All Property Week articles in 22 September 2000
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Markets
Store-bought towns
Cheshire towns are experiencing a great deal of activity from the retail sector.
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News
Robinson switches
John Robinson has left Bank of America to head Enron s corporate real estate services division. The former head of the bank s real estate division started at the utilities trader last week. Robinson will oversee Enron s rapid property expansion and the relocation of the company from its ...
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Professional
Raising the safety stakes
Changes to safety law focus on management responsibility and governance of risk, aiming to make safety a strategic boardroom issue. No longer does the use of competent persons absolve property owners and managers of liability
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News
Propertytrade partner
Propertytrade.co.uk, the online free commercial property listings service founded by Safestore director Steven Lipman, has been selected as the property partner for an internet venture funded by Freeserve and Barclays Bank . Clearlybusiness.com, a portal aimed at 750,000 small businesses, will use propertytrade s online property services to assist small ...
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Professional
New net responsibilities
Employers are in a precarious position as a result of e-communication. Issues of defamation, what constitutes a contract and system abuse have left employers legally liable for the actions – authorised or not – of their employees
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Markets
Holes in net strategy
In the third and final part of our examination of the delicately poised market David Lawson examines whether agents are pinning too many hopes to the internet. And we compare the investment market here with the rest of Europe
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Markets
Grand plea
Planning minister Nick Raynsford has called in plans for extensive and ambitious redevelopment of Brands Hatch circuit. Renée Barnes reports on the effect this decision will have on the region s economy
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News
No to Frogmore
Developer Frogmore 's plans for a £300m office development at 1 Westminster Bridge, have been rejected by Lambeth council. At the planning committee meeting on Tuesday, the council refused consent for a 55,000 sq m (592,020 sq ft) office redevelopment south of County Hall. Frogmore s proposals to ...
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News
Enterprise loses property head
Enterprise property director Gwynne Furlong resigned last week after four years overseeing the Preston-based developer s regeneration programme. An spokesman for regeneration specialist Enterprise said that Furlong s departure was by mutual agreement and was not a result of July s merger with ARM Services. The merger was ...
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Markets
Planning: sites earmarked for regeneration may stumble at planning stage
Town Centre regeneration is top of the agenda in north Cheshire, where extensive proposals are afoot to redevelop Runcorn Old Town and Widnes. In each instance, Halton Borough Council has teamed up with a well-established developer. Peel Holdings is the council s partner in Runcorn, where the £50m ...
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News
Rent rises encourage Derwent NAV uplift
Share price boosted by 10% NAV rise to suggest rosy future for refurb specialist
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News
Guinness trial unfair to Ronson, declares court
Gerald Ronson has won the first battle in the fight to clear his name with a favourable verdict in the European Court of Human Rights. The seven European Court judges unanimously found that the developer had been denied a fair trial in 1990 for his part in the 1986 ...
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Markets
Marriage of convenience
Former dead end Kent is now, thanks to the Channel Tunnel, the gateway to Europe. And a developers lobby group continues to fight for the interests of the county and themselves.
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Markets
Continental conquest
With Germany ousting the UK as number one in the property investment market, and other continental European countries outperforming, some are beginning to think that the benefits of a single currency are finally paying off.
