All articles by Melanie Leech
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InsightBPF’s Melanie Leech on the consequences of leasehold reform
With a general election on the horizon this year, the Conservative and Labour parties are focusing on how to harness private capital to drive economic growth, and tackle huge social challenges such as the housing crisis and levelling up.
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InsightBPF’s Melanie Leech on treating causes not symptoms
Political parties make big promises to us during their election campaigns about how things will be different (or better) once they are elected.
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OnlineClimate crisis: the onus is on us all
The spike in energy prices affecting individuals and businesses across the country brings the imperative for more energy-efficient buildings even more into focus.
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InsightWhat does new levelling-up bill mean for planning?
The Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill has within it a Planning Bill in all but name.
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InsightIt’s time to get radical on net zero
The target of reaching net zero by 2050 requires each and every one of us to rise to the occasion, make commitments and challenge ourselves.
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InsightProperty can help level up the UK
The Autumn Budget clearly signalled the government’s intention to look beyond the pandemic to the agenda of rebuilding, including its manifesto pledge to level up the UK.
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InsightWhy we must support the end of moratoriums
When the history of Covid-19 comes to be written, how people behaved will be remembered.
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InsightThere will be no recovery without property
A more upbeat pre-holiday feeling at the end of 2020 was soon dispelled by the news of more contagious Covid-19 variants and we faced a far bleaker start to 2021 than anticipated.
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Insight2019 forecast: Melanie Leech (British Property Federation)
My hope is for a clear outcome to the Brexit process that enables businesses to plan effectively and ensures the country avoids a cliff-edge scenario in April 2019.
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InsightWhy the BPF is backing #CallOffDuty
I am delighted that Property Week has launched its Call Off Duty campaign. Recent changes to stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on both the residential and commercial fronts have affected investor confidence and the ability of our industry to play its part in housing our country’s people and businesses ...
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InsightThe property industry can help make devolution a success
Three weeks ago, 38 combined areas submitted devolution bids to the Treasury. Manchester already has a multibillion-pound devolution deal in place.
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InsightPre-election pledges – but what about the bigger picture?
There were a number of pleasing pledges made by all the political parties when they launched their general election manifestos last week.
