6/10/2025 10:10:55 AM SME’s housebuilders, are you prepared for the Building Safety Levy? By Nicola Sutton There has been recent news (24th March 2025) on the Building Safety Levy, published by the government, in response to its consultation on...
5/28/2025 11:06:43 AM SME's to get some help from Labour By Nicola Sutton The government has issued a press release saying : “Smaller housebuilders must be the bedrock of our Plan for Change to build 1.5 million...
5/27/2025 6:29:11 PM Homes England exceed housing targets By Billy Poulter It was good to see a bit of positive news in the housing market with figures published by the government last week (20 May) that Homes...
3/25/2025 11:07:53 AM Government respond to Home Builders Federation's call to suspend "anti-development" tax By Billy Poulter It was interesting to read a few weeks back that the HBF wrote to the Chancellor calling on the government to suspend the Building Safety...
2/28/2025 2:28:42 PM The Enforcement of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards: what does it mean for Commercial Landlords? By Charlotte Lord Beckie Herbert The recent judgement in the case of John Anthony Turnbridge v The London Borough of Islington [2024] UKFTT 829 (GRC) highlights the need...
2/4/2025 12:26:54 PM Social Housing Providers and the consultation on reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings Regime By Charlotte Lord The use of EPCs has broadened since their introduction and have now become a key metric for measuring the performance of buildings and...
11/7/2024 12:43:53 PM New super-body to represent the UK real estate industry By Sarah Manley The Investment Property Forum (IPF), the British Property Federation (BPF) and the Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF) are in talks...
11/6/2024 10:43:59 AM Driving housebuilding and urban regeneration By Laurence Lacey Laurence Lacey and Billy Poulter, partners in our Bristol and Manchester commercial property teams attended the Homes England Investment...
10/31/2024 10:18:04 AM Housing Need Recognised in 2024's Autumn Statement By Stephen Harper In her response to yesterday's budget, Kate Henderson Chief Executive at the National Housing Federation, says: Today's budget...
10/30/2024 11:52:18 AM Land Registry fee increases By Charlotte Lord Information services fees will increase by £4, the first increase in more than 10 years. From 9 December 2024 Land Registry fees for...
10/24/2024 12:11:38 PM So, what is "Grey Belt"? By Stephen Harper With the Government looking to free up land for new homes by re-designating some green belt land as “grey belt”, and stating that 50% of...
10/23/2024 11:12:53 AM Sustainable Solar Supermarkets By Laurence Lacey This is an exciting initiative by Tesco, which reflects what many of our clients are doing to diversify the source of their power and...