October 2024 economic and business overview
Does the new government necessarily herald a new economic era? There has certainly been a change of tone, even if it seems rather more difficult to detect an actual change of mood as yet.
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Buying assets through a Pre-Pack Administration – potential pitfalls for purchasers
The number of pre-pack Administrations has increased dramatically since new regulations came into force in 2021 aimed at bringing more scrutiny and transparency to the asset sales they
Road haulage sector labour shortages persist
The UK road haulage industry has been battling with significant driver shortages for decades. The crisis peaked in 2021 during the pandemic when the Road Haulage Association (RHA)
Infrastructure challenges for the road haulage industry
Most sectors of the economy and the public in general are at the mercy of the increasingly poor state of the UK’s infrastructure, but few industries suffer more
Stress & strain in the buy-to-let market
The history of the Buy-to-Let market The origins of the buy-to-let boom go back to legal changes relating to tenancies in the 1990s and a favourable tax regime
How will building 300,000 new homes a year affect the UK’s housebuilders?
Within a week of its election in early July 2024, the new government was shouting from the rooftops about its ambitious plans to address the UK’s housing crisis