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New legislation aims to accelerate repairs across unsafe residential buildings. Proposed measures would strengthen remediation duties, enforcement arrangements and routes for recovering costs while addressing delays affecting property owners and residents.
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UK employers increasingly exceed salary budgets for scarce specialist talent. Robert Half’s 2027 guide finds selective pay increases concentrated on in-demand capabilities, alongside greater salary transparency and changing expectations around benefits.
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Mortgage lenders will gain flexibility over high-income-multiple home lending decisions. New PRA and FCA rules remove the 15% restriction at individual lender level while retaining a market-wide safeguard and existing affordability requirements.
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Three companies face multimillion-pound penalties for misleading online selling practices. The CMA has fined Wayfair, Appliances Direct and Gold’s Gym more than £6m combined and ordered customer refunds relating to unwanted extras and unclear charges.
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Brooks Macdonald reported positive client inflows for four consecutive quarters. Its platform portfolios continued attracting investment, although bespoke services still experienced net withdrawals.
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Dékuple acquired majority ownership of an established Italian marketing agency. The transaction extends its European network and combines creative services with marketing technology.
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Two Midlands housing partners report progress on three housing developments. Morro Partnerships and emh have completed 52 affordable homes in Daventry, are nearing completion on 21 in Enderby, and are building another 31 in Leicester, while reporting £5.3m in regional subcontractor spending.
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Singapore maintained its exchange-rate policy despite increasing imported inflation pressures. Technology investment is supporting growth, although economic momentum is expected to moderate during 2027.
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ASML raised annual sales guidance as semiconductor equipment demand grew. Major customers are planning additional manufacturing capacity well beyond 2028.
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BT has introduced managed security monitoring using Microsoft’s Sentinel platform. The new UK service combines security software with BT’s monitoring operations and threat intelligence, offering continuous support to private and public-sector organisations.