Post-Pandemic Change
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Post-Pandemic Change

Scenes from almost 2 years ago as the pandemic began to unravel will forever be etched in our minds, and the disruptions, not only to our personal lives but also our professional lives, have not quite bounced back to normal.
Today and info February 2022, the Government have reverted back to Plan A.

In 2022, many property professionals expect a lot of change around the way in which we work and as a result we will witness a transformative change with a fundamental shift in business. As the government in England and the devolved countries announce that the measures put in place as a result of will be lifted, changes that were implemented in the work place will evolve once again
"Tsedal Neeley, Harvard Business School’s Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, said the lockdown highlighted the ease with which modern technology handled the shift from one location to another, as well as the ability of many office workers to get the job done even when not under their manager’s eye. It also showed companies that there may be benefits — like saving money on office space."
The housing industry re-opened in May 2020 and made sure that adapting to the Pandemic, restrictions, covid-protocols and implementing drastic change was dealt with efficiently and effectively. Now we are going to focus on the reverse with some tweaks (understatement) as the shift from pandemic to endemic takes place.

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Wales - Renting Homes Law Change announced
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Wales - Renting Homes Law Change announced

Legislation relating to Renting Homes in Wales which was first passed in 2016, was implemented to increase protection for tenants

It has been announced that the Renting Homes (Wales) Act will be implemented from 15 July 2022.

There will be two new “occupation” contracts that are to replace the existing tenancy and licence agreements. These are:

  • a secure contract: the default contract issued by ‘community landlords’ (local authorities and registered social landlords); and;

  • a standard contract: the default contract for use by private landlords (all landlords other than community landlords)

Landlords will also be required to issue a written statement of the occupation contract to the contract-holder which will include all the relevant contractual terms:

  • fundamental terms cover the most important aspects of the contract, including the possession procedures and landlord’s obligations regarding repairs.

  • supplementary terms deal with the day-to-day matters applying to the occupation contract such as the requirement to pay rent on time or maintain a garden.

  • additional terms address specifically agreed matters

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Levelling Up White Paper delayed
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Levelling Up White Paper delayed

This article for appeared in the Times

Boris Johnson faces another wait to unveil his levelling up white paper as Downing Street prepares for the start of this year to be dominated again by coronavirus.

The government had hoped that the document of more than 100 pages, marking the first attempt to flesh out the prime minister’s slogan, would be its first major intervention of the year.

The paper, being written by Michael Gove, the secretary for housing, communities and levelling up, is now more likely to be published later this month.

Johnson promised last May that it would be published by the end of the year. It emerged in December, however, that the white paper had slipped back to this year.

Gove, now in his sixth cabinet position since becoming education secretary in 2010, was handed the task of taking charge of the prime minister’s key domestic drive in the reshuffle last September. He was given the renamed and expanded role of levelling up secretary.

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Do not Let New Year's Resolutions cause added Stress
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Do not Let New Year's Resolutions cause added Stress

2022 - New Year - New You. Is that going to be at the core of your January or will these new goals and objectives just add unnecessary pressure to you life?

Every year just before the clock strikes 12. we have that voice in our heads telling us we will make dramatic and bold changes to our lives - join the gym, stop drinking alcohol, give up cake, take the stairs, keep a journal and so the list goes on.

A You Gov poll at the end of 2020 showed that overall, 12% of Britons made New Year’s resolutions for 2020, although this is fewer than half of the 27% who said they were planning on doing so when we asked in December 2019 possibly as a resultofthe pandemic. Resolutions proved most popular among the young; nearly a quarter (24%) of those aged 18-24 made a resolution compared to just 6% of the 65+ age group. Of those who made resolutions, only a quarter kept all of them (26%), although half managed to keep some of them (48%). Around a quarter failed entirely (23%).

So why do so many people fail to meet their New Year goals? Often the resolutions are too onerous and overwhelming, and sometimes unrealistic. According to a 2009 study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, it takes 18 to 254 days for a person to form a new habit.

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