In an ingenious bid to keep the Salisbury housing market rocking, South of England firm Trethowans has teamed up with Pizza Hut to offer conveyancing clients £10 off a takeaway pizza on completion of a purchase or sale.

Rumours that Slaughter and May has taken a leaf out of Trethowans’ book and has started offering clients a free house in Tuscany on completion of an M&A deal are yet to be confirmed.