Acquisition of STL Group plc by InfoTrack Ltd

Acquisition of STL Group plc by InfoTrack Ltd

STL Group plc was acquired by InfoTrack Ltd on 28th November 2014.

Established for over 40 years, STL Group plc is the largest independent search provider in the UK, providing residential and commercial conveyancing searches, company searches, anti-money laundering solutions, EPCs and conveyancing indemnity policies.

InfoTrack is Australia’s market-leading and fastest growing legal information provider.

Alan Thorogood, CEO of STL, said: "This is a fantastic opportunity for STL. We share a vision with InfoTrack to provide conveyancing searches and service excellence combined with market leading technology. The UK search market is ripe for innovation; by combining data with systems, we aim to make the search process as seamless as possible for our clients."

Stephen Wood, CEO of InfoTrack, comments: "We believe the UK market has great opportunities for a high quality, integrated search offering that doesn’t exist here yet and STL is an excellent foundation for us to bring that offering to market. Their reputation, client base and business partnerships will make it very easy for us to replicate the great success we have had in Australia. Their business model and integration with LEAP UK, Peapod and other legal software providers mirrors how we do business in Australia and we look forward to working with them to develop and cement their position as a leading legal search provider in the UK"

STL will continue to operate as its own brand.

STL Group

STL Group is the largest independent property search company in England and Wales. We have been meeting the needs of legal, conveyancing and other property professionals for nearly 40 years, earning a solid and enviable reputation for high quality, fast and reliable service. As a totally independent search provider, we believe in:

  • building long term relationships with our clients
  • presenting a friendlier and less corporate face
  • offering flexible services tailored to your specific needs – from order and delivery methods through to bespoke search packs
  • providing real, tested solutions that increase efficiency, reduce expenditure and reduce risk
Our services extend throughout England and Wales, from an inpidual home to a large scale residential or commercial development or portfolio. As a one-stop-shop, we offer a comprehensive range of services including:
  • Land Registry documents
  • local authority searches – as well as providing official searches, we specialise in providing personal searches which subscribe to the Search Code (the ‘gold standard’ for search quality, which is recognised by Government, the CML, BSA and lenders nationwide) and benefit from a £2 million Information Accuracy Indemnity on top of our £8 million PI
  • drainage & water searches – personal and CON29DW
  • environment, flood and mining reports
  • planning and development risk reports
  • utility reports
  • chancel reports
We also offer:
  • Title and legal indemnity insurance
  • EPCs
  • Home Condition Surveys
  • asbestos reports
  • fire risk assessments
  • air conditioning reports and a range of other surveys
  • company searches
  • an anti-money laundering solution
What our clients say about us:
  • “flexible and comprehensive”
  • “they care about our business”
  • “tailor made service”
  • “solid, reliable, trustworthy”
  • “value for money time after time”
  • “helpful and responsive"

 

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