All articles by Stuart Fraser
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Professional
Change of use proposals will impact badly on business hubs
A recent front-page article in Property Week claimed that the government’s attempts to boost the UK’s housing stock through the devolution of powers to local authorities and business-led economic partnerships would, in fact, cause a shortfall in the provision of new houses.Encouraging the building of houses makes sound economic sense ...
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Professional
City is right to protect “Walkie-Talkie” from rights-of-light claims. Over and out
Given the huge contribution firms based in the Square Mile make to the Exchequer each year – not to mention the jobs they create and business funding they provide – it is clear that the City is vital to the UK economy.However, to enable present and future occupiers to find ...
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Insight
Paris is no match for London as a global financial powerhouse
Nicolas Sarkozy’s recent declaration that the appointment of Michel Barnier as European Union single market commissioner heralded a “victory of the European model, which has nothing to do with excesses of financial capitalism”, has caused much commotion among politicians, media commentators and City workers alike.