{"id":27311,"date":"2020-08-11T16:12:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27311"},"modified":"2020-08-10T18:01:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T17:01:19","slug":"ihbcs-hespr-special-interest-sector-news-pick-of-the-week-government-rules-out-vat-reduction-on-domestic-work-from-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27311","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s HESPR \u2018Special Interest Sector News\u2019 pick of the week: Government rules out VAT reduction on domestic work, from Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19971\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HESPR-quality-mark-RGB-300x137.jpg\" alt=\"logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" \/>The IHBC\u2019s heritage business register HESPR \u2013 our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/\">Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition<\/a> quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC\u2019s standards \u2013 emails members weekly \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=23522\"><em>News and Tender Alerts<\/em><\/a><em>\u2019<\/em>, including notices gleaned from across the development sector\u2019s publications, which this week features <em>Building<\/em>\u2019s report<em> on the <\/em>Government\u2019s ruling out of VAT reduction on domestic work.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jordan Marshall writes in <em>Building<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Government rules out VAT reduction on domestic work\u2026 Financial secretary says move would cost Treasury \u00a36bn a year.<\/p>\n<p>The government has turned down calls to reduce the amount of VAT on residential extensions and alterations.<\/p>\n<p>In a written answer, financial secretary Jesse Norman said it would not be introducing a tax break to support the construction sector.<\/p>\n<p>View the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.building.co.uk\/news\/government-rules-out-vat-reduction-on-domestic-work\/5107193.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more on HESPR and how to become a HESPR member see <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/\">hespr.ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/HESPR_flyer_2017-e1517674730111.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16895\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/HESPR_flyer_2017-e1517674730111.png\" alt=\"HESPR flyer 2017\" width=\"100\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/docs\/HESPR-A5-leaflet.pdf\">Download the HESPR flyer<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>For a free promotion of your tendering opportunities and work needs to the IHBC\u2019s HESPR members, please send details and links to Joanna at <u><a href=\"mailto:contact@ihbc.org.uk\">contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u>, as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Tenders can also be advertised for a fee with <em><u><a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/jobsetc\/\">IHBC Jobs etc<\/a><\/u><\/em>, including a targeted email to 2000+ recipients as well as full coverage on our NewsBlog alerts and social platforms (membership and followers c.18,000) and websites with c. 290,000 visits a month. Contact Joanna at <u><a href=\"mailto:contact@ihbc.org.uk\">contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IHBC\u2019s heritage business register HESPR \u2013 our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC\u2019s standards \u2013 emails members weekly \u2018News and Tender Alerts\u2019, including notices gleaned from across the development sector\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27311\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27312,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27311\/revisions\/27312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}