De Rossi Griffiths

08/06/2026

Welsh Government now considering rights of unmarried couples cohabiting in a relationship of a minimum of three years.
Get a Cohabitation Agreement in place if you want to protect your assets.
Make a Will to provide for your spouse/partner/significant other…. However you prefer to phrase your circumstances.

The government has launched a consultation proposing rules for people who live together but have not tied the knot

08/06/2026

Welsh Government considering rights for spouses who have been cohabiting for 3 years and more but are not married.
You can always make a Will to ensure things are properly sorted if you are an unmarried couple.
Pre-nup agreements to also be considered valid.

The government has launched a consultation proposing rules for people who live together but have not tied the knot

15/04/2026

Our article in today's Daily Telegraph Living 360 supplement explaing how to protect your home from being sold to pay for care home fees.

The QR code is a link to our new bitesize videos explaing about different components of the process, so it's easier to understand.
www.derossigriffiths.com/promotion

A huge thank you to our team who made this possible:

*Kai Johnson of Cloudbreak Drones for the media filming and pressure editing to the tight deadline
*Jonathan King and Owen Turner of Search4Local who developed the website media page and worked overtime to make sure the links went live before press
*our own Libby Jones and Lindsey Wyke who had to support with hours of listening to the videos and getting the subtitles and data to be accurate

We couldn't have done it without such a team effort working to pressure. Awesome job, thank you!

14/04/2026

We are in tomorrow's Telegraph in the Living360 segment discussing care home fee protection... don't forget to buy your copy!
The Telegraph

09/03/2026

05/03/2026

**Please Share** Important savings for Welsh Businesses - limited time to apply - Businesses are not all aware of 40% off your Rates in Wales under the Retail, Leisure and Hospitality Rates Relief Scheme 2025-26

The Retail, Leisure and Hospitality Rates Relief Scheme is available to qualifying businesses who operate in the retail, leisure, and hospitality sectors.

The aim of the relief is to support these sectors to improve their chances of recovery from the economic challenges which have affected them in recent years.

Eligible business will receive a 40% reduction to their non-domestic rates net liability in 2025-26. The maximum cash value of the rates relief allowed, across all properties in Wales occupied by the same business, should not exceed £110,000.

Hereditaments that are being used for the sale of goods to visiting members of the public:
Shops (such as florists, bakers, butchers, grocers, greengrocers, jewellers, stationers, off-licences, newsagents, hardware stores, supermarkets, etc)
Charity shops
Opticians
Pharmacies
Post offices
Furnishing shops or display rooms (such as carpet shops, double-glazing, garage doors)
Car or caravan showrooms
Second hand car lots
Markets
Petrol stations
Garden centres
Art galleries (where art is for sale or hire)
Hereditaments that are being used for the provision of the following services to visiting members of the public
Hair and beauty services
Shoe repairs or key cutting
Travel agents
Ticket offices (e.g. for theatre)
Dry cleaners
Launderettes
PC, TV or domestic appliance repair
Funeral directors
Photo processing
DVD or video rentals
Tool hire
Car hire
Estate and letting agents

Hereditaments that are being used for the sale of food and / or drink to visiting members of the public:
Restaurants
Drive-through or drive-in restaurants
Takeaways
Sandwich shops
Cafés
Coffee shops
Pubs
Bars or Wine Bars

We consider assembly and leisure to mean the following:
Hereditaments that are being used for the provision of sport, leisure and facilities to visiting members of the public (including for the viewing of such activities) and for the assembly of visiting members of the public:
Sports grounds and clubs
Sport and leisure facilities
Gyms
Tourist attractions
Museums and art galleries
Stately homes and historic houses
Theatres
Live Music Venues
Cinemas
Nightclubs
Hereditaments that are being used for the assembly of visiting members of the public
Public halls
Clubhouses, clubs and institutions
We consider hotels, guest and boarding premises, and self-catering accommodation to mean the following.

Hereditaments where the non-domestic part is being used for the provision of living accommodation as a business:
Hotels, Guest and Boarding Houses
Holiday homes
Caravan parks and sites

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01/01/2026

We are up against some strong competition - please give the photo a like (not the post) to vote for us in the local window display competition - Diolch

25/11/2025

Thank you Dragon Drone Media for showing our Christmas window display

05/09/2025

There are two things guaranteed in life: death
and the government making absolutely sure it
gets its pound of flesh when you pop your clogs.
Nowhere is this more obvious than
with Inheritance Tax (IHT); that
great British tradition of taxing
money that’s already been taxed
once, twice, or possibly seventeen
times before.
Right now, all eyes are on
Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who is
sharpening her fiscal axe ahead of
the Autumn 2025 Budget.
The whisper on the wind? She might
tinker with the ‘7-year rule’ That
dusty old relic of tax planning which
says that if you give your kids a
whacking great cheque and then
manage to cling onto life for seven
more years, it magically escapes the
IHT net.
There’s even talk of extending the
period to 10 years or more. Which is
basically the government saying:
‘Well done for giving your money
away, but we’ll just loiter in the
background a little longer — waiting
for you to keel over.’

04/09/2025

Subject to parliamentary approval, the Ministry of Justice will increase the lasting power of attorney (LPA) application fee later this year.

The fee will increase from £82 per LPA application to £92. The new fee will be payable for LPA applications received by the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) from 17 November 2025.

The new fee will make sure that income from LPA applications better meets the cost of delivering the services provided by OPG.

LPA applicants may be entitled to an exemption (no fee) or remission (fee reduction) based on their financial circumstances.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/changes-to-lasting-power-of-attorney-fees-2025