All Property Week articles in 24 May 2013 – Page 4
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Professional
Surveyors cannot wash their hands of leaky roofs and gutters
The message: Surveyors or architects acting for developers can owe substantial duties to purchasers
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News
Great Portland reports stellar results
£193m development pipeline helps to increase net asset value by 10.7%
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News
Pension fund picks York park
Associated British Foods and Marks & Spencer forward-purchase Vangarde Shopping Park in Monks Cross
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Insight
‘Fair value’ is not necessarily fair play in latest swap rules
On 1 January this year, the new accounting standard, International Financial Reporting Standard 13, came into force.
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Insight
Met is exemplar for public and private sector property
It is great to see that she is taking aggressive measures to make the Met’s estate more efficient by reducing its total of 40,000 desks to 25,000, after finding that only 60% of desks are occupied at any one time, and is instead embracing initiatives such as mobile working.
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Insight
Focus on Europe will hamper UK recovery
In a recent PropertyWeek.com poll, you were split down the middle - 56% for, 44% against - on whether Britain should stay in the European Union.
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Markets
Institutions encouraged by rental regulation
Investors heartened by new immigration rules in Queen’s speech.
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Insight
Be vigilant over empty shops
Sir, I read with interest that creditors and landlords have been saddled with £1bn debt since the beginning of 2012, although this was not surprising (retail, 10.04.13).
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Insight
Surveyors Sevens: don't tell
In case anyone was worried, the gentleman who came to collect Emily at the Surveyors Sevens donated £20 to charity so that we would not tell his wife (Ludgate, 17.05.13)!
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Insight
Rates revaluation disaster
Sir, I couldn’t agree more with your article “Portas pilots suffer from ‘disastrous’ rates decision” (PropertyWeek.com, 07.05.13).
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Markets
Lack of development leaves Liverpool office market in stasis
New space shortage and lack of funds for refurbs causes stagnation
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News
Great Portland to deliver giant West End scheme
First look at 420,000 sq ft mixed-use plans on site of Royal Mail sorting office in Fitrovia
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Markets
Retail rails at rating revaluation delay
The delay in the revaluation of business rates was announced in October 2012 by communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles, who said the decision would “avoid local firms and local shops facing unexpected hikes in their business rate bills over the next five years”.
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Markets
Deals diary … investors and housing providers
Last week it was reported that Aviva Investors was in advanced negotiations with A2Dominion, one of the UK’s largest housing associations, to form a joint venture to build and operate rented homes in London and the south-east.
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Professional
Property law de Pury and simple
Berwin Leighton Paisner keeps real estate focus as other firms shrink teams. Sarah Townsend reports
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News
J Crew seeks new two
US fashion retailer J Crew is scouting London for two menswear and womenswear stores to complement its Regent Street flagship.
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News
Government continues slimming efforts
Whitehall officials are preparing a fresh strategy to slash costs across the government estate, as figures this week revealed it has shrunk by 5.1% over the past year.
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Insight
Continental rift: UKIP, Europe and property
UKIP and the Tories are leading the country away from Europe. This has serious consequences for property.
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Insight
Continental rift: UKIP, Europe and property
UKIP and the Tories are leading the country away from Europe. This has serious consequences for property.
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News
Select committee hears retail sector woes
Lobby groups call on government to act to help strengthen struggling high streets