All Property Week articles in 30 October 2009 – Page 10
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Professional
Banana fits into new pair
Retailer Banana Republic, Gap’s sister chain, has signed up for two more stores as part of its European expansion
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Insight
Why a peace-making president Obama is bad for Nine Elms
For years it wasn’t just London cabbies who were reluctant to go “sarf of the river” but recently there have been signs that, in the Nine Elms area at least, all that is about to change
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News
Knight Frank passes Irish office back to local hands
Knight Frank has restructured its Irish operation. It is now 100% owned by the local management and the €5m cost of acquiring the business has been written off.
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News
AWG still trading
On 16 October we published an article entitled “Council shrugs off objections to centre” that stated AWG Property was dissolved
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News
Savills’ Collins broaches thorny issues at awards
Down to the Lancaster London hotel for last week’s Office Development Awards, organised by Property Week for the Office Agents Society, West End Office Agents Society and City Agents Club.
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Markets
Ashford infrastructure funds
Ashford’s Future, a partnership between local councils, government agencies and others from the public and private sector, and Ashford Borough Council have this week secured £15.1m of government funding for two infrastructure projects
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News
Asda shortlists Bericote to develop giant Avon shed
Distribution, development and investment market hots up in south-west and east Midlands
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Markets
Ashford arrival speeds up Kent connections
The London-to-Ashford HS1 train link will bring huge benefits to Kent, from a house price boom and the regeneration of the area’s towns to an increase in overseas business
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Markets
Cheers as FSA enters mortgage arena
Financial Services Authority proposes to bring mortgage lending and buy to let under its jurisdiction
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Markets
Six retail hopefuls bag Bluewater apprenticeships
On Katie Barnard’s latest Bluewater shopping trip, she not only picked up a new pair of shoes but also a place on an apprenticeship scheme
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Markets
Growing opposition to local housing allowance
The government is under growing pressure to reform its controversial local housing allowance policy after the Conservative Party announced last week that it would reinstate direct rent payments to landlords of housing benefit tenants if it won the election. Rent used to be paid directly to private landlords to cover ...
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News
All Saints’ quest for holy grail
All Saints has signed for eight stores in the last two weeks as part of its rapid UK expansion plan
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News
Alan Clifton takes Index chair
Former fund manager Alan Clifton has been appointed chairman of Index Linked Properties, which plans to list on the London Stock Exchange next month
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Online
OGC - preliminary guidance on the application of the public procurement rules to development agreements
"This note discusses the applicability of the public procurement rules1 to “development agreements” between local authorities or other public bodies and developers. It sets out some of the circumstances which may reduce or increase the likelihood that a development agreement will be subject to the public procurement rules."
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News
Agents appointed at Edinburgh Saltire
Knight Frank and Montagu Evans have been appointed to let 50,000 sq ft of offices at Saltire Court on Castle Terrace in Edinburgh’s Exchange District, following the departure of law firm Shepherd & Wedderburn.
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Insight
Currency affairs
Sir, You recently published a photograph of me in the company of what appeared to be the currency of the realm at the Resi 09 conference at the beginning of October, (Property Week, 09.10.09).
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Markets
Housing adviser warns of Tory ‘planning black hole’
Conservative policy must be fleshed out to avoid being nimby charter
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News
Ex-Tishman boss adds muscle to Bar Cap workout
Mark Kingston is latest property professional to be enlisted to help banks repair property loan books
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Professional
It’s time project developers and deliverers got their act together
Why in the UK do we separate the roles of project development and project delivery?