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For a long time the industry has been bracing itself for the entry into the market of the tech giants, known as the FAANG's – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google.

More and more businesses are seeing the benefits of sharing insights and intelligence from data.

Although the implementation date for component accounting has been pushed back to March 2012, it may be worth looking at adopting it sooner rather than later.

As from 1 April 2008, most properties remaining empty for more than three months (six in the case of industrial property) will no longer receive relief from rates after that period.

I was very interested to read a report carried out by Savills which provided analysis of the last 15 years of land registry data.

We have news on the non dom changes at last. Where once there was speculation, since yesterday, we can now utter the word ‘certainty'.

The Chancellor unveiled the latest round of planning reform with particular focus on streamlining the planning decision process through the amendment and promotion of a number of key planning tools, principles and policies.

As Greater Manchester prepares to receive significant investment in its housing market through the Housing Investment Fund, plans for how best to maximise benefits through devolved powers are beginning to take shape.

We produced our first Deloitte Real Estate predictions report last year. We are pleased to say that we called most things right – from further falls in value through to an improving London office market, a tough lending market and increasing challenges from the green agenda.

The list of assets qualifying for the accelerated 100% first-year allowance for energy-saving or environmentally-beneficial (water-efficient) plant and machinery will once again be updated to include a further technology: heat pump-driven air curtains.

Richard Mannion, national tax director at Smith & Williamson, the accountancy and investment management group says:

Businesses can claim first year allowances (FYAs) on certain types of plant and machinery. FYAs allow the business to claim up to 100% of the expenditure incurred.

Higher rate income tax rate slashed in bid to raise more tax receipts Richard Mannion, national tax director at Smith & Williamson, the accountancy and investment management group says:

The approximate effect on income tax and NIC for 2009/10 will be as follows

As expected following the Chancellor's comments over the weekend, the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) focus was very much on expensive residential properties and most of the SDLT measures are concerned with residential properties over £2 million.

The statutory residence test originally announced in Budget 2011 is to be implemented. No further details have been announced since the consultation document in December 2011, however the Government plans to publish draft legislation after Budget 2012 following the public consultation last year.

The new tax rules are likely to be based on the existing tax system for UK film producers which is generally thought to have brought about £1billion of investment into the UK last year.