Economic Crime Strategic Board Aim To Reduce Money Laundering
In a bid to prevent economic crime from increasing in the UK, The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, and Chancellor, Phillip Hammond, have announced that they will jointly chair a new Economic Crime Strategic Board. The combined cost of fraud, money laundering, bribery and corruption is estimated to cost the UK economy over £14 billion per […]
Property Consultancy Predicts Significant Rise In Property Prices And Private Rent
CBRE, an independent property consultancy, predicts that the property market is set to continue growing despite the present Brexit uncertainty and political turmoil. According to CBRE figures, forecasts of 1.8% growth are predicted in 2019; statistics that seem to suggest the market will flatten rather than decrease throughout this extremely traumatic political year. This figure […]
Date For Implementation Of Tenants Fees Bill Announced
It has been a long and arduous process as the Tenants Fees Bill ricochet, rebounded and recoiled through Parliament, but from June 1st this year, it will become illegal to charge fees to tenants in rented accommodation. During the Lords third official reading of the Bill, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth made the announcement. Lord Bourne […]