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6 October 2025 · 10 expert responses

Government homebuying overhaul: "We have seen this all before with the ill-received HIPs"

PROPERTY industry insiders have responded with mixed reactions to the Government's homebuying overhaul, with one saying “this is a huge step in the right direction” but another that “we have seen this all before with…

15 September 2025 · 4 expert responses

Retail sales down 0.1% in 3 months to August and retailers' woes in key Christmas run-up amplified by design theft epidemic

RETAILERS are under the cosh, with sales down 0.1% in the three months to August and experts concerned about additional taxation in the November Budget hitting consumer spending following dire public sector borrowing…

5 September 2025 · 6 expert responses

Source: Scott Gallacher, Rowley Turton

Angela Rayner's resignation "shows that getting the right advice isn’t optional, it’s essential"

Angela Rayner's resignation "shows that getting the right advice isn’t optional, it’s essential", financial experts say. She has resigned as Deputy PM and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, following her failure to pay…

9 June 2025 · 3 expert responses

Insolvency Service appoints first dedicated crypto specialist: "a symbolic gesture rather than a game-changer"

The Insolvency Service has appointed its first dedicated crypto specialist to help recover online assets for creditors that may be held in crypto assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum or even NFTs, it was announced today .…

3 June 2025 · 3 expert responses

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24 May 2025 · 5 expert responses

Source: Craig Fish, Lodestone Mortgages

"This goes beyond conditional selling": Brokers urge borrowers to be wary of fire safety shortcuts

Brokers have warned consumers to be wary of estate agents pressuring them to make fire safety shortcuts when buying a property. Craig Fish, Director at London-based broker, Lodestone , has been helping a client buy a…

14 March 2025 · 8 expert responses

Economy contracts by 0.1% in January

Monthly real gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have fallen by 0.1% in January 2025, mainly caused by a fall in the production sector, after growth of 0.4% in December 2024. Real GDP is estimated to have grown…

13 March 2025 · 6 expert responses

UK Finance Business Finance Report: "A surge in overdrafts is the financial equivalent of a distress flare"

Banking trade body, UK Finance, has this morning published its Q4 Business Finance Review. It found that, in the final three months of 2024, there was rising demand for new or increased finance facilities, especially…

18 February 2025 · 5 expert responses

Company and individual insolvencies up 11% and 12% respectively in January

New data issued by The Insolvency Service this morning has revealed the number of registered company insolvencies in England and Wales was 1,971 in January 2025, 6% higher than in December 2024 (1,852) and 11% higher…

10 February 2025 · 8 expert responses

"Digitising home buying is a step forward but, without transparency and accountability, it won’t fix the real problem"

Over the weekend, the Government has announced major new plans to modernise home buying and selling to save people time and money and further measures to improve the lives of leaseholders. One of the key reasons the…

16 January 2025 · 6 expert responses

Surge in late payments since the Budget: "The stress of managing the uncertainty is relentless"

One business owner, Tony Redondo, Founder at Cosmos Currency Exchange, says he has seen a marked rise in late payments since the Autumn Budget: “A growing number of my SME clients are facing a surge in late payments and…

7 January 2025 · 6 expert responses

Meta ditches fact checkers for community notes: "an algorithmic free-for-all"

Following Meta announcing that it is replacing independent fact checkers with X-style Community Notes, one marketing expert, Oli Garnett of Bristol-based creative agency, Something Familiar, has described it as “an…

27 December 2024 · 10 expert responses

Land Registry strike "will create huge problems in the run-up to the stamp duty changes in April"

Civil servants at the Land Registry, who are members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCU), have voted to strike after being ordered to attend the office for three days a week. Property, conveyancing and…

26 November 2024 · 12 expert responses

Labour's "Get Britain Working" plans branded "delusional", "out-of-touch" and "all so 1980s"

Following the Government promising major new reforms to “Get Britain Working” again, including revamping the UK's job centre network, business owners have questioned the relevance of the plans — and their timing. One…

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