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15 May 2013
A registered charity that provides free Wi-Fi services and broadcasts public safety messages using transmitters installed in otherwise empty commercial properties cannot claim business rates relief, the High Court has said.
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13 May 2013
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is "gathering evidence" about the impact and scale of squatting in commercial property, after criminalising squatting in residential property last year.
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16 Apr 2013
The former City regulator, the Financial Services Authority, was right not to disclose information it held about a company it had investigated based on freedom of information (FOI) legislation carve outs, the Information Commissioner has ruled.
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11 Mar 2013
FOCUS: Companies bidding for public sector work, and public sector bodies running major tenders, will have to change the way they approach the tender process from as early as 1 April this year, under plans published by the Government.
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08 Feb 2013
A group of landlords claiming millions of pounds in rent that went unpaid after retailer Game went into administration last March have begun proceedings in the Companies Court, according to press reports.
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17 Jan 2013
The introduction of tough new capital requirements to back loans made by banks to property developers could reshape the property finance market, an expert has said.
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07 Nov 2012
An increase in the number of cases of squatting in commercial premises was the "inevitable consequence" of a change in the law to criminalise the practice in residential property, an expert has said.
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02 Nov 2012
Measures designed to encourage the owners of empty homes and commercial properties to bring them back into use have been approved by the Scottish Parliament.
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29 Oct 2012
Business leaders have called on the Scottish Government to rethink plans to cut business rates relief for the owners of empty properties ahead of its final debate on the proposal.
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29 Oct 2012
Household names including Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and Legal & General have signed up to a Government taskforce formed to tackle struggling UK high streets.
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