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 4:53:43 PM Warning to Leaseholders and Landlords - check your fire safety risk assessments By Tom Plow Following the Grenfell tragedy and the subsequent introduction of the Building Safety Act 2022, there is a greater awareness around the...
2/6/2025 8:04:00 AM Housebuilders contributed more than £50 billion to local economies across England and Wales in 2023-2024 By Nicola Sutton Housebuilder has released an interesting article on the vital role that housebuilding has to our economy. How many industries can say...
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...
10/16/2024 2:23:00 PM National Grid to collaborate with local authorities on network development plans By Sarah Manley The Distribution System Operator (DSO) of National Grid Electricity Distribution will share its future network development plans with all...