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25 years of Expert Conveyancing for 2,500 happy families She’s helped more than 2,500 families successfully move into their dream homes…and even assisted in the rescue of a hibernating tortoise after a move! In 25 years at Coles Miller, Conveyancing Executive Pam Coniam has helped buyers and sellers to overcome all manner of challenges. In the case of the sleepy tortoise, it had been in deep hibernation in a garden shed…oblivious to the fact that its Bournemouth owners were in the process of moving house. They didn’t want to wake the tortoise in midhibernation because doing so could have disrupted its metabolic processes. So, Pam had to draft a special clause in the conveyancing contract, enabling the family to collect the tortoise from their former home once the sleepy reptile had finally woken up. It’s all part of the Coles Miller service: “I enjoy helping people to buy and sell property and move into the home of their dreams. It’s like putting together the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle,” said Pam. She’s a little shy about revealing when she first started
working in conveyancing – but it was at a time when everyone was still using typewriters (albeit electronic ones with a bit of memory). It’s a far cry from the custom-developed software she uses now at Coles Miller’s Bournemouth office. Much has changed in conveyancing in the last 25 years with online delivery of services making the process much faster and more efficient. In that time, the price of the average UK property has shot up from £118,908 to £273,762. Prices have risen by 9.6% in the last 12 months alone, according to March 2022 HM Land Registry data (based on transactions to January 2022). Coles Miller Senior Partner, Head of the Residential Conveyancing Department, Roger Leedham said: “Pam is unique. Clients love her and she is as enthusiastic about her job as the day she started at Coles Miller. “I have learnt so much from Pam over the years and she is an inspiration to our younger conveyancers. She deserves all the accolades that she gets.” www.coles-miller.co.uk
O-IM take on the 100m abseil challenge for local charity
Two team members of Investment Management firm based in Bournemouth, have signed-up for their very first corporate sponsorship challenge, to abseil down Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower and raise money for Forest Holme Hospice. Investment Manager, Matthew Hull, and Business and Marketing Manager, Katie Land, have decided to take on the 100m abseil challenge in July to raise money for the Poole-based hospice, which they describe as “close to all our hearts”. Speaking about their reason for supporting Forest Holme Hospice, Katie said, “At O-IM we’re particularly passionate about supporting the local area, and not only do we aim to support the lives of adults in Dorset who are facing a life-limiting or terminal illness, we equally hope to build a lasting relationship with Forest Holme Hospice.” The abseil is a joint partnership between Forest Holme Hospice Charity in Poole and the Macmillan Caring Locally Charity in Christchurch, to help enhance the NHS provision at both hospices, which collectively provide palliative and end-of-life care from the Isle of Purbeck in West Dorset right across to Ringwood in West Hampshire. The abseil experience is described as an amazing adrenalin rush with unmissable views across Portsmouth harbour, the Solent and the Isle of Wight. For Katie and Matthew though, this experience will certainly be taking them out of their comfort zone. “Our day-to-day business is all about helping clients to effectively and confidently navigate their investments”, Chief Executive Lewis Hamm explains, “but trying to navigate a 100-metre descent down the side of this landmark building is a whole different proposition”.
It’s a hat trick for Life Matters Emily Turgoose, as one of VouchedFor’s Top Rated Advisers Emily Turgoose, founder, and financial planner at Life Matters has achieved Top Rated Adviser status for the third consecutive year. The Top Rated Advisers Guide was published in The Times. To be Top Rated, advisers need to have received an average rating on VouchedFor of at least 4.5 out of 5, with Life Matters scoring 4.9 out 5 for the third year running. The Top Rated Firm accreditation is a powerful standard for financial advice firms as it’s based on client feedback. Its aim is to identify and celebrate the UK’s best financial advice firms. Emily Turgoose founder and Managing Director of Life Matters said “This guide is so important to us because it’s based entirely on client feedback and ratings. VouchedFor provides a great opportunity for our clients to share in their own words how working with us is making a positive difference to their lives. It demonstrates how we’re helping our clients make life changing decisions and reach goals they didn’t think we possible. The team and I would like to say a huge thank you to our lovely clients who took the time to leave us a review, it’s their kind words that helped us achieve our Top-Rated Adviser hat trick.” www.lifemattersfp.com
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May 2022 | Dorset Business Focus
Pam Coniam, Conveyancing Executive at Coles Miller
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