All Property Week articles in Property Direct November 2004
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Insight
Small industrial occupiers thrive on pure speculation
Chesham and Aylesbury are benefiting from an upsurge of speculative development in the industrial sector.
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Insight
Not everything in the garden of England is rosy
Inward investment agency Locate in Kent reports decreasing levels of demand from office and industrial occupiers.
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Insight
A step-by-step guide to buying property for your pension
From April 2006, residential as well as commercial property can be bought with self-invested personal pensions. Here, Robert Sharp gives you the lowdown on when, what and how to buy
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Insight
Small businesses will pick up the bill for BIDs
The American concept of business improvement districts has been seized upon as the panacea for all the ills of our town centres.
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Insight
BIDs: benefit or burden for small business occupiers?
Kingston upon Thames has voted for a business improvement district and London’s Piccadilly may follow suit next week. What will that mean for the areas’ small business occupiers?
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News
Fines loom as firms fail to comply with asbestos law
Many businesses are failing to carry out the risk assessment and management set out in the new asbestos regulations, running the risk of significant fines.
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Insight
Government to overhaul business rate appeals system
Successful appeals against valuations will be backdated to the start of the five-year lifetime of the rating list.