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Articles by Jonathan Bourne
Apprenticeships: supervisors’ balance of management skills holds the key to a successful programme
While Government efforts to simplify and grow apprenticeships are a work in progress, the view from those managing apprentices remains encouragingly positive.
The UK’s coastal ‘ghost enclaves’ are the result of government failure on low-use homes
The UK has long been in the middle of a housing crisis. And yet, across the country, the number of low-use homes is growing. Housing experts like ourselves use the term “low-use” to refer both to unoccupied properties and to infrequently used second homes. Data from the 2021 census revealed 1.5 million unoccupied dwellings in England (6.1% of all dwellings) and 120,450 in Wales (8.2%).
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Competition authority review of unregulated legal advice
Lawyers: don't hold your breath waiting for more regulation Many solicitors will rejoice as the competition watchdog begins an investigation into unregulated will-writers, online divorce and prepaid probate services. They will relish the prospect of the government reserving those activities to regulated lawyers and driving unregulated competition out of the market. But that is not going to happen. The scope of the Competition and Markets Authority investigation is limited.
Axiom Advice & Counsel comes to market
Integration of alternative providers and regulated law The integration of alternative legal services and law firms took another step forward this week with Axiom’s launch of its ABS, Axiom Advice & Counsel, in Arizona and news that it has been given an ABS licence to operate in England & Wales too.
What should we make of the Chancellor’s support for apprentices and young workers?
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Empty homes: mapping the extent and value of low-use domestic property in England and Wales
Abstract We combine economics, housing theory and data science to gain a greater understanding of low-use properties in England and Wales. We collect a unique dataset of domestic properties unoccupied by a permanent resident from 112 local authorities via freedom of information requests. The dataset covers 23 million residents and 340,000 low-use properties (3.4% of all properties).
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