I am cautiously optimistic about the government’s Winter Economic Plan, announced last week, which will mean the government is able to reduce its huge expenditure without there being a cliff edge situation for the UK workforce. The Job Support Scheme will run for six months from the 1st of November, replacing the furlough scheme. Employees […]
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Some people are struggling mentally to deal with not coming into the office, as 90% of work-from-home employees said they needed guidance on their psychological needs. Since they started working from home a number of people feel like they’re overspending on things like groceries, snacks and household supplies Couponlawn.com research shows. Some 63.4% of people […]
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NHBC, the warranty and insurance provider for new homes, has launched its first ever house building apprenticeship scheme. The company has become an Education and Skills Funding Agency-approved provider of apprenticeships. NHBC has welcomed the first cohort to its Construction Site Supervisor (CSS) apprenticeship programme. Darryl Stewart, NHBC’s head of training and analysis, said: “This […]
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The Home Buying and Selling Group and Law Society have produced an industry pledge, which indicates some of the tasks buyers and sellers can currently perform. Knowing at an early stage for example that a transaction needs certain fire safety certificates can avoid wasted effort. For sellers, the pledge recommends they instruct a property solicitor […]
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The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has unveiled an industry pledge to support home movers in England and Wales. Since lockdown, the HBSG has been working with the home moving industry to help ensure the home moving market operates as well as it can during COVID-19 and beyond. The group produced pan-industry guidance on […]
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The wage subsidy outlined in the Chancellor’s Winter Economy Plan will help renters, but more is needed according to Chris Norris, policy director for the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA). Norris said: “We welcome the Government’s measures to subsidise wages. We warned that the end of the furlough scheme ran the risk of many households […]
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iProperty Management has declared Spain as the best country to invest in, based on annual global searches from people looking to move to the nation (690,360). As of 2019, Spain is home to more than 624,000 foreign residents, around 10.3% of the country’s population. The country is particularly popular with people from the UK, with […]
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Almost half (43%) of the UK’s new build properties registered between July 2019 and April 2020 don’t have access to future-proof Fibre To The Premises (FTTP) broadband, analysis from Broadband Genie has found. FTTP (also known as FTTH – Fibre To The Home) offers significantly quicker speeds than the broadband currently available to most premises. […]
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Nicholas Brent, partner, head of real estate and Ben Lomer, senior associate, dispute resolution; Druces LLP. Last week the High Court ruled in an important case[1] brought by the Financial Conduct Authority which potentially affects 370,000 businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. These are all businesses which, as part of their regular insurance arrangements, had […]
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Property company iamproperty is developing an online platform to speed up and improve the experience of private treaty sales for estate agents and vendors. ‘movebutler’ is designed to significantly reduce agents’ admin time and increase their revenue opportunities. It is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2021 and will be available first to […]
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