Recent Posts
Nicola Gooch
DCLG local plan panel: Call for evidence
The Local Plans Expert Group, which was created by Brandon Lewis last month, is seeking views from the development industry on how best...
08/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Institutional investment in buy-to-let needs encouragement
An interesting post by Savills today looks at the way Government policy is not addressing real problems in housing shortfalls, and the...
08/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Street art is on the rise, but who owns it?
This case raises interesting points regarding whether a tenant is obliged to remove street art murals to comply with their repair...
08/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Proposal to replace 'affordable rent' with 'affordable buy'
David Cameron has announced in his keynote party conference speech that the Government will alter on-site affordable housing requirements...
07/10/15
Nicola Gooch
Starter Homes - the end of affordable housing?
David Cameron is shortly to announce his plans for ensuring the development of discounted homes for first time buyers. The new proposals...
07/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
EAT confirms you can't work while you sleep
Mr Shannon must have hoped that he'd discovered an extremely lucrative loophole in the National Minimum Wage Regulations. He argued that...
07/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Safe Harbour not so safe anymore
From yesterday online businesses that hold personal data will need to deal with individual data protection authorities instead of relying...
07/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Pay rises for some
The National Minimum Wage increases every year, normally in October and this October is no exception with the standard adult rate for the...
06/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Employees caring for their relatives - how does that impact on business?
It's heartening to see praise for care in the UK, which often suffers from negative media attention. Employers will need to be open to...
06/10/15
Nicola Gooch
Chancellor unveils four point plan to 'get Britain building'
The government has formally announced its 'four point plan' to encourage development in the UK. Key measures include: The further...
06/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Parental leave for grandparents
Working grandparents will be entitled to share parental leave if George Osborne gets his way. Aunts and uncles next and what about...
06/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Business rates reforms announced
New powers announced for local authorities may encourage growth - the overall impact on areas in need of regeneration remains to be seen.
06/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Shared Parental Leave for Grandparents
It has been announced that the Government plans to extend shared parental leave beyond parents, to grandparents. However, employers who...
06/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Business rates revolution
We've seen commercial rents having had to be adjusted to meet market forces. Now town councils have the flexibility to attract retailers...
05/10/15
Nicola Gooch
Brandon Lewis "still very focussed" on delivering exemptions for small sites
This may not be the Planning Minister's first statement in response to Mr Justice Holgate's decision, last July, to quash the policy...
05/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Most Housing Associations will accept extension of right to buy
Following a ballot last week, 86% of members of the National Housing Federation (the representative body for housing associations) have...
05/10/15
Nicola Gooch
Osborne announces National Infrastructure Commission ... to be led by a Labour peer!
It isn't often that the party conference season produces a genuine surprise for those in the property industry, but the appointment of...
05/10/15
Nicola Gooch
Secretary of State endorses a pragmatic approach to s.106 Pooling Restrictions
In an appeal decision issued last week, the Secretary of State provided some much needed guidance on how to approach the pooling...
02/10/15
Nicola Gooch
Housing Crisis takes centre stage at Labour Conference
With the Conservative Government's controversial proposals to extend the Right to Buy to Housing Association properties dominating the...
01/10/15