All Property Week articles in 15 April 2022 – Page 4
-
News
Why WeWork’s strategy is a risky one
Editor: With the news that Currys is vacating its head offices in London and asking its corporate workforce to use WeWork offices across the country instead, we seem to be witnessing the beginning of a profound shift in preference – from fixed office space to flexible workspace.
-
Insight
What’s next for the retail sector?
The retail sector is at a crossroads: on the one hand, there has been a resurgence of confidence in the retail sector as Covid restrictions have been lifted, but on the other hand, there is now a host of fresh challenges including inflation, labour shortages and the ending of the ...
-
Insight
Hub-and-spoke model for offices
It’s Monday morning and I’m sat at my desk at home. My kids have gone to school. My wife is out. I have the house to myself – I have nobody to distract me. So, why the lack of motivation?
-
Insight
Welcoming refugees is not enough
Given the groundswell of support for the government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme, a steady stream of refugees will soon be arriving on our shores.
-
News
A perfect storm for South East offices
The market has bounced back, but a supply and demand crisis is looming, warns Kate Parker.
-
Professional
Don’t dismiss secondhand offices
Despite the so-called flight to quality offices post-Covid, there remains a role for secondary stock in London’s market. With interest rate rises likely, Covid support packages ending and paused payments now falling due, the market below ‘top-dollar’ offices has plenty of life.
-
News
Q&A: Jide Taiwo & Co on plans to expand into the UK market
International head Olawunmi Olashore discusses why the Nigerian company is entering the UK market.
-
News
Spin class: relations, stories and magic
Soph and I are not particularly old but we do feel very old school when it comes to PR.
-
News
Developer comes under fire for evicting north London church
Local community and industry sources slam Fruition Properties for evicting Pentecostal City Mission Church.
-
Insight
‘Change’ is not the same as ‘end’
Last month saw the return of Mipim after an absence of three years. During that time there were restrictions and lockdowns, and the restoration of an international conference for more than 20,000 delegates in the south of France felt about as realistic as attending a conference on Mars.
-
Insight
A step change for the climate challenge
At last month’s Mipim conference in Cannes, where ESG issues were a central theme, partners in Property Week’sClimate Crisis Challenge came together to discuss the next step in the campaign to boost the industry’s sustainability credentials.
-
News
New carnival game space to open in Canary Wharf
Two prominent London hospitality and leisure figures have joined forces to open a carnival games concept, Fairgame, at Frobisher Passage in Canary Wharf.
-
News
Property ‘must try harder’ to bridge the gender pay gap
The GPG is narrowing at a glacial pace in the property and construction sectors, Property Week analysis shows.
-
News
Booming data centre sector looks set for a wave of giant developments
UK data centres are about to leap in size on the back of increased demand for space and the need for larger, higher-capacity sites, according to DCByte research shared with Property Week.
-
Insight
A Titanic legacy in Belfast
Progress on the huge Belfast regeneration scheme has been ‘frustratingly slow’, but 110 years to the day after the ship sank, it is finally gaining momentum.
-
Professional
Flexible workspace is only set to become more popular
Demand for flexible options is growing as big corporations downsize in response to new working patterns.
-
News
Lack of supply boosts resi sales at latest Savills auction
Head of auctions says demand is holding up despite challenges after firm raises £31.9m at April sale.
-
Insight
Government must support housing associations
Editor: Having access to affordable housing is a springboard for life’s milestones. Yet, as the cost-of-living crisis continues, access to affordable housing remains a growing challenge: a goal that previously ranked high in government objectives with the introduction of Right to Buy.
-
Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Tracy Lovejoy, senior associate at Irwin Mitchell
Tracy Lovejoy, senior associate in the planning team at Irwin Mitchell, on how she got started in property, her TV and book picks, her best and worst purchases and her number-one travel destination.