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Valuation Office Agency to be scrapped: What this means for business rates
In a significant shake-up of the UK’s business rates system, the Government has announced that the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is to be scrapped as part of wider reforms to improve efficiency, transparency, and accountability in the management of non-domestic property taxation.
What are business rates reliefs?
With just six months until the publication of the Draft Rating List for Revaluation 2026, the House of Lords has dealt another blow to the business community by blocking the government’s proposed business rates reforms.
House of Lords blocks government’s Business Rates Reform plans
With just six months until the publication of the Draft Rating List for Revaluation 2026, the House of Lords has dealt another blow to the business community by blocking the government’s proposed business rates reforms.
Spring Statement 2025: Key planning reforms and their impact
In yesterday’s Spring Statement, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced significant planning reforms aimed at boosting the UK's housing sector by accelerating housebuilding and stimulating economic growth.
Real Estate Investment Market Update: Q1 2025
Current market noise and mixed data results have made the real estate investment market increasingly difficult to decipher.
What can we expect from the Spring Statement?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, is set to deliver the UK's Spring Statement on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
Digital Portfolio Management: Ushering in a new era for real estate management
Traditional property management has been transforming. Over the last two decades, we have witnessed an evolution towards more digital property management, and the pace at which this evolution is happening is accelerating.
Property firm reduces emissions by 42 per cent
Matthew Samuel-Camps, Managing Partner, says property consultancy Vail Williams’ journey to net zero by 2030 remains on course as the firm voluntarily publishes its annual Carbon Reduction Statement.