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Land Data announces winners of the 2012 Local Land Charges Awards for Excellence

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:46:00 +0000

The national awards celebrate the work and achievements of local authority local land charges departments, which carry out land and property searches required for property transactions throughout England and Wales. The Awards were presented across six categories covering electronic service delivery, customer satisfaction, most improved NLIS service, best NLIS level 3 local land charges department, best NLIS level 2 local land charges department and local land charges officer of the year. The 2012 winners:

Electronic Service Delivery Champion

Winner: Wealden District Council
Highly commended: Castle Point Borough Council

Customer Satisfaction for Local Authority Searches

Winner: West Devon Borough Council
Highly commended: Torridge District Council

Most Improved NLIS Services

Winner: North East Derbyshire District Council
Highly commended: Lambeth London Borough Council

Local Land Charges Officer of the Year

Winner: Amanda Harcourt, City of London Corporation
Highly commended: Lesley Wain, West Lindsey District Council

Best Performing NLIS Level 3 Local Land Charges Department

Winner: Waveney District Council
Highly commended: South Somerset District Council

Best Performing NLIS Level 2 Local Land Charges Department

Winner: Guildford Borough Council
Highly commended: North Devon Council

Jan Boothroyd, Chief Executive of Land Data commented: “This year’s awards once again single out those local land charges teams that shine and continue to maintain a high level of service in challenging economic times, congratulations to all winners and highly commended local authorities.”

The awards were sponsored by NLIS, SearchFlow, Thames Water Property Insight and the Local Land Charges Institute.

Land Data announce local land charges awards for excellence shortlist

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:27:00 +0000

39 local authorities have been short listed across five categories. The awards acknowledge the work and achievements of local land charges officers across England and Wales and recognise those local authorities who are playing a key role in modernising and shaping the future of the industry. The winners will be announced at an awards dinner on 20th February 2012 at the Grand Hotel Bristol, as part of the annual Local Land Charges Training & Development Programme. Journalist and BBC broadcaster Justin Webb will be hosting the awards ceremony. Jan Boothroyd, Chief Executive of Land Data, comments: “Congratulations to all of the short listed local authorities, it is especially good to see so many new participants. I have been impressed by the hard work and dedication to quality, which is truly inspiring.” The short listed finalists are:

Electronic service delivery champion – Castle Point Borough Council, Harborough District Council, Waveney District Council, Wealden District Council.
Customer Satisfaction for Local Authority Searches – London Borough of Croydon, London Borough of Merton, Reading Borough Council, Torridge District Council, West Devon Borough Council.
Most improved NLIS services – Bolton Borough Council, Cheshire West and Chester Council, Fenland District Council, Malvern Hills District Council, Lambeth London Borough Council, North East Derbyshire District Council, North Tyneside Borough Council, South Kesteven District Council, Teignbridge District Council, West Lindsey District Council.
Best performing NLIS Level 3 Local Land Charges Department – Ashford Borough Council, Hammersmith & Fulham London Borough Council, Hastings Borough Council, Reading Borough Council, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Slough Borough Council, South Somerset District Council, Torridge District Council, Waveney District Council, Wealden District Council.
Best performing NLIS Level 2 Local Land Charges Department – Gateshead Borough Council, Gosport Borough Council, Guildford Borough Council, Isle of Wight Council, Lewes District Council, North Devon District Council, Preston Borough Council, Rushmoor Borough Council, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Winchester City Council.

The remaining category for Local Land Charges Officer of the Year does not have a shortlist, the winner and highly commended local land charges officers will be announced at the awards ceremony.

Land Data pleased to see CoPSO search code strengthened

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:18:00 +0000

Improving standards in the personal search market is a positive step and will be welcomed by the market and consumers alike.

NLIS hits 20 million searches!

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:24:00 +0000

Champagne, gifts and certificates were presented to all the parties involved in the 20 millionth search transaction. NLIS channel SearchFlow processed the search request from solicitors Streeter Marshall who instructed Reigate and Banstead Borough Council to supply official LLC1 and Con29 information for a property in Banstead. The electronic request was sent through to the local land charges team at the council and returned to the solicitor in just one and half days. "20 million searches is a testament to NLIS meeting the needs of conveyancers who want authoritative, reliable and fast conveyancing data. The NLIS electronic end-to-end model is a proven success, bringing benefits to the data providers; to conveyancers and ultimately to the consumer,” said Jan Boothroyd, Chief Executive of Land Data. NLIS processes searches for six out of ten of all electronic conveyancing transactions in England and Wales. NLIS Hub manager, Kate Crook commented: “We are delighted to celebrate 20 million searches in the year in which NLIS celebrates its tenth anniversary. Another great milestone which we are able to celebrate this year, is that every local authority in England and Wales is now fully connected to NLIS with 86% returning searches electronically too.” In photograph left to right: David Kempster, SearchFlow, Kate Crook, NLIS Hub, John Cooper, Streeter Marshall, David Smith Reigate Banstead B.C. Imtiaz Farooki, Land Data, Jan Boothroyd, Land Data

Land Data Announces Call for Entries for the 5th Annual Local Land Charges Awards for Excellence

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:56:27 +0000

"The Local Land Charge Awards recognise excellence and achievements amongst local government local land charge teams.” said Jan Boothroyd, Chief Executive of Land Data. "Now in its 5th year, we have introduced a new award specifically for supporters of electronic service delivery and the criteria for entry for some of the awards have also been reviewed. The Marketing Innovation Award has been removed and replaced with an award for Electronic Service Delivery Champion and the judging process for this category has been revised also. Our aim is to encourage as many local authorities as possible to enter and we wish all those taking part the best of luck." In total, six awards will be presented under the following categories:

Electronic Service Delivery Champion
Customer Satisfaction Award for Local Authority Searches
Most Improved NLIS Services Award
Best Performing NLIS Level 3 Local Land Charges Department of the Year Award
Best Performing NLIS Level 2 Local Land Charges Department of the Year Award
Local Land Charges Officer of the Year Award

The Land Charges Awards for Excellence 2012 can be entered online via the awards section at www.land-data.org.uk and nominations close on 31st October 2011. Entries are open to local authorities in England and Wales. For a full list of categories, deadlines and award criteria please visit: http://www.land-data.org.uk/?id=3140

Land Registry explores widening its range of information services

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:19:00 +0000

Land Registry has asked Land Data to participate in a scoping exercise to inform the business case and Land Data has agreed to contribute.

Land Data announces 2011 winners of the Local Land Charges Awards

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:14:00 +0000

The awards were presented at a glittering awards dinner hosted by journalist and media commentator Eve Pollard.

The winners were honored across six categories covering marketing innovation, customer satisfaction, most improved service, best NLIS local land charges department, local land charges officer of the year and a special tribute award.

Over 130 representatives from local land charges teams from around the country attended the awards ceremony.

The 2011 winners:

Marketing Innovation

Winner - Torridge District Council
Highly commended - Kettering Borough Council

Customer Satisfaction for Local Authority Searches

Winner - West Devon Borough Council
Highly commended - Torridge District Council

Most Improved Services

Winner - Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Highly commended - Suffolk Coastal District Council

Best NLIS Local Land Charges Department

Winner - Wealden District Council
Highly commended - Waveney District Council

Local Land Charges Officer of the Year

Winner - Ena Dixon, Leeds City Council
Highly commended - Amanda Harcourt, City of London Corporation

Special Tribute Award

Winner - Eileen McMullan, Richmondshire District Council

Judging was carried out by a team of industry experts from Land Data, NLIS Hub, SearchFlow and the Local Land Charges Institute. Entries for each award category were reviewed and judged on critical success factors such as innovation, planning, evaluation, customer service, electronic search strategies and results achieved. The customer satisfaction award was voted by solicitors and conveyancers from around the country who were asked to vote for the local authority that they believe delivers the best customer service.

Jan Boothroyd, Chief Executive of Land Data commented: “The Land Data Local Land Charges Awards aim to celebrate and reward the achievements and accomplishments of local authorities and individuals. This year we had a record number of entries, it is so good to see local land charges departments across the country maintaining such a high level of service in such difficult market conditions.”

The awards were sponsored by NLIS, SearchFlow, Thames Water Property Insight and the Local Land Charges Institute.

NLIS celebrates its 10 Year Anniversary

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:11:00 +0000

The NLIS Hub is connected to all local authorities in England and Wales, Land Registry, the Coal Authority and other sources of land and property information. Since it began operation over 19 million searches have been processed by the NLIS Hub.

Jan Boothroyd, Chief Executive of Land Data, the company which manages and regulates NLIS commented: “Over the past ten years, the role of NLIS has changed from innovator to leader, supporting conveyancers as they move from a manual to an electronic search environment. In the last six months we have seen growth in the NLIS market and as we enter a new decade, I’m proud to see NLIS is still leading the way.”

To kick off its 10th year, NLIS has revamped its website www.nlis.org.uk, which launches today and a new MyNLIS level 2 website, aimed specifically for local authorities. Kate Crook NLIS Hub manager said: “We are really pleased with the new MyNLIS website which has been created in direct response to feedback received from local authorities. It has greater functionality and new reporting features which local authorities will find enormously useful.”

Anniversary celebrations will commence at the annual Local Land Charges Conference in Bristol on 15th February and at the Land Data Local Land Charges Awards on 16th February.

Land Data calls for Government to make Official Authoritative Searches compulsory in all home buying transactions

Thu, 20 May 2010 14:15:00 +0000

Jan Boothroyd, Land Data Chief Executive said that Home Information Packs almost immediately became synonymous with price and the reduction in price was mirrored by a reduction in the quality of property searches contained within the pack. Ultimately this exposed consumers to incomplete and out of date information, often insufficient for the needs of a buyer. This in turn led to the buyer’s conveyancer ordering searches for the property again and the unsatisfactory situation where the seller and the buyer were both paying for searches. Land Data believes consumer interests are best served by official, indemnified authoritative data from local authorities, water companies, Land Registry and The Coal Authority. Further more, consumers should only pay for this information once and have the right to expect it to be up-to-date, complete and available at the point in the conveyancing transaction that they need it. With the removal of HIPs there is an opportunity for Government to look at new initiatives to improve the home buying process and Land Data believes making official searches compulsory will not only protect the home buying public from poor search practices but will bring instant clarity to a confused market.

New NLIS Channel goes live

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:34:00 +0000

TWPI is the second licensed channel to provide authoritative electronic land and property searches nationally through NLIS to solicitors and the conveyancing community. TWPI is offering over 90 property search products sourced directly from Land Registry, local authorities, the Coal Authority, water companies and other providers of land and property information. Land Data (the NLIS regulator) CEO Jan Boothroyd said: “NLIS is a respected and trusted brand in conveyancing and is recognised as a source of reliable and accurate data with rapid response times. TWPI’s reputation as an established authoritative CON29DW data provider makes them a good fit for NLIS and we look forward to working with them.” Jason McKinley, Head of Thames Water Property Insight, said: “We see Thames Water and NLIS as a perfect partnership and one that will seriously enhance our reputation for quality and marks us as a significant and long-term player in the provision of all property searches.”

Land Data seeks new NLIS channel partners

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:18:00 +0000

Land Data, the NLIS regulator, is today launching the 2010 NLIS (the National Land Information Service) channel license programme, inviting companies to apply for a license to operate as a regulated provider of NLIS data. Under the terms of the license agreement, successful applicants will handle authoritative electronic conveyancing searches from official data providers including all local authorities in England and Wales, Land Registry, the Coal Authority and several water companies. The official data is distributed to the licensed channels by the NLIS Hub. The first phase of the NLIS channel license programme, launched in May 2009 generated a high level of interest which secured two new licensees, Thames Water Property Insight and Australian based information company GlobalX Information. Over the next 3 months, Land Data will brief applicants on the channel licensing options. The NLIS channel license fee costs £35,000 for 9 years, with no reoccurring annual payment. The new channel roles will take effect in September 2010. Ian Swithenbank CBE, Chairman IDeA and Deputy Chair LGA Executive commented: “Land Data is the official government appointed organisation that manages and regulates the National Land Information Service (NLIS) contracts. Today NLIS carries the sole mandate of providing the only official electronic ‘front door’ for local authorities. Land Data’s role is to ultimately provide consumers, via NLIS, with official electronic land and property information at a fair price, safe in the knowledge that this information is from source and delivered through the only regulated, secure and national provider in England and Wales.” Applicants can download a channel license preview document and register their interest at www.land-data.org.uk.

Land Data announces 2010 Award winners in Local Land Charges

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:03:54 +0000

Winners of the third Land Data Local Land Charges Industry Awards were announced last night, 27 January, at Blackpool’s Hilton Hotel. The awards were presented at an awards dinner hosted by broadcaster and journalist Carol Thatcher. The winners were honored across six categories covering marketing innovation, customer satisfaction, most improved service, best NLIS local land charges department, local land charges officer of the year and a special tribute award. Over 120 representatives from local land charges teams from around the country attended the awards ceremony.

The 2010 winners:

Marketing Innovation	Winner: Kettering Borough Council Finalist: Three Rivers District Council
Customer Satisfaction for Local Authority Searches	Winner: Reading Borough Council Finalists: Torridge District Council and West Devon Borough Council
Most Improved Services	Winner: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Best NLIS Local Land Charges Department	Winner: Westminster City Council
Local Land Charges Officer of the Year	Winner: Kevin Crowl, Torridge District Council Finalist: Pam Archer, East Hertfordshire District Council
Special Tribute Award	Winners: Peter Audin, City of York Council and Amanda Renshaw, the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Judging was carried out by a team of industry experts from Land Data, NLIS Hub, SearchFlow and the Local Land Charges Institute. Voting from solicitors, conveyancers and HIP providers was used for the customer satisfaction award. Entries for each award category were reviewed and judged on critical success factors such as innovation, planning, evaluation, customer service, electronic search strategies and results achieved.
Jan Boothroyd, Chief Executive of Land Data commented: “We are delighted to start the year celebrating the achievements and accomplishments of local land charges teams across the country. As we begin yet another year of challenging market conditions, it is so good to see the quality of the entries and evidence of the efforts and professional service levels which local land charges teams continue to make.”
For awards photographs please contact Fiona Barron tel: 07770 855337 e:fiona.barron@land-data.org.uk

GlobalX information services becomes third NLIS licensed channel partner

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:02:00 +0000

Land Data, the NLIS regulator, has today announced a third NLIS channel license has been awarded. GlobalX Information Services (GlobalX), the largest provider of electronic land and property searches to the Australian legal community, has been granted the license and joins existing channels SearchFlow and Thames Water in providing authoritative electronic land and property search information through NLIS, to the conveyancing profession. GlobalX has been providing online access to title searching and other land and property search services for conveyancers via its GXS.com.au portal since 1995. The company also offers a broad range of commercial information products as well as owning one of the largest legal practice management software solutions in Australia. NLIS is the only regulated electronic land and property information process in the market. The NLIS channels operate under strict license agreements which protect the users, clients and the data providers; this creates an environment which is secure, robust and fully supported. NLIS electronically connects essential data providers such as local authorities, water companies and the coal authority via the NLIS Hub to the licensed channels. Last month the NLIS Hub reduced its transactional fees to channels by 50%. This cost saving will be passed on to conveyancers making the benefits of ordering an electronic search through NLIS even more attractive. Land Data CEO Jan Boothroyd said: “We are delighted to have GlobalX join us as an NLIS channel and look forward to working together. With GlobalX’s wealth of experience as a leading provider of land and property search data for the legal sector in Australia, we are certain they will make a significant contribution as an NLIS channel in England and Wales.” GlobalX Managing Director, Cameron Beavis is pleased with the company being granted an NLIS channel license. “The granting of an NLIS channel license offers GlobalX a dual opportunity. Firstly it provides GlobalX’s UK operations with immediate access to the broad range of the information products it requires to compete effectively in the UK market without the need for a large fulfillment team on the ground. Secondly, it provides a single source of UK information to deliver to our existing Australian customers in support of our anti-money laundering and international information strategies. This is an exciting time for GlobalX and we are delighted to be working with Land Data and the NLIS team in delivering our unique business model to the UK information services market.”

Land Data awards ten year NLIS Channel license to Thames Water

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:18:00 +0000

Thames Water, which covers London and the Thames Valley, is already active in the conveyancing market. Through its property searches business, Property Insight, the company is the official provider of the CON29DW drainage and water search data across the region. Property Insight, which has been compiling property search data since 2002, now provides more than 300,000 searches per year. Land Data CEO Jan Boothroyd said: “We are very pleased to have Thames Water on board as an NLIS channel and look forward to working together. As an authoritative supplier of CON29DW drainage and water search data, the company is already focused on supplying reliable and accurate data with rapid response times to the market. There is a natural synergy for Thames Water, who as an existing NLIS data provider, will now become a licensed provider of authoritative Con29R data.” Jason McKinley, Head of Property Insight, said: “This partnership with NLIS will seriously enhance our reputation for quality and marks us as a significant and long-term player in the provision of all property searches. Acquiring an NLIS channel license is pivotal in supporting our existing searches and providing our customers with a single, reliable place from which to buy quality official searches from across England and Wales.” Property Insight customers will soon be able to access data from the Hub via the website www.twpropertyinsight.co.uk.

SearchFlow renews license to supply authoritative land and property searches through NLIS

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:35:00 +0000

NLIS is the only regulated electronic land and property information process in the market. The NLIS channels operate under strict licence agreements which protect the users, clients and the data providers, this creates an environment which is secure, robust and fully supported. NLIS electronically connects essential data providers such as local authorities, water companies and the coal authority via the NLIS Hub to the licensed channels. Over 15,000 conveyancing professionals currently subscribe to an NLIS channel via their desktop, receiving electronic property searches in a fraction of the time it takes to process a paper based search. Through NLIS, SearchFlow provides more than 80 separate due diligence searches, for both the residential and commercial conveyancing markets. Land Data CEO Jan Boothroyd commented: “We are delighted SearchFlow has renewed its NLIS channel license for a further ten years. The property searches landscape is changing and the market demands more cost effective propositions from reliable and secure sources. Through NLIS, SearchFlow has and will continue to develop new and enhanced search services which will expand the NLIS market and uultimately help improve the home buying process.” Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director, SearchFlow, comments: “We are embarking on an exciting new chapter in the history of electronic searches through the NLIS channel. SearchFlow has always been a proud supporter of NLIS and has led the market in delivering secure, complete official local authority Con29 and other searches to thousands of clients nationwide. We look forward to demonstrating ever more innovation, passionate customer support and value, ensuring that NLIS is seen by legal professionals as the smart way to access the best quality search information for due diligence.”

Land Data shortlists 5 channel service providers in a bid to make NLIS more accessible and competitve

ngrove@sqnsolutions.com — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:59:00 +0000

Land Data, the NLIS regulator, has today announced 5 organisations have been shortlisted as prospective licensed channels for NLIS (the National Land Information Service), the electronic data provider of land and property search information. The prospective new Channel Service Providers will become the interface for NLIS data, extending the reach for the conveyancing profession to access authoritative property search data electronically. NLIS is the leader in the provision of electronic property searches and provides data through a single gateway, from official sources of land and property information, including all Local Authorities in England and Wales, Land Registry and the Coal Authority. The newly appointed NLIS Channel Service Providers will be announced in October. A number of other organisations applied outside the application timeframe and will be considered for the April 2010 license application.
Land Data, Chief Executive Jan Boothroyd comments: “It has been very encouraging to see the response to our new NLIS license model. By bringing a wider spectrum of channels to the NLIS Hub, we have acted on OFT’s 2005 Property Searches market study recommendation to enable new NLIS Hub electronic connections to be established. We believe the new channels will significantly expand the NLIS market share and ultimately improve the online conveyancing search process.”

Land Data responds to Ministry of Justice and Department for Communities and Local Government decision to raise fee for personal search of the local land charges register

ngrove@sqnsolutions.com — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:31:00 +0000

Land Data is pleased with the Ministry of Justice’s decision to increase the personal search fee for the local land charges register from £11 to £22, from 1st January 2010. With Local Authorities (LAs) working to government regulation stipulating that their fees should reflect cost recovery, the majority of LAs have been subsidising the cost of every personal search undertaken. Commenting on the decision, Land data CEO Jan Boothroyd said: “Working on an un-level playing field and subsidising the business of private search firms serves no benefit to the public and achieved the exact opposite of the Government stated intention. This fee increase is a positive move and goes some way to help level out the playing field.”

Land Data responds to Information Commissioner’s Office Guidance on Property Search Information and the Environmental Information Regulations

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:07:00 +0000

With the average turnaround time of a local authority NLIS search taking a little over 3.5 days, electronic searches via NLIS provide the certainty, accuracy and timeliness that a personal search based on EIR access cannot give. Commenting on the guidance, Land Data CEO Jan Boothroyd said: “This guidance hasn’t altered the need and the consumer’s right to expect high speed, high quality, official search data.”

NLIS Hub acts to reduce service provider charge to NLIS channels

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:13:39 +0000

The National Land Information Service (NLIS) Hub today announced a decision to reduce its local authority combined LLC1 and CON29R service provider charge to NLIS channels by more than 50%. The reduction will happen in October this year and licensed conveyancers who subscribe to the NLIS channels will benefit from the greatly reduced charge. NLIS is a reliable, secure and easy to use service that allows conveyancers to request and receive local land and property searches electronically via an NLIS channel. Search products are supplied by local authorities, the Land Registry, the Coal Authority, and water authorities. Land Data CEO Jan Boothroyd commented: “The general public want fast, low cost reliable search information and the NLIS Hub’s new pricing policy will go a long way to help make this a reality.” The decision confirms NLIS Hub’s commitment to authoritative, complete, real-time local authority conveyancing search information. Chris Strutt, Partner at Mayo Wynne Baxter solicitors said: “This is great news for our clients and reinforces what we have long held to be true – that with the ever greater efficiency and cost savings, the NLIS official search in partnership with SearchFlow enables us to deliver a high quality service and the most complete, real time local authority search information. We look forward to passing on the benefits to our clients long into the future.”

Average NLIS conveyancing search fee reduced

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:05:00 +0000

The latest official Local Authority data from Land Data reveals the national average price for an electronic local authority (LA) combined CON29R and LLC1 property search has reduced from £114 (March ’09) to £109 (April ’09), and the average electronic CON29R fee has reduced from £94 (March ’09) to £88 (April ’09). Fees from 140 LAs were analysed. 315 LAs now charge less than £150 compared to 303 in March ’09. 149 LAs charge below £100 against 140 in March ’09 and 10 LAs charge over £200 compared to 12 in March ’09. The reduction in fee is a direct result of the new fee charging regimes introduced on 6th April which mean that both the LLC1 and CON29R search fees are now charged on a cost recovery model. Land Data CEO Jan Boothroyd commented: “It is encouraging to see that LA fees are getting closer to the objective of charging on a cost recovery basis. Authoritative electronic searches from a reliable source with a reduced fee will ultimately be better value for money for consumers.”

Land Data creates new channel strategy for NLIS

Tue, 12 May 2009 08:58:41 +0000

Over the next 3 months, Land Data will brief companies on a new channel licensing option, enabling them to operate as an electronic conveyancing search distribution service. Under the terms of the new license agreement, the channels will handle authoritative searches from official data providers including all Local Authorities in England and Wales. The information is distributed to the licensed channels by the NLIS hub. Land Data CEO Jan Boothroyd commented: “The property searches market is changing, the market now demands more cost effective propositions from a reliable and secure source. Taking on new channels is fundamental to our strategy for NLIS and is key to our primary objective to make official land and property search information accessible to all.” The new channel roles will take effect in October 2009.

NLIS looks to expand on electronic service delivery

ngrove@sqnsolutions.com — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:59:00 +0000

As the property sector comes to terms with the end of the Home Information Packs (HIP) transitional arrangements, requiring changes to the first day of marketing arrangements as well as the removal of insurance provisions for private search firms, Land Data will continue to work closely with the NLIS Hub, run by MDA, to maintain NLIS’ position at the forefront of electronic land and property information. Jan Boothroyd, Land Data CEO comments: “We are investigating ways for NLIS to provide new and enhanced delivery services to the industry. The property searches landscape is changing and we need to ensure the industry can look to NLIS for fast and adaptable packages of high quality search information.” Land Data is also investigating the potential for creating an industry search standard in the form of an official ‘kite mark’ which could be applied to all official property searches.

Land Data Great Housing Market Debate Monday, 20th April 2009

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:12:00 +0000

For a summary of the issues covered in the debate please click here.

Land Data Local Land Charges Industry Awards Winners

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:02:00 +0000

The winners of the Land Data Local Land Charges Industry Awards, were announced last night at Bristol’s Marriott Hotel. Over the course of a memorable evening hosted by television and radio broadcaster Clare Balding, the winners were honoured across 6 categories covering marketing innovation, customer satisfaction, best NLIS Local Land Charges Department, Local Land Charges Officer of the Year and a special tribute award. Over 180 Local Land Charges Officers from around the country attended the awards dinner.

The 2009 winners:

Marketing Innovation – Fenland District Council Customer Satisfaction for Local Authority Searches – Torridge District Council Most Improved Local Land Charges Department – Hambleton District Council Best NLIS Local Land Charges Department – Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Local Land Charges Officer of the Year – Judith Addison, Hyndburn Borough Council Special Tribute Award - Caroline Frankland, East Staffordshire Borough Council Industry experts from Land Data, NLIS, Severn Trent Searches, The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), The Law Society, The Local Land Charges Institute (LLCI) and The IDOX Group carefully reviewed the entries and selected the winners. Entries were reviewed and judged on critical success factors such as planning, evaluation, implementation strategies and results achieved to date. Alex Fraser, Chief Executive of Land Data commented: “The Land Data Local Land Charges Awards aims to celebrate and reward the achievements and accomplishments of local authorities and individuals. We are delighted to see so many local land charges departments across the country striving for excellence and making huge efforts to improve their service in the face of very challenging market conditions.” For awards photographs please contact Fiona Barron tel : 07770 855337 e:fiona.barron@land-data.org.uk

Land Data Board appoints new Chief Executive Officer

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:25:00 +0000

Announcing the changes, Imtiaz Farookhi, Chairman of Land Data commented: “Land Data is grateful to Alex for all that he has done over the past three years since Land Data’s inception and we wish him well in his new role. Land Data is fortunate to have, in Jan Boothroyd, a strong deputy whose unrivalled knowledge of property searches and excellent links to local and central government will be crucial in taking Land Data forward.” Alex Fraser will be taking up the position of Chief Operating Officer at Cass Business School in London.