pointed me in the direction of this notice on the OGC website regarding the re-competition of the government L-CAT contract ready for its renewal in March 2007.  There is a full list of the current L-CAT panel firms on the OGC website....

Is a picture worth a thousand words?

David Gilroy
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Jim O'Connor does not think so!  I met Jim a couple of weeks ago at the launch of the Creative Enterprise Gateway which is a new service for the creative industries in the South West. I won't tell you what Jim does for a living, you'll need to click...

Great "movie"!

David Gilroy
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It's a long story how I came to be on Answers.com but whilst there I came across this fantastic Flash animation movie . So it got me thinking about the "style" of this movie.  If you were to create something like this about your firm, to...

Free review of your direct mail letters

David Gilroy
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I re-produce this message in its entirety as I like Rod's style.  It's a great offer if you have a direct mail letter that you want reviewed. Rod can be contacted at mail@solicitorsinstitute.co.uk ---------- Original Message ---------- FROM:...

Yellow Pages and Ice Cream!

David Gilroy
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How about this for a market research idea to take advantage of the hot weather (ice-cream really does come into this, honest!!) While meeting a prospective client he asked me "How do I know if I should reduce the size of my Yellow Pages...

Standing out from the crowd - great article

David Gilroy
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There's a great article in this week's Gazette by Chris Hinze of Hinze Communications (great name huh!!) on " How to stand out from the crowd ". He talks very lucidly about how being "different" is better than being "better"...

CLS specialist telephone advice line tender

David Gilroy
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I see in last week's Gazette ad advert for a " pre-tender meeting " for the extension of the CLS Specialist Telephone Advice Line services.  It reminds me of a similar meeting I went to at The Law Society about six or seven years ago when...

Song lyrics on office walls! Win a free book!

David Gilroy
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I have a friend who is an optician.  Keep reading, this is to do with legal marketing and you might win a free book!! He recently opened his own  opticians in Bristol  business.  He did something as part of the decoration that I think is...