All articles by Richard Simpson

  • Women at work
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    Breaking the menopause taboo

    2021-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Menopause Awareness Day (18 October) focuses on a topic that until very recently would have caused no discussion among senior leaders in the property industry, and if it had it probably would have been the subject of a poor joke. That is the reality of the way our industry was ...

  • Unite Students accommodation at Grand Central in Liverpool
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    Student accommodation providers must up their game

    2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Investor interest in student accommodation has yet to show signs of a slowdown, with investment volumes for Q1 2017 up £0.7bn on the same period last year, according to the recent Quarterly Student Housing Index from JLL.

  • Aston Student Village
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    Student housing sector must place more focus on service

    2017-03-02T14:35:00Z

    Purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) has experienced unprecedented levels of market activity and investor interest over the past year.