Angus McIntosh
MarketsUrban planners should use sustainability exemplar Bournville as template for new ‘eco-towns’
Confectioner and social pioneer Cadbury built the UK’s first ‘eco-town’ in Bournville a century ago.
- Markets
Chain reaction
The soon-to-be-published King Sturge Industrial Floorspace Survey suggests that the industrial market may be polarising as demand from occupiers follows a global trend. But there is also an ongoing shortage of new construction
- Markets
Witholding tax could shake confidence
The original reason that Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley wanted to take space in the Canary Wharf project in the 1980s was to expand their euro dollar bond business. At that time, the City of London had difficulty identifying space for such enormous occupational needs.
- Insight
Union City blues
Two weeks into the life of the euro, British business is still sharply divided over whether the UK should join the single currency.
