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EcoCalendar

Landmark has some free surplus calendars for 2009 to giveaway.

In 2008, Landmark launched the EcoCalendar, the world's first plantable/biodegradable calendar. When finished with it can be planted in the ground and a variety of wild flowers grow from the seeds impregnated in the paper.

Information about the 2008 calendars can be found here: http://www.landmarkinfo.co.uk/corp/content.jsp?head=25165&body=25164

Please email russell.morris@landmark.co.uk with your name and address or respond to the blog if you are interested in receiving one.

Landmark AML

In light of the recent news that nine people have been arrested on suspicion of mortgage fraud worth around £40m, Landmark Information Group is warning solicitors to protect themselves against the criminal consequences of breaching the Money Laundering Regulations. Handling funds obtained as a result of mortgage fraud could have serious consequences for solicitors involved in a transaction. According to the Financial Services Authority Register, a firm named Eastbourne Financial Services had its authorisation withdrawn on the 3rd March 2009, after an investigation was carried out into mortgages secured on 500 homes across Southern England.

The Money Laundering Regulations 2007 have now been in force since December 2007 and require firms to take a risk based approach to compliance. Firms that fail to ensure that their risk assessment and risk management procedures properly address the potential risks that they face are more at risk from criminals seeking to exploit their procedures in order to launder criminal funds..

With this in mind, Landmark Information Group has recently launched Landmark AML (www.landmarkaml.co.uk), a cost-effective client due diligence solution that assists in ensuring compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations.