BG Commercial, the Corporate Division of Bennett Griffin Solicitors has launched an advice service to businesses facing financial troubles in these challenging times. The current economic climate will provide all businesses with challenges and opportunities during 2009. Companies may want or need to manage a wide range of financial, legal and operational consequences of the economic downturn which will without doubt impact all areas of their business and organisation.
The firm’s… read the rest of “Recession Task Force to help businesses beat Credit Crunch in 2009”
The Government's controversial Home Information Packs (HIPs) appear to have failed in their aim to improve the home-buying and selling process, a consumer group has said.
An investigation carried out by Which? found that both buyers and sellers were having problems getting hold of the packs, and the information they contained may be inaccurate and could be out of date within six months.
The packs, which the group found to cost between… read the rest of “HIPs 'have not helped homes market'”
The two big money cases of Miller and McFarlane hit the headlines recently, providing new guidelines for Divorce settlements. Sadly, most of the facts of those cases do not relate to the ordinary man or woman in the Street, as few of us having millions of pounds to divide up. However, the principles trickle down and do have a bearing on most couples who are trying to sort out their… read the rest of “Latest Family News”
The implementation of Home Information Packs ? or HIPs as they are more commonly known ? appears to be in a state of limbo.
Lauded as the best thing since sliced bread when they were first announced, their future seems certain one minute and hanging in the balance the next.
The latest confusion surrounds the fact that HIPs are only mandatory when selling a home with three bedrooms or more, and that… read the rest of “Are HIPs Happening?”
