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Check if you can claim a VAT refund using the DIY housebuilders scheme, if you’re building a new house.
Annual returns, rules and other documents related to the employers’ association the Federation of Master Builders.
VAT rates for building work, including plumbers, plasterers and carpenters - new houses and flats, work for disabled people, energy saving, grant-funded heating, conversions and renovations, properties that are not homes
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Complete form MSF 4743 to certify the building, moulding or fitting out of a ship.
How to apply for funds supporting smaller housing developments.
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Director overstated his company’s turnover to claim the maximum Bounce Back Loan and could not account for how the money was spent
The rules for putting up scaffolding on your property - licence, checks, safety, builder, scaffold companies
A practical guide to utilities for home builders.
The standard contract that homebuilders agree to for the 2021 to 2023 scheme. Help to Buy: Equity Loan is now closed to new applications.
Check if you can claim a VAT refund using the DIY housebuilders scheme, if you’re converting an existing building into a dwelling.
Self-employed builder from Hounslow overstated income to claim £50,000 Bounce Back Loan then lost it in scam crypto investment scheme.
The government introduced a number of measures through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 to incentivise the prompt build-out of housing sites. This update outlines recent progress in the implementation of these measures and next steps.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
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