The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned; The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned that a damaging property bubble is being made more likely by the Government’s Help to Buy (H2B) scheme. A report ...

British households pay the highest property taxes New figures show that British households pay the highest property taxes in the developed world with the amount of stamp duty paid on the average house sale almost doubling since the peak of the la...

House prices are 5.8% higher than this time last year Nationwide’s October House Price Index has revealed that house prices have risen 1% on September and are 5.8% higher than this time last year. The national average price of a house is now £173...

Agricultural Waste Exemptions Many agricultural waste activities that commonly take place on your farm will need to be registered as an Agricultural Waste Exemption with the Environment Agency.  Any exceptions registered before the 6th April 2010...

Some progress in the decision making for the CAP Reform………. Recent announcements have confirmed some progress in the decision making for the CAP Reform, however many details are still yet to be decided. The main agreed principle...

With weather forecasters already predicting another severe winter, we look at ways in which your farming business can prepare for the severe weather, and identify any risks: Access to Livestock With remote areas at risk of being cut off by heavy ...

An Evening with Dan Snow at the Stratford Literary Fesitival If you listen to Dan Snow, the history guy off the telly, for even a short time it is clear to most of us that there is an awful lot we don’t know about what makes us, and indeed ...

Matt Payne has now become a full member of the RICS The Partners at Sheldon Bosley are delighted to announce that after a lengthy and extremely rigorous training and examination programme, Matthew Payne has been recently accepted as a full member...

50th Anniversary of Shipston Rugby Club Sheldon Bosley have extended their existing long-standing sponsorship with Shipston on Stour Rugby Club Mini and Junior Section to the Shipston on Stour First Team.  We are very proud to have the opportunit...

CAP Reform Agreement 26th June 2013 This initial brief summary is provided by the Sheldon Bosley Rural Land Agency Team, with a further more detailed analysis, particularly as far as the agreement affects the UK, to be published later. The main e...

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP CHANGES AHEAD  Natural England have recently released updates on some of the potential changes to Environmental Stewardship (ES) under the CAP reform proposals, which provide a flavour of the intended changes.  However p...

Change of Use A huge window of opportunity opens for owners of rural buildings and office with changes of use allowed on permitted development. The new rules introduced by the Government are due to come into effect from 30th May 2013.  The main c...