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MTD for Income Tax has been live since April for anyone with qualifying income over £50,000. HMRC says more than 436,000 sole traders and landlords got their first quarterly update in, and the next d…
The EAS competence changes land on 1 October, and they are the ones a lot of firms have been putting off. One Qualified Supervisor covering the rest of the team stops being enough for periodic inspec…
From 27 August anyone in England, Scotland or Wales can buy an accredited plug-in solar kit of up to 800W and plug it into a socket, no installer needed. The government claims up to £110 a year saved…
Amendment 4 to the Wiring Regulations was published on 15 April and the six-month transition ends on 15 October 2026, when the previous version is withdrawn. The revised sections cover medical locati…
Peugeot research reported by Professional Builder puts the average clean air zone bill for a non-compliant van at £780 a year: £99 a month in London, £82 in Tyneside, £8 to £10 a day elsewhere in Eng…