A Welsh training academy is offering legal practices and property firms in Wales free conveyancing training courses, after being awarded £1 million of funding to provide them to conveyancing staff and businesses.

The Conveyancing Academy, based in Newport, South Wales, will provide the Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) Level 4 and 6 accredited courses as well as the new Practising Conveyancer Legal Diploma, which is geared to train those new to the conveyancing industry, free of charge to companies in Wales who enrol before the end of July 2021.

Lloyd Davies, the Conveyancing Academy’s managing director said the provision gave the Welsh conveyancing companies “a unique opportunity to expand their businesses over their English counterparts and make Wales the best place to run a conveyancing legal practice for the first time”.

The academy, which is part of the Convey Law group, has received funding from Cardiff and Vale College to enable the initiative.

James Scorey, Cardiff and Vale College vice principal, funding and planning, added: “Cardiff and Vale College (CAVC) has been a long-standing provider of CILEX qualifications and has worked with legal firms to support their training and staff development needs.

“The college has strong partnerships across the financial, legal and professional service sector, working with many firms to provide a pipeline of new talent and develop their existing staff.

“We are delighted to have formed a new partnership with Convey Law to support the specific needs of the conveyancing sector, which is currently experiencing exponential growth. Supported by Welsh Government funding, we are able to offer high quality training opportunities that can support this key priority sector now and into the future.”