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In his most important speech yet, the Chancellor Alistair Darling set out the UK's spending plans in the Pre-Budget report announced on 24 November. This year's report, viewed by many as an 'emergency' mini-budget in the face of recession, will in broad...
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RICS Library has received an enquiry from a member who is looking for evidence/case law as to whether national or local acts take precedence in the absence of specific words in the statutes which make this clear. . The New Forest Acts are given as an...
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Further questions have been raised about situations when an EPC is required in Scotland. For reference, the legislation can be found in the 2008 Regulations : Do tied properties need an EPC? These are typically properties tied to one's employment, such...
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The Home Report’s implementation is only days away and RICS Scotland as well as the Scottish Government is busy making sure the public knows what’s what. Radio ads are currently airing and articles in newspapers and magazines are abundant with more planned...
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If you need a copy of an article or law case from the huge stock of journals and case law that we hold then look no further! For £8.50 per item (for RICS Members) the pages can be posted to your work or home address, or if it’s a bit more urgent faxed...
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The short answer is: plenty. Since early last year RICS has been working with the Government and Opposition politicians to raise our concerns; briefing MPs and Peers on parliamentary debates and holding regular meetings with both HM Treasury and CLG to...
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The question has been asked whether or not someone who can provide domestic EPCs in Scotland through a non-RICS protocol (such as Elmhurst or BRE) can also provide the energy report section of the Home Report. A situation where this might be desirable...
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First Minister, Alex Salmond, opened the new £120 million Clackmannanshire Bridge over the Firth of Forth today. The new bridge has been implemented to ease traffic congestion over the Forth and help alleviate the pressure on the 1930s Kincardine Bridge....
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If you would like to know how to end a business tenancy or know more about this tricky area, Business Tenancy Renewals – A surveyor’s handbook by Adam Rooney (RICS Books, ISBN 1842192418) is an excellent guide. The book explains the legal grounds under...
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Regular blog readers will know we have recently been having problems with our ebooks service . We're pleased to say this is now fixed and back up and running . If you've not used this service before why not take a look ? If you're an RICS Member you can...
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The London Library will be closed to visitors from 0900-1300 on Thursday 13 November due to electrical work as part of the building refurbishment . We apologise to you in advance at the short notice for this. Please email your enquiries to library@rics.org...
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Have you used our ejournal service ? If not why not give it a try at www.rics.org/ejournals . Our ejournal service is open to RICS Members and offers you hundreds of journal articles and market reports for free. You can save searches and print them out...
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If you are looking for sources of aerial photographs of the UK, Oldaerialphotos.com may be of interest. Aerial photos of the UK from the 1940s to 1990s are available for small charge. Aerial photographs are useful for resolving a wide range of issues...
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I recently had a phone call from a company who had a building in southwest England. The member of staff was trying to find out about the history of the building and the type of material that had been used in its construction . Unfortunately the organisation...
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Labour have hung onto the Glenrothes seat with a majority on 6,737. SNP came second and both the Tories and LibDems lost their deposits. Lindsay Roy, former Head Master of Gordon Brown's old school is the new MP for Glenrothes....
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A number of further companies are now providing software and training for domestic EPCs in Scotland. BRE on behalf of Scottish Government approves the 'RdSAP 2005' (v 9.82) software for use in Scotland so that EPCs (including the Home Report's energy...
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Donald Trump's £1 Billion plan for Menie, Abdredeenshire has been approved. The American billionaire will build 2 golf courses, a resort and housing on the Aberdeenshire coast. Mr Trump announced his plans to extend his business interests into Europe...
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The Scottish Government yesterday announced its plans for delivering reform under the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 at a summit co-hosted with CoSLA and the SPF . Presence of Ministers on the day seemed to send out a clear message that this is something...
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Simon Coates in our Professional team often gets calls from RICS Members who are not sure if fire insurance valuations fall within the scope of the Red Book. Simon's short answer is no . An insurance valuation is a reinstatement cost assessment. In other...
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I was listening to Radio 4 on Thursday morning and there was an interesting item on a new Royal Agricultural Society of England report which highlights that UK research is not focusing on agricultural research on the soil that could boost production for...
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RICS Scotland is throwing open its doors on Wednesday 26 November to celebrate our 70 th anniversary at our offices in Edinburgh. The Scottish branch of RICS (RICS Scotland) was founded in 1897 and was originally located in St Vincent Street, Glasgow....
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Scottish Building Standards (SBS) has produced a number of useful guides on Energy Perfomance Certificates (EPCs). An EPC is required in Scotland when a property changes hands after 4 January 2009 and with the Home Report (being introduced on 1 December...
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1 December 2008 sees the introduction of the Home Report in Scotland: after that date, those putting a residential property on the market will need to provide prospective purchasers with a Home Report, which includes a Single Survey, an Energy Report...
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The First Minister Alex Salmond has announced that Scotland's pilot shared equity scheme for first-time homebuyers, will expand to the whole country. The Open Market Shared Equity Pilot (OMSEP) was trialed in Januray this year with £24m provided by the...
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Today's copy of The Guardian features an article Prices to bounce back in ...2023 by Kathryn Hopkins and Abhinav Ramnarayan which has a prediction that house prices will not increase back to their 2007 peak values until 2023 by Andrew Clare Professor...
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