Events
Red Bean Consultancy / SALBOY event in The Mandarin Orient Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Meeting and greeting fellow agents and agencies are always a highlight for the team. Today we are at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kala Lumpur right next the the famous Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. The Red Bean Consultancy is providing information regarding Victoria House in Manchester and Viadux in Manchester. The regeneration projects in […]

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Developers
Barratt hands staff £1,000 each to ease cost of living squeeze


Britain’s biggest house builder Barratt is handing staff an extra £1,000 each to help with the cost of living crisis.

It is the latest move by the housing giant to help workers after it brought forward the annual salary review from 1 July to 1 April 2022 awarding a 5% increase to all eligible employees.

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Developers
New flats to be demolished and rebuilt due to safety fears

A new development of 148 flats in east London will have to be knocked down and rebuilt after it was found they had not been built well enough.

The developer of The Factory at Hackney Wick said it had found "a potential structural issue" in the buildings.

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Uncategorized
The new unscrupulous estate agent deposit loophole. Buyer Beware

in an offer on a house, how would you feel if the estate agent asked you to hand over £1,000 to prove you were a “serious” buyer? Would you pay up, or assume this was illegal and tell them where to get off?

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Developers
An Alternate view on East Ridge (Nimby Alert) - WALTHAM FOREST

Saturday, 1 May 2021 Extract... https://wfoc.blogspot.com/2021/05/east-ridge-previously-barclays.html East Ridge - previously Barclays  EAST RIDGE Barclays is closing its Walthamstow branch to make way for another 18 storey sky scrapper! It will have 66 flats to house more people trying to get on the already congested Victoria Line. Does this mean the end of Barclays in Walthamstow? […]

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Developers
Plans for 18-storey tower in Walthamstow approved

A new high-rise block will be built in Walthamstow town centre despite neighbours’ concerns about light and privacy.

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AML
The Register of Overseas Entities

The government is introducing a ‘Register of Overseas Entities’ to crack down on foreign criminals using UK property to launder money.

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AML
Government takes landmark steps to further clamp down on dirty money

Legislation to crack down on dirty money in the UK and corrupt elites will be introduced in Parliament tomorrow, 1 March 2022.

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VISAS
Did you know about Golden Visas?

This article was published to by the BBC --> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60410844 Here is an extract of the article Visas offering foreign investors fast-track residency in the UK are being scrapped with immediate effect, the home secretary has confirmed. Priti Patel said ending Tier 1 investor visas, for those spending at least £2m, was the start of […]

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