All Property Week articles in 12 April 2001
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Professional
Q&A
I am paying my assignee to take the lease off my hands. Must I pay VAT on that payment?
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Professional
People
Hot property Paul Turner has been appointed acting managing director of Folkes Properties. Paul has been employed by Folkes for 10 years, initially as group financial controller then as finance director. His appointment follows the resignation of chairman and chief executive Constantine Folkes. Paul is married with two children, ...
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Markets
Research: Rising to the occasion
Take-up is increasing, as availability wanes. Will hidden supply help?
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News
Thames Valley slump returns market to normality
Recent stock market activity has taken the fizz out of the Thames Valley property market, and a nervousness that has not been seen since the autumn of 1998 is casting a shadow over the industry.
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News
NHP recovers its health
Property Week reveals the best- and worst-performing property company share prices of 2001 so far
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News
H&B's owner set for US merger
Cushman & Wakefield, the private US property services firm that owns Healey & Baker , has agreed in principle to merge with Los Angeles-based Cushman Realty a move that will greatly expand the firm's presence in California and Texas. The enlarged firm, operating as Cushman & Wakefield, would ...
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News
Slow start for Slough as US jitters hit hard
Slough Estates had a poor first quarter, its share price performing significantly worse than the other five major property companies.
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Markets
Gridlocked
Chester's successful tourist industry and active business environment have led to unmanageable traffic, deterring prospective tenants and prompting local firms to consider relocating. We find out how the city is tackling the problem
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News
Gill has the Vision for Liverpool
English Partnerships executive director Jim Gill has been picked to take over Liverpool's urban regeneration company.
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Insight
From past historic to future perfect?
The DETR is convinced that Urban Regeneration Companies are the best tool for revitalising city centres. But will the new wave of URCs, like those recently launched in Corby, Leicester and Sunderland, have the power and support to avoid the mistakes of the past?
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News
Gap and H&M join the Festival
Gap and H&M are the latest high-profile retailers to take space at Grosvenor's £300m Festival Place shopping and leisure development in Basingstoke.
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News
West End downturn
The West End office market has cooled dramatically in the first quarter of 2001, with the take-up of second-hand space falling by more than 40%.
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Professional
North-south divide
Buyers and sellers need to gen up on the legal and cultural commercial implications of pursuing cross-border deals, as these key differences between England and Scotland illustrate
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News
Demand tumbles in UK's Silicon Valley
H&B research shows requirements downgraded as US downturn sparks hi-tech jitters
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News
Curtain falls on THI
A year ago, leisure developer THI was bidding for the Shell Centre. Last week it went into administration. How many other leisure developers will follow?
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News
County councils doomed in Labour regions plan
Manifesto set to promise cash and more power for regional development agencies and assemblies
