Pages people watch
- Tax and VAT guidance for their sector
- Licensing, safety or compliance guidance
- Grant and funding scheme pages
- Council planning, licensing and consultation notices
- Regulator rules and updates
Understand the change quickly
Guidance pages are long. Each alert opens with a short summary of what moved, followed by the exact before-and-after wording, so you can judge in a minute whether it matters to you.
A record of when things changed
Every change is saved with the date we found it, which helps when you need to show a client or colleague when guidance was updated. It's a useful record, not an official archive, so always check the source.
For advisers and consultants
Accountants, compliance consultants and other advisers often need to know when guidance changes for several clients at once. Watching the relevant pages means you can tell clients about a change before they ask, with a short summary of what moved.
Getting set up
- Find the official page for each piece of guidance you rely on.
- Add it and give it a clear name, such as “VAT guidance for retailers”.
- Choose daily or every 6 hours; guidance rarely changes more often.
- When an alert arrives, read the summary, then open the page to check the official wording.
Good to know
Government websites are public and usually welcome visitors, but always treat the official page as the source of truth. ChangeGist tells you something changed; it doesn't give legal or tax advice.