All articles by Leader Giles Barrie editor-in-chief
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InsightSafeguards needed for IPD’s sale to Americans
IPD is a true world leader — a “towering achievement”, in the words of one leading fund manager this week.
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InsightGiles Barrie on Ecobuild
Land Securities chief executive Francis Salway, Lend Lease Europe head Dan Labbad and Barratt chief executive Mark Clare will be there.
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InsightSupermarkets: return to food or suffer distaste
Supermarkets have kept the pedal pressed to the floor in their expansion for the last decade, but what will happen to the property world when they take their feet off the gas? And what will be the implications for Britain’s damaged retail landscape if they radically change their approach?
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NewsSize isn’t everything in investment agency world
Britain’s three biggest agents continue to march inexorably towards a 50% share of the UK investment market, figures released this week by PropertyData reveal.
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InsightLoony land auctions will never take off
Land auctions, which are to be introduced in next week’s Budget, are the most radical idea for the property industry since Development Land Tax
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InsightProperty world nervy over Middle East powder keg
How will the turmoil in the Middle East affect property? Chaos in Egypt, and the threat of revolution Bahrain and Libya has unsettled global markets all week
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InsightJJB Sports is unfit for extra time
Retail vacancies have dominated the headlines through JJB Sports’ proposal of a second CVA and Local Data Company’s stark reminder of the north-south divide
