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Soane’s is the idiosyncratic house-museum of the great Neo-Classical architect Sir John Soane (1753 – 1837). The house still displays his collection of antiquities, furniture, models and paintings in the same state in which they were left at the time...
On 14 November 2024, the Chancellor set out in a speech at Mansion House the government’s vision to grow and enhance the competitiveness of the UK’s world-leading financial services sector.
On 15 July 2025, the Chancellor set out the Leeds Reforms and delivered her annual Mansion House speech to the financial services sector. Launching the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, she outlined the next step in the government’s economic...
People with a long-term disability looking to buy a suitable home on the open market may be able to do so using the HOLD shared ownership scheme.
Located in London’s East End, the Museum of the Home depicts the quintessential style of English middle-class living rooms. Its collections of furniture, textiles, paintings and decorative arts are displayed in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the...
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
This change note provide information on changes to the English Housing Survey live tables following a review in spring 2024.
Guidance for local authorities and other registered building control approvers (formerly known as independent approved inspectors) compiling quarterly information about new permanent dwellings, which is used for house building quarterly returns.
Trinity House is the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar. It provides marine aids to navigation to assist the safe passage of mariners through waters in these areas. It also has statutory powers to mark...
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