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1. Make sure you get adequate sleep

Not getting enough sleep affects us all so if you want to avoid low concentration levels at work, irritability and feeling lethargic all day, give your energy levels a boost and try and get some early nights in your working week. You’ll wake up as fresh as…

Do they contain all the information needed regarding the recent Government developments and accurate information concerning Radon?

Many providers of Local Authority Searches including councils are not giving information on the HS2 railway line, the Green Deal and only answer Q3.13 with a simple 'yes' or 'no'. We put a percentage e.g. 'The property is in a Radon Affected Area, as between 5 and 10% of properties are above the Action Level'.

Failing to provide…

Pali Franchisee Jeremy Tyler recently appeared on The Secret Agent on Channel 4, presented by Phil Spencer.

The show originally aired on Channel 4  22^nd October 2012 and was repeated last Monday (6^th May.)…

Pali Law is pleased to announce the exciting new revamp of their site is now complete.

After much anticipation and money invested, Pali Law now has a slick new look. See it HERE.

The site allows members of the public to ask one free legal question from which they get a response from a reputable, local solicitor who specialises in the area of law in question.

When a question has been asked, the most suitable solicitor…

Liverpool Waterfront regeneration scheme given the green light but faces a delay

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The £5.5billion regeneration for the Liverpool Waterfront has been given the go ahead by the city’s Council planning committee, unfortunately the developers, Peel Holdings face a three-month wait to find out if there will be a public inquiry.

Peel Holdings also have a sister project, the Wirral…

Wrexham County Council now has one in three of their social housing fitted with solar panels. This ambitious scheme which was to be completed on time for the 3^rd March, involved the Council fitting 30,000 Sharp solar panels from the local Sharp factory to 3,000 of their properties.

There is up to £300 expected to be saved on the energy bills of resident’s which will help the fuel poverty of the poorest inhabitants. The project is expected to reduce the Councils Carbon…

Estate Agents advertise property with ‘superb country views’ but miss the fact there is a 350ft mast located behind the property!

A cottage, which is being advertised for £199,950, is located in the depth of the beautiful Welsh countryside of Llanddona, boasted with having ‘commanding superb country and costal views’ but unknowingly to the reader of the advertisement, the property has a shocking 350ft mast and sub station standing just a few yards away from the edge of the back…

Kevin Hurst who purchased a semi detached house on Melville Drive, Essex is taking legal action against the previous home owners, Mr and Mrs Wilson as they claimed their neighbour ‘lived alone’ and ‘worked as a piano teacher’. However this was far from the truth as the gentleman next door, Dominic McGrath, had committed ‘extreme anti-social behaviour’ on the residents living in the street.

Some of his charges included a decade long ASBO to ban him from wearing a balaclava as it gave…

A powerful solar storm from the Sun is heading towards planet Earth and scientists expect it to hit us this afternoon, 8^th March 2012.

The Sun erupted on Tuesday 6^th March and unleashed a colossal cloud of charged partials which is predicted to affect power grids, global positioning systems (GPS), oil pipelines and aircrafts are being advised to adjust their flight paths if they’re crossing the Polar Regions, as that is where the radiation from…

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The £5.5billion regeneration for the Liverpool Waterfront has been given the go ahead by the city’s Council planning committee, unfortunately the developers, Peel Holdings face a three-month wait to find out if there will be a public inquiry.

Peel Holdings also have a sister project, the Wirral Waters, which has the potential to be one of the largest regeneration developments in…

An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is used to show how ‘green’ or ‘energy efficient’ a property is. The Government have the EPC in order to record the amount of ‘greenhouse gasses’ produced by the country.

‘Greenhouse gasses’ are created when fossil fuels are used which emit carbon dioxide. This gas then traps the UV rays from the sun in our atmosphere which causes the rise in temperature of the climate, hence the birth of the term ‘Global Warming’. Climate…

A new scheme has been approved by the Government for a toll bridge to be built over the River Mersey from Runcorn to Widnes. The main purpose of the £470 million project is to reduce the congestion on the Silver Jubilee Bridge that currently joins the two towns.

The Mersey Gateway will be a six-lane toll bridge, stretching 2.3km, set 1.5km east of the Silver Jubilee Bridge with a speed limit of 60mph and it will integrate public transport, cycle paths, pedestrian links as well as the…

The people of Val di Susa, a magnificent Alpine valley on the Italian border with France, have been fighting to save its natural beauty from a high-speed rail link set to run through their village. They have been campaigning to prevent a high speed train track being built from France through Italy as they claim it would cause vast environmental damage.

The French end of the tunnel which is already 57km long, the longest through the Alps, is well under way but on the…

The Housing Minister Grant Shapps has a project set up and backed by the Government to help with the downturn in the economy. It has been named ‘Get Britain Building’ and it is a £420 million project which was launched only a few months ago to build up to 100,000…

If you were born after 1979 and not currently on the property ladder, you could find yourself renting properties all your life as it is becoming increasingly difficult to afford your own home. Recent studies show if you’re 33 and older, you’re more likely to already be on the property ladder, however those who are 32 and younger will be more commonly living in rented accommodation. This is due to the massive struggle in affording a deposit on a property and earning enough…

As from the 1^st April 2012 homes with new solar Photovoltaic “PV” systems hoping to claim the higher feed-in-tariff will need an Energy Performance Certificate “EPC”.

The rating of the EPC will need to be D or above in order to qualify. It was initially unsure whether the EPC rating was including the PV system or not. However the Department of Energy and Climate Change “DECC” have confirmed that the PV installation will contribute to the EPC…

Artist impression showing an aerial view of the Liverpool Waters scheme which is due to be considered by Liverpool council's planning commitee on March 6.

Liverpool Council will vote on Tuesday the 6^thMarch on the possible regeneration plans for the dock areas of its water front, which include Princes Dock and the Central Dock.

The regeneration would involve a 5.5bn development which would…

In October 2012 the government will launch the Green Deal. The Green Deal will allow homeowners to implement energy saving measures for their property without the need to pay upfront. The cost of the measures will be covered through the savings made on the home owner’s energy bills.

In order to identify a property for energy saving measures, the property must have a domestic Energy…