Landmark Information Group will be launching their new Homecheck Mining and Subsidence search on Thursday 31st August.
The search combines the information currently found in their popular Homecheck Ground Stability and Subsidence reports, both of which will be withdrawn from the same date.
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Don’t know your Metropolitan Districts from your county councils? Your two-tiers from your hybrids? No need to worry (if indeed you were), you’re not alone. Fortunately we’ve got the authoritative guide to local authorities, so come with us as we borough down (borough/burrow, it’s a witty council-themed joke, sorry) into the long, confusing history of councils.
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The government is to introduce VAT on the CON29 element of local authority searches during 2017. The cutoff date they have given to local authorities to make this change is Friday 31st March.
Whilst a number of authorities have been charging for VAT since January, the majority will be introducing it from the beginning of April. We will be amending our prices accordingly from that date.
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From April 2017, all non-household customers in England will be able to choose their supplier of water and sewerage retail services. This is a result of a change in the law under the Water Act 2014, designed to introduce competition into the water industry.
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The Coal Authority have announced new prices for their range of mining searches from 1st April.
We will be changing our prices accordingly, and these can be found in the table below:
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