Article: Planning gains? Hugh Siegle gives his thoughts on the property issues affecting the leisure industry.(Business view-property)

Article: Industry steps up stamp duty ...
Leisure Report;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... proposed changes to stamp duty on leased properties ... consultation, on 30 May. The stamp duty changes, part of the ... exclude 60% of the leisure industry. However, Brigid Simmonds ... players, who could see stamp duty increases of up to 800 ...

Article: One loud voice must speak against stamp duty on ...
Leisure Report;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... The proposal by Gordon Brown in his Budget speech to levy stamp duty on leasehold properties at 1% of the capitalised value of ... Barry Gardiner, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Industry Group, begged the different bodies in the sector to "get ...

Article: Stamp duty 'must be reviewed'
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  March 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ...A call for a review of stamp duty - the tax people pay when they buy ... properties on which higher levels of stamp duty are payable. One in five homebuyers ... Wales are now over the 3 per cent stamp duty threshold of pounds250,000. Six ...

Article: Stamp duty really is the ultimate stealth tax
The Scotsman;  March 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... certain deprived areas - marked time on stamp duty in the recent Budget. But those ... big fish that get caught up in any stamp duty trawl. Most members of the public assume that only homeowners pay stamp duty when, in fact, it applies to all ...

Article: Stamp duty on UK land and buildings.
M2 Presswire;  April 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 18 April 2002-UK Government: Stamp duty on UK land and buildings (C ... to tackle current avoidance of stamp duty on commercial property transactions ... launched major reform to modernise stamp duty on land and buildings in the UK ...

Article: Stamp Duty: What is the Impact of the 2002 Changes ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  August 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... article we outline the impact of the stamp duty anti-avoidance measures in the Finance ... than [pound]10m No change except that stamp duty penalties can no longer be deferred by ... exceed [pound]10m is not subject to stamp duty. Instead stamp duty is due on the transfer ...

Article: Stamp duty doubles for first-time buyers in the ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  March 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ...THE average stamp duty bill faced by first-time buyers has ... to the property ladder paid average stamp duty of pounds 1,751 in 2007, 82%more ... South East, South West and East paid stamp duty in 99% of local authorities during ...