All Property Week articles in 7 May 2020 – Page 3
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LSH hires Leeds head of office advisory
Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has appointed Ross Firth as director and head of its office advisory team in Leeds.
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Colliers International directors agree voluntary salary cuts
A “high proportion” of Colliers Interntational directors population have agreed to take voluntary salary cuts in a bid to safeguard the business.
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MMC Podcast series ep4: Project Etopia bids to create “Tesla of housing” with focus on proprietary energy technology
Forget proptech, Project Etopia wants to lead an “eci-tech” revolution to manufacture carbon-positive homes built around smart-home technology that places as much weight on energy storage and generation as they do on being functional and looking great.
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Civitas collects 99% of rent payments for Q1 2020
Civitas has collected 99% of rent payments for the first quarter of 2020, suggesting the social housing provider’s rent collection has been unaffected by Covid-19.
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Digital property platform Apropos launched
A new digital property management platform, which allows landlords to track their entire rental portfolio digitally, has launched across the UK, Property Week can reveal.
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Landsec cancels final dividend as it warns of “profound” impact of Covid-19 on property sector
Landsec will not pay a final dividend after reporting a sharp fall in net asset value (NAV) warning the UK economy is unlikely to recover to pre-Covid-19 until 2022 “at the earliest”.
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Slavin becomes Quintain CFO
Quintain has appointed Philip Slavin as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
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Industry stalwarts call for 100,000 homes for key workers
A campaign calling on the government to build 100,000 modularly-constructed affordable homes exclusively for keyworkers has been backed by heavyweights from across the residential sector.
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Coronavirus slowdown increases risk of councils’ real estate investments
The coronavirus economic slowdown increases the risk of local authorities’ commercial property investments, a select committee has warned.
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GCW raises £11,500 for Elifar with ‘Lockdown Challenge’
Property advisor GCW has raised £11,500 for charity Elifar Foundation in its ‘Lockdown Challenge’.
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Avison Young will allow remote working until the end of the year
Avison Young will allow its employees to work remotely until 31 st December this year in order to ease employee concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
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Safety is key for those going back to offices
While the country awaits news on the future of work in a post-Covid-19 world, it is a strange time for the businesses that usually work in offices and the operators that run them. What would help the people returning to work to feel safer?
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Government faces flood of business rate appeals
Thousands of businesses are coming together to campaign for a mass refund in property taxes from the government.
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Retailers urge for bailout to avoid “imminent collapse”
Retail bodies are asking for help and collaboration to avoid “imminent collapse” in the wake of the economic slowdown caused by Covid-19.
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APAM and Trinity House acquire Optimum Data Centres
Singapore investor Trinity House Investments and asset manager Catella APAM have acquired Optimum Data Centres.
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L&G’s Guild Living submits planning for Surrey retirement scheme
Legal General’s urban retirement housing company Guild Living has submitted a planning application for a 193-unit site in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
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Workman appointed on Frasers Property UK framework panel
Frasers Property UK has appointed Workman on its portfolio of business parks across the South of England for an initial three-year term.
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Managing the work: family balance during Covid-19
In such unprecedented times, all families are now facing new challenges, new ways of managing their days and many are juggling the responsibilities of childcare alongside a working week – all in the isolation of our own homes.
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Paragon agrees £18m loan to Halsbury Homes
Paragon Bank is providing an £18m funding package to Halsbury Homes to fund 81 detached houses at St George’s Park in London.