All Budget articles – Page 3
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OnlineNatural History Museum to receive £180m in spring budget
The Natural History Museum will receive £180m from the government over the next six years to create a new science and digitisation centre at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus.
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OnlineSMEs call on government to drop business rates
Nearly three quarters of UK small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have called on the government to drop business rates in this week’s budget, according to a survey of 1,004 SMEs.
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ProfessionalWill ATM ruling have a positive impact on the struggling retail sector?
Some believe the overturned ATM business rates decision is a bigger win than anything in the Budget.
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InsightFear of being seen as party of the rich warps Tory policy on home ownership
We all know what the Budget did for residential property owners (correct answer: not much) but it’s worth understanding the politics behind some of Philip Hammond’s decisions to gauge what’s likely to happen in the future.
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InsightBrexit casts a shadow over Budget’s proposals
As Property Week ’s Budget coverage highlighted, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) mildly upgraded its growth forecasts and now expects the UK economy to grow at 1.6% in 2019, up from the 1.3% spring forecast.
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InsightHammond dashes high street’s high hopes
‘Malities, malities, malities, malities – that’s the four malities over.’ Now that’s a funny joke.
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OnlineHousebuilder shares boosted by Budget
Housebuilders were among the top risers on the FTSE 100 on Tuesday following the release of the Budget the day before.
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InsightUK should look to CEE for logistics opportunities
Property Week ’s article on Expo Real in Munich rightly indicated the seemingly unstoppable rise of the industrial and logistics sector in the UK and Europe
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InsightSDLT rise would be smokescreen
The chancellor has pledged to publish a consultation in January on a 1% SDLT surcharge for non-residents buying residential property in England and Northern Ireland.
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InsightAutumn Budget: trick or treat?
With a distinct chill in the air and with only two days before Halloween, did an increasingly ghoulish-looking chancellor deliver more tricks or treats for the property sector?
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InsightSDLT changes risk overcomplicating tax system
It has been widely trailed that we are likely to see Stamp Duty Land Tax changes in the forthcoming Budget.
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ProfessionalLaying the golden brick: when will a modular construction project benefit from zero-rate VAT?
Modular construction is one of the most significant advancements in housebuilding in recent years. In the 2017 Autumn Budget, the chancellor announced that the government would aim to prioritise modern methods of construction over traditional housebuilding by 2019.
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NewsHammond urged to help retail in Budget
Reform of business rates and tax on online retailers top property’s wish list.
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InsightChancellor chooses cheap crowd-pleasers over vital planning system reform
The standard definition of an economist is a man who knows 50 ways to make love but has never met a woman.
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InsightBudget is just part of the solution to the housing crisis
The chancellor’s Budget last week focused heavily on housing, with a cut in stamp duty for first-time buyers being a helpful boost for those already possessing the means and will to step on to the housing ladder.
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InsightBudget doesn’t go far enough on business rates
In these current, uncertain economic times, there was very little scope for handouts in the Chancellor’s latest Autumn Budget.
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InsightVictory is Property Week’s… sort of
It is a while since I can recall so many responses to a Budget landing in my inbox.
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NewsGovernment to consult on permitted development right for demolition
The government plans to consult on the extension of permitted development rights to include the demolition of offices and other commercial buildings to be replaced with residential.
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ProfessionalBudget 2017: more than meets the eye on business rates
On the surface, Budget 2017 looked like the Chancellor was finally addressing some key issues facing businesses concerning their business rates hardships.
