8/7/2025 8:52:13 AM Recognition for nature: River Test granted legal rights – what it means for commercial stakeholders By Andrew Quick On 23 July 2025, Test Valley Borough Council formally recognised the River Test (a globally rare chalk stream) as possessing “intrinsic...
7/31/2025 4:41:52 PM Chancel repair liability - a thing of the past? By Jack Lightburn On 15 July 2025, the Law Commission published a consultation paper examining potential reforms to the law surrounding chancel repair...
6/17/2025 4:35:44 PM Here comes the sun: solar energy to power nearly all new homes By Rachel Finn Julija Kazlauskaite Here Comes the Sun – much like the legendary Beatles song, the government is sending a message that will be passed down to future...
5/22/2025 5:11:40 PM Another move in-house? Valuation Office Agency set to be scrapped by April 2026 By Julija Kazlauskaite The end of April saw the announcement of a major shake-up to the Valuation Office Agency. The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, James...
2/6/2025 6:01:21 PM Housebuilder Crest looks set to ride the covenant reset wave By Matthew Padian Interesting news in yesterday's Times - Crest Nicholson, one of the UK’s largest house builders, might be in a danger of breaching one of...
12/4/2024 2:56:47 PM Rental auctions of vacant commercial properties are launched to bid farewell to empty high streets By Markus Klempa Bea Ballard From 2 December 2024, local councils in England have been given authority under the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 to conduct...
10/25/2024 3:03:04 PM Commercial real estate finance – a continued mixed bag? By Joanna Charter The FT yesterday focused on the state of the commercial real estate market, looking at the difficulties and opportunities faced by...
7/10/2024 12:28:18 PM Can the new Labour government achieve their ambitious housing targets? By Jack Lightburn It will be very interesting to see how radical the new Labour government dares to be with their proposed pro-development planning...
7/8/2024 5:30:11 PM A shedload to talk about at ShedMasters 2024, Amsterdam By Markus Klempa James Thomas On 27 June, ShedMasters, the annual marquee event held exclusively for the European industrial and logistics sector, brought together a...
7/5/2024 1:39:23 PM Will the new government deliver for hospitality? By Helen Wheddon With Labour's landslide election win, UK hospitality is today calling for the new government to deliver on its manifesto promises to...
6/26/2024 12:19:46 PM New Energy Performance Regulations widen access to EPC data By Claudia Oliver Jack Lightburn The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 came into force on 24 June 2024 (the Regulations)....
6/24/2024 5:15:33 PM Industrial and logistics: outlook for 2024 and beyond By Markus Klempa Dominic Northey As we reported after ShedMasters 2023, the annual event held exclusively for the European industrial and logistics sector, the key themes...