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Health And Safety Campaign For Home Workers

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to remind employers that they have the same legal duties for home workers as office-based staff. According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), over a third of workers in Great Britain now work remotely or in hybrid arrangements, which makes […]

Read more May 21st, 2026

Boosts In Grants For Installing EV Chargers

The government has announced an over 40% increase in charge point grant amounts that will mean businesses, landlords and renters could save up to £500 on installing an electric vehicle (EV) charge point. Previously, the grant provided a discount of £350. The uplift could cover almost half the typical installation costs and make it easier […]

Read more May 20th, 2026

Are You Ready For E-Invoicing?

A policy that is currently in development, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently released a research paper on how small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) view electronic invoicing, also called e-invoicing. In the Autumn Budget 2025, plans were announced to make e-invoicing mandatory for VAT invoices from 2029. In preparation for this change, the research paper […]

Read more May 19th, 2026

Renters’ Rights Act 2026: What Landlords Actually Need To Prepare For

The Renters’ Rights Act 2026 represents the most significant structural change to the private rented sector in England in a generation. Although it is framed politically as a tenant protection measure, for landlords it is better understood as a complete redesign of how assured tenancies operate, how possession is regained, and how rental income risk […]

Read more April 29th, 2026

Making Tax Digital For Income Tax – Now In Force

Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax is now live, having come into force from 6 April 2026. This marks a significant shift in how self-employed individuals and those with income from property report their income to HMRC, and it is already impacting a substantial number of taxpayers. The new regime currently applies to those […]

Read more April 28th, 2026

Renters’ Rights Act: Official Documents To Be Given To Tenants

On 20 March the Government published ’The Renters’ Rights Act Information Sheet 2026’. Landlords and their letting agents must legally give this information to tenants by 31 May 2026 to avoid risking a fine. They can give it to tenants as a hard copy or attached electronically as a PDF to an email. The document […]

Read more April 21st, 2026

New Rules On Building Products: What Property Owners Need To Know

The government has published a major Construction Products Reform White Paper, setting out plans to tighten the regulation of materials used in the building industry. The proposals are a direct response to the findings of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. At the heart of the new plans is a requirement that all construction products must be […]

Read more April 8th, 2026

Renters Rights Act: Possible SDLT Consequences For Tenants

Update 24 April 2026: The Government has released a statement saying that they will work on legislation so that no one is newly brought into SDLT as a result of the Renters’ Rights Act. This new legislation will work retrospectively to 1 May 2026. To read more about this, you can see the Government statement […]

Read more April 6th, 2026

Visitor Levy – What It Could Mean for Property Owners

As part of the Budget 2025, the Government confirmed its intention to give Mayoral Strategic Authorities in England the power to introduce a local overnight visitor levy. In simple terms, this would allow certain regions to charge guests a fee for staying overnight, something already seen in many international destinations. This is not an entirely […]

Read more April 3rd, 2026

Spring Statement 2026 Summary

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, held the Spring Statement on 3 March 2026. The government has been keen to have only one tax event per year (the Budget) and so the Spring Statement was intended to provide an interim update on the economy and public finances. Whilst the Chancellor did meet the commitment not to make […]

Read more March 4th, 2026

HMRC Moves To GOV.UK One Login For New Users

HM Revenue & Customs has started using GOV.UK One Login for taxpayers signing up to its digital services for the first time. This means that if you do not already have a Government Gateway account, you will now register using an email-and-password login rather than needing to obtain a 10-12 digit Government Gateway ID. For […]

Read more February 16th, 2026

Making Tax Digital For Income Tax Update

Updates are continuing to come through on HMRC’s ‘Making Tax Digital for Income Tax’ (‘MTD for IT’) initiative. It will initially apply from 6 April 2026 for sole traders and property landlords who generated gross trade and rental income (‘qualifying income’) of more than £50,000 in the 2024/25 tax year. The MTD for IT rules […]

Read more December 12th, 2025

Dealing With HMRC

Late filing penalties for corporation tax returns are set to be doubled for returns where the filing date is on or after 1 April 2026. Filing a corporation tax return late will now result in a £200 penalty, which will increase to £400 if the return is more than 3 months late. Where the deadline […]

Read more December 11th, 2025

Inheritance Tax Update 2025

Inheritance Tax (IHT) can apply to certain lifetime transfers/gifts and also on the value of an individual’s estate at the time of death. The IHT nil rate band is £325,000, with an additional £175,000 ‘residence nil rate band’ available in some cases for leaving the family home to direct descendants. For any value remaining after […]

Read more December 10th, 2025

Capital Gains Tax Update 2025

As we head into 2026/27, it should be remembered that, for most sales of capital assets, CGT will apply at 18% for basic rate taxpayers and 24% otherwise. The rate of CGT for business asset disposal relief (BADR) purposes will increase from 14% to 18% from 6 April 2026. Particularly in relation to business disposals, timing […]

Read more December 9th, 2025