The rise in working from home has forged an opportunity for brokers to contact their clients to ensure they are properly insured, says Ceta Insurance. The firm says that home working over the pandemic increased from 27% in 2019 to 37% in 2020, with 57% of workers saying they prefer…...
Asking for flexible work hours could be closer than you think
A consultation is to be released across the UK within the next week regarding flexible work. The plan would allow all UK employees to request a flexible working arrangement from their first day at a new employer. At the moment, workers have to wait until they have been in their…...
New home registrations at a 14 year high
An eye-opening amount of properties were registered under the National House Building Council's warranty scheme in the second quarter of last year, it reached a 14 year high of 46,452 homes. Construction was halted on many sites during the lock down in 2020 which had a significant impact on the…...
House price growth returns to 10% in May : ONS
House prices grew by 10% to £254,624 in the year to May, up from 9.6% the previous month, according to the Office for National Statistics and Land Registry index. Month-on-month growth also increased to 0.9%, from 0.5% April. Rises were steepest in the North West where they climbed 15.2% to £189,245.…...
Working from home could be here to stay!
The cat is out of the bag, the genie is out of the bottle, the toothpaste has been squeezed out of the tube. Whichever metaphor you may prefer, home working is officially here to stay, 43 out of the top 50 companies in the UK has decided to give their…...
House prices supposed to rise 7% higher by end of this summer
Reallymoving has predicted that house prices within England & Wales are set up 7.1% withing the next 3 months up until the end of Q3. However, there are already early signs that the prices could slowdown at the end of summer, statistics has shown. How do we know the prices…...