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Khan calls for licensing scheme introduction in London
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Sadiq Khan, the current Mayor of London, has added calls for a short-term rental registration scheme in the capital in a bid to alleviate the ongoing housing crisis.
Holiday let owners in England face planning permission controls
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: Holiday home owners in England are facing up to a potential requirement to obtain planning permission to rent out their properties under new UK Government proposals.
UK PM Sunak pledges commitment to short-term let registration scheme
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged his commitment in Parliament to introducing a short-term let registration scheme in England in the near future.
England holiday lets register considered in Westminster debate
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The UK Government says that it will consider introducing a holiday lets register in England, amid concerns that the rise in second homes and holiday lets in rural communities is leading to a magnified shortage of affordable housing for locals. The issue was raised in a Backbench Business Debate in Westminster Hall, led by […]
England sees 20 per cent jump in second homes “flipped” to holiday lets
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Analysis of government figures by real estate advisers Altus Group has revealed the number of holiday homes trading as businesses has grown by more than a fifth since the start of the pandemic. More than 11,000 second homeowners in England have “flipped” their properties to become holiday lets. The data shows 67,578 homes classified […]
Hospitality leaders react to UK roadmap delay
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced yesterday there will be a four week delay in England’s roadmap to recovery. Earlier this year, Johnson unveiled plans for the gradual easing of restrictions in England. A four-step roadmap, spanning several months, would see the nation gradually exit lockdown. Due to the spread of the Delta variant, […]
HomeToGo reports 341 per cent increase for five-night stays in England
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Vacation rental search engine HomeToGo has revealed that interest for five-night vacation rentals went up by 341 per cent following England’s Christmas quarantine announcement on 23 November. The new regulation allows travellers in England to leave isolation should they test negative after a five-day quarantine. Based on internal search and booking data, HomeToGo discovered that […]
Hospitality to shut for one month as England goes into national lockdown
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a one month national lockdown for England, effective Thursday 5 November and lasting until 2 December. The lockdown will see the closure of non-essential retail, leisure and entertainment venues, as well as bars, pubs and restaurants. Takeaways and deliveries will however be permitted. There will be a ban […]
England hospitality venues on curfew, face masks compulsory
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that hospitality venues such as pubs, bars and restaurants must close at 22:00 from Thursday, with staff obligated to wear face masks. The British government has tightened its restrictions on the rule of six in an effort to curb the climbing number of coronavirus cases across the country. […]
Pubs, restaurants and hotels to reopen from 4 July in England
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: In a statement this afternoon, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that pubs, restaurants and hotels in England will reopen on 4 July. He further announced the previously rumoured reduction of the two-metre social distancing rule to a “one-metre-plus” rule. The swathe of announcements marks a vital stage in the recovery of England’s […]