Month: August 2020

Additional Enquiries by Conveyancers: The Importance of Honesty

Whether you are thinking about selling your property or in the midst of a property transaction, the prospect as a whole can be quite daunting. Particularly when the administrative side of the sale gets underway – the complexity of which never fails to take first-time sellers by surprise. Selling a home in the UK involves …

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Details of Future Fund Initiative Confirmed by the Government

Following the publication of initial details earlier in the year, the Future Fund was officially launched by the UK government on May 20. A new initiative targeting new businesses and start-ups struggling to access other types of government relief, the Future Fund is an investor-backed scheme open to all businesses that meet the eligibility criteria. …

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New Health and Care Visa Pathway Introduced, to Attract the ‘Best and Brightest’ from Abroad

The UK government has announced the introduction of the new legislation for foreign health and care workers looking to work and settle in the UK.  Confirmed in a joint statement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Home Secretary, the new ‘Health and Care Visa’ pathway is set to go …

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Home Office Confirms Reduced Tier 2 Health Worker Visa Costs

With no indication as to whether or not the alteration will be permanent, the Home Office has confirmed a significant reduction in Tier 2 Health Worker visa costs. Effective as of August 4, the reduction has slashed hundreds of pounds off the usual costs of immigration and nationality fees for applications, which stand to save individual applicants …

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Home Office Bereavement Scheme Extended to All NHS Support Staff

The UK government has announced an extension to a recently introduced support scheme for the families of overseas NHS staff, who lost their lives to Covid-19. Known as the Home Office Bereavement Scheme, the initiative automatically grants indefinite leave to remain to those who have lost family members to Covid-19 while working for the NHS. …

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Buying a Home? Joint Tenants vs Tenants in Common

When two or more people make the decision to purchase a property together, they may choose to buy the home as ‘joint tenants’ or ‘tenants in common’. But what are the main differences between these two property purchase pathways? Joint Tenants                                      Purchasing a home with one or more other people as joint tenants mean that …

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