All Property Week articles in 8 November 2019 – Page 5
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Insight
No need to turn back on Europe
Amid all the political wrangling over Brexit in the last few months, you might have missed a report from the European Systemic Risk Board, Europe’s economic watchdog, that commercial and residential property across Europe has been overvalued.
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Insight
How to solve the skills gap crisis
To get a glimpse into how we are taking practical steps to bridge the skills gap needed to respond to the UK’s housing needs, you just have to witness the apprentices who have come through a new fast-track scheme that we’re backing expertly laying rows of bricks on one of ...
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Online
Bovis agrees deal to buy Galliford Try’s housebuilding arm
Bovis Homes has agreed a deal to buy Galliford Try’s housebuilding business for about £1.1bn in a cash and shares deal.
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Professional
WeWork woes highlight need for rethink of leasing model
Management agreements or turnover leases are viable alternatives to the traditional approach
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Insight
How are football stadiums valued?
As the EFL investigates the sale of Derby County’s Pride Park for more than £81m, Adam Hooker asks why stadium valuations are so inconsistent
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News
Techspace signs flurry of lettings in London
Investment by Noé Group paves way for flex space business to increase footprint
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Markets
Key deal helps Ebbsfleet set sail
Purchase of site will pave way for commercial heart of 9m sq ft garden city.
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News
Co-living market looks set for transformational growth
Report suggests rising investor interest is likely to drive step change in co-living development in coming years
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Insight
Feet of clay cannot keep walking
REITs’ share prices rebounded 5% in a Brexit relief bounce as the receding risk of no deal drove up the value of sterling against the US dollar.
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Markets
Hipster start-ups breathe new life into The Centre of Margate
Scheme caters for independent retailers.
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News
Selfridges bets on flexible workspace with Fora partnership
Selfridges Group is about to make its first foray into flexible working after signing a management agreement deal with operator Fora at 388-396 Oxford Street.
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Markets
Shoreham BeachBox café will serve up new Boxpark format
Did Boxpark founder Roger Wade ever imagine developing the site of a run-down toilet block? “I’ve never quite put it like that,” he laughs. “But you’re right, we are taking over a disused toilet block.”
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Nimby policies to attract voters
Plop: the first general election leaflet hit the doormat last Saturday. A tightly targeted anti-development screed from Helen Grant, MP for Maidstone and The Weald. The loyalist successor to batty Ann Widdecombe is clearly not a deux with the Conservative target of building 300,000 homes a year.
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News
IWG ‘always open’ to franchise deals with UK property giants
Mark Dixon says Landsec and British Land should use IWG’s flexible office services rather than run their own
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News
Native pushes ahead with Marylebone spec scheme
Native Land has committed to the spec development of a 44,520 sq ft office building in Marylebone, west London, in what will be its first completed office scheme.
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Professional
Property managers urged to adopt new business models
Remit Consulting report finds industry is failing to collect rents efficiently or treat tenants as customers
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News
Ilke’s Bench on plans for £30m MMC growth
Firm set to open second factory after landing £30m government investment
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News
BidX1 raises fraction of the amount it made at October 2018 auction
BidX1’s 30 October sale failed to raise much more than a third of the amount it made at its equivalent auction last year.
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Insight
McVey’s vision for modular housing is spot on
Editor: The news that housing minister Esther McVey has called for the UK to become a ‘centre of excellence’ for modular housing, with the north of England as the ‘construction hub’, couldn’t come soon enough .