All Property Week articles in 29 October 2021 – Page 6
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News
A Rishi washy Budget
Buoyed by the UK’s better-than-expected economic growth, Rishi made a big show of dishing out the dosh when he delivered his Autumn Budget, promising to increase spending by a cool £150bn over the course of this parliament.
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Power station site linked to craft brewer hits the market
The former Wapping Hydraulic Power Station in east London, which was previously linked to craft brewer BrewDog, has hit the lettings market.
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Property podcast: Carbon pricing is key, says GPE’s sustainability chief ahead of COP26
Janine Cole, sustainability and social impact director at Great Portland Estates plc (GPE), and Sarah Ratcliffe, chief executive of Better Buildings Partnership (BBP), sat down with Andrew Teacher from Blackstock Consulting to discuss how the commercial real estate sector can champion sustainability in the latest episode of PropCast.
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Property Week Digital Edition – 29 October 2021
As the industry looks for ways to tackle embodied carbon, debate rages whether it’s better to retrofit old assets or build new low-carbon ones – industry uncertain about how rules requiring developments to improve biodiversity will work – experts question whether government can hit net zero target
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This week in… 2020
John Lewis was granted permission from Westminster City Council to convert almost half its flagship Oxford Street store into office space.
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Insight
To retrofit or rebuild? That is the question
That is the question in the net zero debate, reports Property Week, as we look into the merits of working with what is already there versus knocking down and starting again.
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Insight
WALL-E moment for work trends
We find it hard to resist reducing problems to simple A/B choices.
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Markets
A more level playing Mayfield
Manchester regeneration scheme is spearheading the city’s levelling-up drive.
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Professional
Meeting new Heat Network regulations
The amendment to the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations that came into force in late 2020 introduced three classes of buildings.
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Professional
How can we get young people more involved in placemaking?
Some 89% of 16- to 18-year-olds have never been asked about the future of their neighbourhood. Taken from a survey we conducted last year, this is a disappointing statistic given this is the generation that should benefit from developments being delivered today.
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Strategy is a major step forward
Last week, the government published the long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
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Less than half support enforced EPG reporting
A Property Week poll reveals split over whether reporting should be mandatory.
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View from the top: Munish Datta, UKGBC’s director of membership and partnerships
UKGBC’s director of membership and partnerships gives Property Week his read on the latest government policies on climate change and throws down the gauntlet to the industry to do more.
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Watkin Jones and Patrizia consider developing later-living schemes
Student and build-to-rent developer/operator Watkin Jones and German investor Patrizia are looking to enter the later living sector in the UK.
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RICS ‘underrepresents’ the UK, says chair of GC
The interim chair of the RICS Governing Council (GC) has said he believes the UK is “underrepresented” on the GC, following years of international expansion.
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Industry divided over business rate reforms
Some welcome the chancellor’s proposals but others say they are ‘not enough’.
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Cool response to the Heat and Buildings Strategy
Experts criticise failure to address need to retrofit homes to make them greener.
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Tadhg Flanagan, managing director of Breezblok
Tadhg Flanagan, managing director of Breezblok, on how he got started in property, his favourite film and radio show, his number-one travel destination and the celebrity he would most like to meet.
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BREEAM can help get us on track
COP26 commences on Sunday, with a number of carbon-intensive sectors scrutinised over the next fortnight. No doubt two of these will be property and construction.