Open Letter: Chancellor urged to back SMEs in Autumn Statement
By Douglas Grant, group CEO of Manx Financial Group Dear Chancellor Reeves, As you prepare for your Autumn Budget Statement on 26th November, we urge you to place the vitality…
Pet advocates buoyed by Renters’ Rights Bill
Pet companies and a Conservative peer are celebrating as the Renters’ Rights Bill looks to grant tenants new powers to keep animals. The Bill will make it so landlords can’t…
Developer unveils third central London regeneration scheme
Salboy Group, the development and funding company, has launched sales at Old York Mews in Wandsworth. Old York Mews will transform a former 5,000-sqft brownfield site and is made up…
Economist adds to growing calls to scrap stamp duty
An economist has added to the growing consensus that stamp duty is a regressive tax that should be abolished. Paul Johnson, the former head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies,…
Affordable housing provider buys 156 Kent properties
Housing provider PPHA has purchased a portfolio of 156 affordable rental properties in Kent from UK homebuilder Barratt Redrow. The homes form part of The Poppies, a development of energy-efficient…
Government urged to rethink flawed business costs model
The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) has urged the government to use November’s Autumn Budget to lower business costs. Reducing business costs such as wage requirements and business rates was…
Construction workers worried about increasingly extreme weather
Three-quarters of construction workers are concerned about the impact of climate change on site safety as the UK prepares for winter. Storm Eowyn in January 2025 was the most powerful…
Next Budget is “make or break” for the property market
This next Budget could “make or break” the financial outlook of the property market for the coming few years, according to Mitchell Martyn of Pure Property Finance. The government’s Planning…
Keir Starmer makes last minute changes to planning bill
The government has made last minute changes to its planning Bill, as it looks to fast track new housing projects. According to the FT the Prime Minister “has ordered a…
Homebuilder buys land for development in Hampshire
Work has started building 54 sustainable homes next to woodland in Medstead after homebuilder Ashberry Homes purchased a plot of land to the south of the East Hampshire village. The…