£1.5bn Covid Additional Relief Fund fails to deliver
There has been a shortfall of £302m in relief that could have provided a lifeline to struggling businesses, but never found its way into the right hands.
Three ways you can improve your marketing in 2023
With the right plan, opportunity can be found on the stormiest of seas.
Salford’s Tree of Knowledge: The value of retaining history
The ‘Tree of Knowledge’ as it has become known, is a Grade II listed relief mural that was created in 1962. Made from water-worn pebbles and historic ceramic fragments found on the site prior to construction, it has long been a landmark feature of Salford. It features an owl representing wisdom overlooking the flowering tree of knowledge.
Substantial inconsistencies in new business rates list
We’ve been looking at whether the figures adopted by the Valuation Office are supportable.
In defence of housing targets
The government’s pledge to build 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s is perhaps the only piece of policy preventing the shortage from spiralling out of control.
Yoinks! Property still has an image problem
Development is evil, developers are nasty capitalists who want to build, build, build with no thought for the climate crisis or the communities and places that they’re building in. In fact, the opposite is true.
Next business rates draft list due next week
Despite the imminent release, the government has remained tight-lipped about two rather large elephants in the room: Transitional Relief and Small Business Rates Relief.
COP27 – Is the government getting its messaging right?
It’s COP27 this week. At this stage in our efforts to combat climate change, one would hope we’d have a more positive message to take into the conference. Instead, it all feels a bit glum.
Will developers join the anti-austerity movement? They should!
The cost-of-living crisis is affecting people much further up the income scale than previous squeezes on incomes.
Tough times are coming – adaptable marketing strategy is key to survival
In a challenging landscape, what can you be doing to stand out from the competition?
Seeing the light: how Identity Consult helped Assura save £160k on energy bills
As part of Assura's project to improve EPC ratings, savings of £158,950 will be made across 30 medical centres.
Labour would abolish business rates
Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves announced at the Labour Conference yesterday that she would abolish business rates and replace it with a “fairer system that is fit for the 21st Century”.
Mini-Budget: glaring omission on business rates
Friday’s Mini-Budget delivered some sweeping tax cuts which, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, are the largest since the 1970s.
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