All articles by Jo Elford

  • Markets

    East meets west

    3 March 2000

    China wants to ensure its cleverest youngsters don t have to leave the country to find good jobs. Jo Elford discovers how the UK s own science park organisation is helping the authorities to develop science parks and incubators throughout China

  • Professional

    Sole survivors

    21 January 2000

    Despite professional isolation and loneliness, hundreds of surveyors are choosing to go it alone. Jo Elford reports on how sole practitioners in East Anglia have formed a network to share work around and voice their collective concerns

  • Professional

    Better late than never

    1 April 1999

    Labour has taken action to deal with the cash flow problems that plague small firms. But will the new legislation hamper the very firms it was designed to help?

  • Markets

    Bearing west

    5 March 1999

    For the past decade, developers have had big plans for Paddington, but none have been realised. Can the Paddington Regeneration Partnership kick-start redevelopment?