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From today, 13 May 2020, the housing market is back open. Estate agents’ offices can reopen; viewings are again permitted; show homes can open; removal companies and the other essential parts of the sales and letting process can be re-started with immediate effect. Since lockdown restrictions were implemented in March, an estimated 450,000 people nationwide…
Wosskow Brown is here to assist clients through this pandemic as much as ever. We really don’t want to see a return to a deep recession, although latest forecasting shows that we are heading for the deepest recession on record. If this turns out to be true, we are still here in the tough times to help you through it.Continue reading
We hate impersonal service, so we’re finding it really difficult that we can’t invite you to our offices, and we certainly can’t offer you a coffee. What we are offering to do, is bring your Will to you.Continue reading
Wosskow Brown’s Employment Solicitor, Jamie Brown takes a look at common questions about furlough leave and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.Continue reading
The global Coronavirus pandemic has caught everyone out. It is no surprise that there will be visitors to the UK that will be running out of time on their visas. With travel restrictions currently in place, the UK Government has stepped in with measures to help. Visa Extension If you’re in the UK and your…Continue reading
We know that moving house is stressful enough, but in the middle of a global pandemic adds an unbelievable amount of worry. The UK Government released fresh advice on the 26th March 2020 to all parties involved in the process of moving home during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. We urge all parties involved in home…Continue reading
Hundreds of people have been involved in a serious accident at work at Amazon’s UK warehouses, over the last few years. According to data from the GMB union, 240 reports of serious injury or near misses were sent to the Health and Safety Executive last year. Making a total of 622 over the last three…Continue reading
Bereaved families no longer face the likelihood of an expensive bill when applying for probate, after controversial plans to raise probate fees is scrapped by the government. The proposal for increasing fees, announced last November, would have seen the current flat-fee system be replaced by a sliding scale of charges. How probate fees would differ…Continue reading
A recent study has revealed Sheffield to be the most affordable city for first-time buyers (FTB). The average age of those buying their first home in Sheffield is only 23, four years below the national average. Anees Rehman, Residential Conveyancer in our Property Department commented on the findings. “It is heartening to hear the Sheffield…Continue reading
Just four years ago Hugo Russell set up his modern cleaning company NowThen Cleaners and has since, with the support of the Wosskow Brown Foundation, achieved great success in building the business. It has recently been announcement the business has been shortlisted for the High Growth Award in the upcoming Sheffield Business Awards, displaying the…Continue reading