Four out of five (79%) first-time buyers in London will pay no stamp duty now the threshold has been increased to £500,000, compared to just one quarter (25%) previously, research…
Conveyancing firm O’Neill Patient LLP (ONP) has recorded a significant increase in enquiries, instructions and completions in June year-on-year. The figures provide evidence of a market rebounding strongly from the…
The Government could cut stamp duty for six months on homes up to £500,000 to help boost Britain’s struggling housing market. Homebuyers currently pay stamp duty on properties worth more…
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) welcomes today’s announcement by Business Secretary Alok Sharma of £300 million (~$373.8 million) investment in world-class research infrastructure across the UK. The UK’s research facilities…
Active funds continued their strong run in May, pulling in £3.5bn from UK retail investors, more than double that of index trackers. According to figures from the Investment Association (IA), investors funnelled £4.7bn…
UK100 and Siemens UK propose £5bn in development funding to unlock £100bn-worth of schemes. Business and local leaders in the UK have called upon the UK Government to invest £5bn…
French utility EDF is launching a major solar-plus-battery storage hybrid initiative in England and Wales as part of plans to double its installed renewable base. However EDF will not be…
The UK Government will reportedly invest around £500m (equity) into British-registered space company OneWeb as part of a wider private-sector consortium bid. The firm has been busy building a global network of…
UK Tech SMEs received 27% more equity investment in 2019 Equity investment in UK technology firms increased by 27% to £4bn in 2019, according to figures published today by British…
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a £350m investment for the East Coast Main Line to finance the installation of electronic signalling. With this technology, the rail line…