After the Product Security Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 received royal assent on 6 December 2022, only a limited number of provisions were bought into force. Almost a year on, the remainder of the act has been incrementally coming into force with additional regulations being passed, including most recently provisions on...

New building safety regime As previously reported , on 1 October 2023, the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) became the new Building Control Authority. A reminder that all occupied higher-risk buildings in England must now be registered with the BSR and Key Building Information submitted – failure to do so is...

The government's stated aim for the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act is to ".. deliver revitalised high streets … speed up the planning system, hold developers to account, cut bureaucracy, and encourage more councils to put in place plans to enable the building of new homes ". It became law...

Osborne Clarke in France has advised FIVE GUYS, an US fast-food group, on the opening of six new restaurants in France (negotiation of commercial leases, forward leases (bail en l’état futur d’achèvement) and other occupancy agreements for restaurant premises located within "So Ouest" in Levallois-Perret, "Les Terrasses du Port" in...

Government delays mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain to January 2024 and publishes first statutory instruments The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced that the government is delaying the implementation of mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements. BNG was due to come into force in November 2023 but has been...

BNG requirements for small sites come into effect from April 2024 As detailed in last month's Regulatory Outlook , the biodiversity net gain (BNG) regime went live in England on 12 February 2024, with a temporary exemption for small sites. However, from 2 April 2024 these obligations will start to...

Jollyes, the Pet Industry Federation’s current retail chain of the year, has secured significant backing from investment funds managed by TDR Capital to enable it to accelerate its UK store growth plans. Leading UK private equity investor Kester Capital has sold its stake in the business after six successful years...

General election announced for 4 July 2024 The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced that the next general election will take place on 4 July 2024. The news of the early election was warmly received by the construction industry in the hopes that it would minimise the damaging impact of...