Markets Round-Up on 24th October 2017. Stock Markets U.S. stocks ended down, retreating from their recent run of record highs, with the S&P 500 down 0.4% to 2565 and the Nasdaq down 0.64% to 6586.8 as technology and industrial shares

24/10/2017 Claims management regulation fees unchanged in 2018/19 (E, W) The fee scales paid by persons and claims management companies to cover the costs of their application for authorisation and for regulation over a year will remain unchanged in 2018/19,

24/10/2017 Proposed amendments to the 2013 WEEE Regulations (UK) Three options for extending the scope of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2013 to all but specifically exempt equipment (ie ‘open scope’) by 1 January 2019 have been

24/10/2017 Tackling Vat fraud on goods imported from outside the EU (UK) Draft regulations implementing a scheme to tackle a major source of Vat and duty avoidance by deterring and disrupting rogue non-EU businesses that sell goods imported and stored

24/10/2017 Making house purchase simpler, faster and more stress-free (UK) Ways of providing better information and guidance for house buyers and sellers, building trust and confidence in the market, applying digital technology more effectively and generally making the house buying/selling