What we do

Following recent discussions with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport about the newly implemented Electronic Communications Code, we were asked to provide a written submission about our thoughts on it. 

We are pleased to respond to this consultation from the Labour Party. We welcome the opportunity to help develop a policy programme that could help benefit communities and businesses around the country.

We have produced a document to codify CVA best practice and provide insolvency practitioners with some guidance on the key items that landlords look for in a CVA, and what should be addressed in the proposal.

We are delighted to provide evidence to the Migration Advisory Committee and abet their review into the social and economic impact of International Students in the UK.

We are always pleased to see government taking steps to review the insolvency system, understand what could work better and what could be introduced to help promote business rescue.

We welcome the government’s long-term commitment to decarbonising heat in buildings as set out in the Clean Growth Strategy (2017).

The BPF have produced a CVA Creditor Document, which clarifies the CVA process and sets out the information that creditors should expect to receive prior to the CVA creditors meeting.

We welcome the government’s commitment to enabling integrated communities across the UK and acknowledge the benefits of furthering this aspiration. The built environment plays a central role in the functioning of communities.

The BPF believes simple steps can be taken to simplify the VAT system to reduce delays and remove ambiguity for businesses in the application of certain rules and processes; simplification could also free-up some resource within HMRC which could be better focused on delivering business engagement

The Final Report of the Building Safety Review, led by Dame Judith Hackitt, has been published. It is a thoughtful review, which generally focuses on outcomes, a systematic approach, and engendering a culture of delivering and maintaining safe buildings, rather than prescriptive regulations.