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23rd October 2025
Business Rates Update: What Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Occupiers Need to Know

Government confirms permanent rate cuts for smaller RHL occupiers – but uncertainty remains for larger and mixed-use premises.

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2nd October 2025
Property firm welcomes proposed £600m history theme park

French operator, Puy du Fou, looks to boost Oxfordshire's local and regional economy subject to planning permission.

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30th September 2025
Are Schools, Colleges and Universities Liable for Business Rates?

In England and Wales, schools (like most other non-domestic properties) are liable for business rates.

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Market Insight
23rd September 2025
Unlocking property potential from the NHS 10-year plan

The NHS 10-Year Plan presents a bold vision for the future of healthcare delivery- one rooted in localised, integrated services delivered closer to the communities they serve.

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29th July 2025
How the NHS 10-year plan will transform healthcare property

Earlier this month, the government unveiled its long-awaited 10-Year Plan for the NHS—a bold vision to futureproof the health service and fundamentally reshape how and where care is delivered.

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6th March 2024
Biodiversity Net Gain now mandatory: What developers need to know

Hot on the heels of the latest NPPF changes, developers must now ensure that their developments result in more or better natural habitat or biodiversity net gain (BNG), in a move hailed as one of the world’s most ambitious in biodiversity terms.

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13th November 2023
Vail Williams added to borough planning framework

Surrey Heath Borough Council adds Vail Williams as one of their trusted partners after a tender process.

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11th October 2023
Landmark letting boosts Reading

In one of the biggest deals in 2023 the Ministry of Justice has signed on two floors at Abbey Gardens, a landmark town centre office. The transaction, which is one of the largest in Reading this year was negotiated on behalf of Palm Capital by property consultancy Vail Williams

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28th September 2023
Government delays implementation of biodiversity net gain causing yet more developer uncertainty
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4th September 2023
Will Local Authority Biodiversity Net Gain targets set new benchmark?
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19th April 2023
What is Biodiversity Net Gain and how might it affect your development?
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