Our Bruntsfield office will be closed on Monday 21 September for the local Edinburgh holiday. The office will re open on Tuesday 22 September.

In the summer budget the Chancellor announced the rate of Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) will increase from 6% to 9.5% for all new insurance policies from 1 November 2015. IPT is the equivalent of VAT for insurance products therefore will impact on the cost of insurance for policyholders.

The Scottish Government has issued statutory guidance for the provision of carbon monoxide alarms in private rented housing. The guidance will take effect from the 1 December 2015.

The guidance requires a landlord to fit carbon monoxide detector(s) in their property if there is a combustion appliance(s) eg gas boiler to give warning of concentrations of CO gas hazardous to health. See attached information for further details.