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Chancellor announces further PGS consultation

6 Dec 2006

The chancellor has announced plans to consult further on planning gain supplement (PGS) proposals, with a view to introducing the land tax subject to implementation issues being resolved.

January deadline for Castle bid

6 Dec 2006

Castle Bidco must make a firm bid for Crest Nicholson by January 12 2007, the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers has said.

Barker calls for development on greenbelt land

5 Dec 2006

Economist Kate Barker has called for a review of greenbelt boundaries to allow more development to take place near urban centres.

News analysis

1 Dec 2006

As the year draws to a close, some of the industry’s leading lights look back at the successes of 2006 and at what 2007 has in store