All Property Week articles in 25 November 2016 – Page 5
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Property Week Digital Edition - 25 November 2016
Autumn Statement - Best Places to Work in property - HS2 route - Scotland focus
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Insight
Why airports are key to the future of the UK economy
Airports are far more than just transport hubs - they bring a wide range of economic benefits to the country.
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Online
Property Week launches campaign to 'Call Off Duty'
Property Week is launching a new campaign urging the government to ‘Call Off Duty’.
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Insight
‘Spreadsheet Phil’ fails to excel in Autumn Statement
Well that was worth waiting for, wasn’t it? In his Autumn Statement, chancellor Philip Hammond announced the UK economy will still not be operating at a surplus by 2020, gave no hint that the regressive and damaging 3% stamp duty levy on second homes would be repealed and confirmed the ...
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Sale of Friars Walk back on at heavily discounted price
The sale of Friars Walk shopping centre in Newport, Wales, to Canadian property management firm Talisker Corporation is back on at a heavily reduced price after negotiations broke down earlier this year.
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La Frenais joins Brasier Freeth ahead of Regent St move
Stuart La Frenais has been hired as a retail agency partner at Brasier Freeth.
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Why we should keep talking about regeneration
The word regeneration gets bandied around a lot nowadays, as do all the other ‘re’ words: rejuvenate, remodel, reset, redevelop, reuse, re-establish, recreate, restructure, refurbish… have I forgotten any?
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Retirement Living Q&A: McCarthy & Stone boss on retirement living hurdles
Housebuilders may face their fair share of challenges when it comes to bringing developments forward, but spare a thought for developers of retirement homes.
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Professional
Looking at loyalty in a whole new way
Does your heart sink when one of your employees comes sheepishly into the office and announces that they have been offered a new job and will be off once they have worked their notice?
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Luton named top place for buy-to-let investors
Luton has been ranked as the top place to invest in buy-to-let property in LendInvest’s quarterly index.
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Crowd kept captivated by Cullen’s comical chronicles
Stand-up comedian and author Tony Hawks kept the crowds entertained at MSCI/IPD’s annual bash in Brighton last week with tales of travelling around Ireland with a fridge, taking on the Moldovan football team at tennis and being mistaken for near-namesake Tony Hawk, the famous skateboarder.
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Beach yoga adds to Cannes fizz
Metropolis admires Colliers’ faith in the health of the retail property industry community to schedule a beach yoga session for 7:30am on the Thursday of the Mapic 2016 conference in Cannes, France.
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WeWork signs for 59,000 sq ft at Helical's The Bower
Helical has announced a 59,000 sq ft pre-let at The Bower development in Old Street to WeWork.
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HS2 likely to affect fewer homes than first thought
The government’s preferred route for HS2 north of Birmingham will adversely affect 3,500 fewer households outside London than the original plans, thanks to changes to the Sheffield section of the route, new research has shown.
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Markets
Businesses ‘in the dark’ over the recent rates revaluation in Scotland
Business rates are a hot topic all over the UK - but in Scotland the matter is even more pressing.
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Allsop hopes to end year on a high with bumper catalogue
Allsop Commercial is banking on chunky London lots to boost sales at its final auction of the year.
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Former Edinburgh greenbelt site hits market
A 140-acre former green-belt site in West Edinburgh, which has the potential to deliver more than 1,000 homes for private sale, has come to the market.
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Edinburgh bucks trend for office investment in Scotland
Office investment in Edinburgh has rocketed to its highest level in 10 years in sharp contrast to the Aberdeen and Glasgow markets where transaction volumes have fallen sharply, according to Savills.
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Shortlist revealed for Glasgow’s HMRC hub
The government has shortlisted three office buildings for an HMRC-led requirement of around 200,000 sq ft that will comprise the first phase of a new regional hub in Glasgow.
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Northacre founder plots modular push
The founder of prime central London developer Northacre has launched a new venture that could see 10,000 affordable, modular homes constructed from cross-laminated timber for first-time buyers built in the next decade.