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We are delighted to act for Coastal Housing Group on their £110m debt raise.

Partner Katie Maguire comments that thousands more UK workers could face pay cuts because the Furlough Scheme has made it more ‘socially acceptable’ for employers to ask staff to take a permanent salary reduction.

Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced his 3 point plan to get millions of people back to work: 1) to support people to find jobs, 2) to create jobs, and 3) to protect jobs. In this article, we focus on the employment programmes that were announced.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has today announced temporary changes to the Stamp Duty Land Tax regime.

The Government have announced plans to allow planning permissions that would have been lost during lock down to be automatically extended. 

Summer is fast approaching, and whilst the usual efforts of fundraising for our partner charities have been disrupted, we decided to make the most of staying at home by taking our fundraising virtual.

The Government have recognised the inflexibility of the CIL payment regime and have announced that they will introduce amendments to the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 to enable charging authorities to defer payments and temporarily disapply late payment interest.

The Government has announced plans to relieve the restrictions on moving home which were imposed as part of their response to the Coronavirus outbreak.

Devonshires’ Banking team are delighted to have advised GreenSquare Housing Group on a full restructure of its funding portfolio.

From 29 April 2020, the eligibility criteria for who can be tested for COVID-19 have been expanded.

The ICGN has published an open letter setting out its take on governance priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and Public Health England have jointly published guidance in respect of allocations and transfers during the COVID-19 lockdown period.