The latest research from over-50s property specialists, Regency Living, has revealed that the majority of current homebuyers are motivated to complete before next year’s stamp duty deadline, however, a high proportion of those who don’t will have to re-evaluate their position in the market – which could spur an increase in transactions falling through. The survey […]
New research from American Express finds that business travel is a crucial growth driver for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), with over half (57%) of decision makers saying that employee trips over the past two years were for the explicit purpose of generating new business opportunities. Furthermore, almost three quarters of the SME decision […]
The new government’s NPPF, which was released on Thursday 12 December, has already started to have an effect on decisions on planning permissions. Just nine hours after the NPPF was issued, Three Rivers planning committee resolved to grant what might be the first ‘grey belt’ planning permission and maybe a small piece of town planning […]
Properties continue to move swiftly through the market, thanks to elevated demand, according to Home.co.uk’s Asking Price Index for December. Consequently, agents’ portfolios have been thinned out, thereby reducing the national stock level despite increased supply. Pricing remains tight, however, with all regions indicating average price reductions, the magnitude of which is more than merely […]
The UK’s mission to deliver a zero emission passenger car market continues to get significant attention and rightly so, given the millions of people who rely on these vehicles every day. But just as important to decarbonisation are commercial vehicles. Vans and trucks, as the workhorses of businesses everywhere, tie together our society and economy […]
Public electric vehicle chargepoint installations are currently on track to meet the minimum 300,000 needed across the UK by 2030, but government faces challenges to address the location of chargepoints, their accessibility and wider barriers such as planning rules, according to a new National Audit Office (NAO) report. As of July 2024, 64,632 electric vehicle […]
Using ONS data, the experts at SumUp have revealed the cities where physical retail is on the rise. With the festive season approaching, many people will be visiting the UK high streets for Christmas gifting and the Black Friday sale, meaning our shopping districts are set for an influx of footfall. In the last few […]
One of the UK’s largest credit insurers, Atradius, has reported a 10% drop in claims from UK businesses in November 2024 compared to the same month last year. The latest data on payment default trends signals resilience among UK firms, despite the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and the Autumn Budget’s impact earlier this quarter. With the festive season […]
Ferry – freight Total volumes in November 2024 were 10.4% above 2023 and up 4.7% adjusted for the addition of Strait of Gibraltar routes in 2024, closure of Calais-Tilbury in 2023, and the sale of Oslo-Frederikshavn-Copenhagen in 2024. North Sea, Channel, and Baltic Sea volumes were all, also in November, above 2023 following growth on […]
Cyber security is an increasing concern for businesses of all sizes, and with the ever growing flexibility of remote and hybrid working this threat is greater. A recent study asked SME business owners to share their biggest concerns when it comes to cyber security, and remote working was deemed to be one of the greatest. […]
