Property

The UK government has announced that foreign companies who have not registered their beneficial owners with Companies House by the 31 January deadline could now face severe sanctions, such as restrictions and financial penalties

Only half of local authority districts across Britain can be considered affordable for homebuyers, research by gradual homeownership provider WayHome revealed

Gateley Legal's Mark Pearce explains how calculating prospective liabilities to tax, particularly inheritance tax, is a vital part of any advice given to clients

Ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) and family offices are set to invest in London office assets worth £2.4 billion in 2023, according to property consultancy Knight Frank’s annual ‘London Report’

The Eurpean Union (EU) Council has decided to prolong economic sanctions over Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine by six months

Savills has been revealed as the most prominent bricks and mortar estate agency in the UK, according to a recent analysis by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk.

One of the more profound changes in society over the last 50 years or so is that ‘living in sin’ is widely acceptable, across the generations. Indeed, statistics confirm that over five million couples do so and, further, that in 2021 for the first time, more children were born to unmarried than to married parents

The Treasury took £5.3 billion in Inheritance Tax (IHT) receipts in the months from April to December 2022, according to figures released by HMRC

Over the next two to three decades, we will see the 'great wealth transfer'. This era will deploy capital estimated at around $68 trillion to the succeeding generation and is undoubtedly a time of significant change

Research from specialist property lending firm, Octane Capital, has revealed that 41 percent of landlords would like to see recent changes to capital gains tax allowances reversed, with the “government’s meddling” in the sector also the biggest concern, along with the increasing day to day cost of buy-to-let investment driven by the cost-of-living crisis