News & Updates

The Traffic Commissioners' 2025 to 2026 report sets new service measures, 'right first time' applications and VOL text alerts. With three summer enforcement cases, here is the file to prepare.

The voluntary sales pack list is still unpublished as of 12 October 2026, but Landmark, Eden and HOP are selling packs now. What each contains, who pays, and how to choose without being sold to.

Rightmove's 23 September webinar handed agents a roadmap guide, a branch action plan and a Q&A. Here is what the portal is pushing, the red flags it named, and the document that proves each one.

Kantar's shelved reservation agreements study, published 8 September 2026, found buyers will not commit without key property information. Why that drives the roadmap's sales-packs-first order.

Red Tractor's Beef & Lamb and Dairy consultation runs to 3 November 2026, with Fresh Produce, Pigs and Poultry next. Nothing changes until 2027, and the legal records do not change at all.

DVSA began the national rollout of Photos at Test on 3 August 2026. Optional for now, the image proves the car was present and ties the MOT record to cloning checks and 2028 pay-per-mile tax.

Most HGVs pay £1 vehicle tax for twelve months from 1 July 2026, but only if the taxation class on the V5C is 1, 2, 16, 23 or 57. The levy still applies. Here is how to check, correct and record it.

The September 2026 Grenfell progress report marks 30 of 61 recommendations complete and promises a response on fire risk assessor certification by December. What to record now.

The FSA Board's September 2026 plan includes mandatory hygiene rating display in England and online UK-wide, with proposals to Ministers in January 2028. What is changing, and the records to keep.

HM Treasury confirmed eVED on 13 July 2026: 3p a mile for EVs, 1.5p for PHEVs from April 2028, MOT reconciliation, new odometer offences, and the records every keeper should start now.

Estate, letting and managing agents in England will need a licence and qualifications under an independent regulator. No bill, no regulator and no date yet. What was announced and what to keep.

Amendment 4 forms, a new meaning for FI, and a Level 3 inspection and testing rule from 1 October 2026. How to check which edition your report is on and whether the inspector qualifies.