Public Sector
New team appointed to shape the delivery strategy for Portsmouth’s City Centre North project
Portsmouth City Council has appointed Mace, to lead a team including Montagu Evans and Vail Williams, to help shape the delivery strategy for the City Centre North project
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.
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.
Residential development land: Which is best – an Option Agreement or Promotion Agreement?
When considering development opportunities for residential land, landowners are often presented with two primary means of taking development forwards. Either through an Option Agreement with the developer, or a Promotion Agreement.
Which land disposal method is best for Local Authorities?
Since 2021, six Local Authorities in England have been declared bankrupt and, with one in four councils expected to apply for bailout agreements to stave off bankruptcy in the next two financial years, Local Authority purse strings have never been tighter.
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.
Government delays implementation of biodiversity net gain causing yet more developer uncertainty
Will Local Authority Biodiversity Net Gain targets set new benchmark?
G3s Group Ltd develops with new UK HQ
Print media specialist G3s Group Ltd has signed a 15-year headquarters lease at 9 Northarbour Road in Portsmouth.