The Search Bureau: Info

The Search Bureau - Slough The Search Bureau are a leading supplier of Conveyancing searches to solicitors across England and Wales. Using their industry leading platforms they are able to provide a whole host of services including case management, quoting tools and facial recognition I.D checks. They offer conveyancing searches for both Residential and Commercial property transactions with online access for real-time monitoring. Weirbank, Bray Business Centre, Bray On Thames, near, Slough, England, SL6 2ED https://www.searchbureau.co.uk info@searchbureau.co.uk 01628 260222

The Search Bureau from Premier Searches Ltd - UK Conveyancing Search Provider: Review

After more than twenty years of working in the legal industry, we've built up quite a network of connections, followers, and business partners. Whilst the majority of articles we write are aimed at informing general consumers about legal practices or available resources to help them in their decisions - we do sometimes cover more general topics and firms that help law firms themselves.

That's a snippet from The Search Bureau's website. They offer tools to Conveyancing firms around England & Wales allowing their clients to consolidate a wide range of work into one setup. This includes Local Authority Searches, Drainage and Water, Flood, Land Registry, Due Dilligence (Lawyer Checker), Utilities, and more.

They've partnered with some of the leading industry firms such as Landmark Information Group who ensure conveyancers meet their regulatory requirements. Groundsure Location Intelligence provide land analysis to check contamination, flooding and ground stability. SDLT.co.uk help stop stamp tax form rejections by pre-populating the forms and providing a printed SDLT5 certificate - they've handled over 3.6 million submissions to the HMRC already.

Each of these partners also have established connections of their own to make their systems just as reliable, effective and efficient including ties to the Environment Agency, Ordnance Survey, and the British Geological Survey.

The firm was started in 2008 so they've had plenty of time to streamline and improve their own setup in order to ensure they can provide better services to their clients. Have they done so? We've found that most companies that service actual law firms tend not to have publicly available reviews about them online. So sadly there isn't a lot of independent comments floating around on the third party forums such as Google, Yelp, Yell, Trustpilot, etc. to confirm past client opinions. But that's the case for most related service providers such as this conveyancing searches company or others such as law costs drafting firms.

The lack of easily available reviews shouldn't be viewed negatively in these cases. Whilst most general consumers will use a service and then happily go online to inform others about their positive or negative experience. Most services like The Search Bureau are used by larger companies. It probably doesn't occur to employees of a firm to jump on the web to write a review about a service their company uses. There are some testimonials printed on the firm's website of course:



A quick note on navigation as they are using quite generic terms for their branding with the words 'search' and 'bureau'. The official site which we link to above is www.searchbureau.co.uk but www.thesearchbureau.co.uk will also redirect you there. All other variants we tried such as www.searchbureau.com and www.thesearchbureau.com were owned by different firms. We saw a few other related names including Premier Searches Limited and Conveyancing Compare, but they all have their own sites.

The correct firm tends to come up at the top of search results for the majority of phrases we tried. Also most of the fraud involved in conveyancing transactions tend to focus on actual buyer/seller clients of the actual law firms. With just a few fake emails the scammers can seem to convince home owners to hand over tens of thousands of pounds to a completely different bank account.

If you've read some of our other articles where we research solicitors, barristers and law practices across the UK - you'll probably be used to seeing far more in depth information, resources, and opinions than what's been provided here. However, as already mentioned at the outset of this piece, there often isn't as much to go on when it comes to service providers to the law firms we often write about. We think it's fair to say though that after 12+ years of them being in business, with the relationships they have with other renown service providers, and the single-product-focus they clearly have - it stands to reason they are good at what they do. That's not the sole basis for us promoting The Search Bureau across our network (check the page on their charity work). But it's surely a fair one.



General Notes: Usually if Legal Aid is possible we've mentioned it above, but you can always ask. We haven't looked in depth at their recruitment program so are unaware of any job vacancies available. For a career with The Search Bureau it's best to visit the website (www.searchbureau.co.uk), check opening hours, and find the correct phone/email contact details. Simply emailing a CV to reception looks lazy. Each law firm's Law Society and/or SRA number should be on their site, usually at the bottom of each page.

Other Law Firms with Reviews like The Search Bureau:

» Penerley Lawyers - If they do open later and at least some weekends ...
» Catteralls Solicitors - That's great ...
» Bilkus & Boyle - But there are plenty of good indicators /b you may not have noticed between the lines ...
» Trust Inheritance Ltd - For many case types people absolutely want a niche firm such as for Motor Offences ...
» Richmond Legal Ltd - It's pretty bleak though and only getting worse ...
» DV Solicitors - For example their Blog section is not just another excuse to push out extra sales pitches ...
» Khan Law - So ...
» Stenfield Solicitors - Luckily Stenfield are members of The Law Society of England & Wales which is simply an excellent resource /b for consumer-side information ...
» ABS Lawyers Ltd - So always make sure you're on the correct site and never discuss payments or bank details via email /b ...
» Pacific Law - 0800 numbers should now be free /b from every mobile service provider in the UK ...
» Hawkridge & Company - No unsubstantiated claims ...
» BLZ Solicitors - Their site is https secure /b though so entering your information on the contact form should be fine ...
» Springle & Co Solicitors - As well as ensuring the advice you get is from a qualified and experienced professional ...
» Jacobs Law Solicitors - That's unusual though because the majority of Conveyancing firms in the UK have terrible reviews ...

--- Select Case Type --- Conveyancing Consumer Rights Disputes Criminal Law Motoring Offences Debt/Bankruptcy Family Law Divorce Immigration & Visas Residential Property Landlord Disputes Housing Disrepair Wills and Probate Power of Attorney Mental Health/Court of Protection HMRC/Tax Law Help Motorbike Accident Claims Road Accidents Uninsured/Untraced Driver Slip Trip or Fall Medical Negligence Criminal Injuries Professional Negligence Personal Injury Asbestos Claims Flight Delays Holiday Sickness Financial Mis-selling Serious/Catastrophic Injuries Contentious Will/Probate SEN/Education Law Notary Services Mediation/Arbitration Accident at Work Industrial Injury/Disease Employment Dispute Discrimination/Harassment Unfair Dismissal Dispute Resolution Disciplinary Defence Defend Against Claims Employment Law Business/Commercial Law Business Insolvency Intellectual Property Commercial Property Tenant Problems Licensing Law Charity Law Debt Recovery Business HMRC/Tax Help

• Debt / Bankruptcy
• Immigration
• Family Law
• Divorce
• Conveyancing
• Personal Injury

This website uses cookies to personalise content/adverts, integrate social media functions, analyse our traffic, track votes, etc. Please check with third party application providers such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google for how they use your data. By using this website you consent to our use of cookies.
Learn More   ::   I Accept   ::   I Decline