National newspaper launches SDLT campaign
Stamp Out The Duty is a campaign launched today, Wednesday 13 January 2021, by The Daily Telegraph, and calls for the stamp duty holiday to be extended. The newspaper says its campaign is: “inspired because it fears hundreds of thousands of buyers risk losing out on the current holiday as transactions slow because of the lockdown.” […]
67% of homebuyers want to see the stamp duty holiday extended
Research by the world’s leading high-net-worth mortgage broker, Enness Global, has revealed to just what extent the current stamp duty holiday in its various forms across the UK has helped boost the market, as well as homebuyer thoughts around missing and extending the current deadline. Enness surveyed 1,000 current homebuyers and asked them: If they […]
Money laundering fines reach record high
HMRC has issued a record £23.8m worth of fines for organisations breaching and or ignoring money laundering regulations. Nick Sharp, Deputy Director of Economic Crime, Fraud Investigation Service at HMRC said: “Businesses who fail to comply with the money laundering regulations leave themselves, and the UK economy, open to attacks by criminals. “Money laundering is not […]
Amir Ali announced as new President of the Professional Paralegal Register
The former Chairman of the CCUA who has over three decades of experience in both Legal and Enforcement sectors, Amir Ali, has become the inaugural President of the Professional Paralegal Register (PPR), a not-for-profit organisation which provides regulation for Paralegals. The inaugural President calls for recognition of the only organisation offering independent regulation for Paralegals […]