January 18, 2013
Garden cities call
Nick Clegg, the Deputy PM, has said that new “garden cities” should be built...
January 17, 2013
Developers Face New Regulations
The FT reports that UK commercial property developers are facing far higher costs and...
January 16, 2013
Expand villages
A Conservative group of modernisers, backed by Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude and Planning...
January 15, 2013
Housing market recovering
‘The UK housing market is showing signs of prolonged recovery, according to the latest...
January 15, 2013
HMRC should drop the witch hunt on tax planning
Our tax team have commented via the UK200Group on whether HMRC is taking the...
January 10, 2013
Cash for councils
‘Nick Boles, the Planning Minister, will announce today that councils will be offered cash...
January 10, 2013
Cuts in child benefit ‘will hit working families in poor half of society as well’
BKL tax partner David Whiscombe is quoted by the Daily Mail in its article...
January 9, 2013
Councils could be overruled
The Daily Telegraph reports that local councils that delay granting planning permission for new...
January 8, 2013
PM promises housing help
‘David Cameron has promised help for families that are struggling to get on the...
January 8, 2013
Halifax: little change expected
‘UK house prices fell by 0.3% in 2012 and will remain at the same...
January 8, 2013
Clarity on seed EIS and reinvestment
One of the selling points of Seed EIS relief is the ability to shelter capital...
January 7, 2013
Mortgage approvals still rising
‘The Bank of England has confirmed a pick-up in the property market by revealing...