All articles by Adam Branson – Page 19
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Insight
Platform_ soul: Jean-Marc Vandevivere interview
Jean-Marc Vandevivere looks down on his former employer. His stance is literal rather than attitudinal. From Platform_’s boardroom, he has a view out over the offices of British Land, where until the end of last year he was head of residential.
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Insight
Momentum is building behind build-to-rent
What should younger generations make of the baby boomers? At first glance, they appear to be an almost preternaturally generous group.
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Professional
Q&A: What can participants expect from this year’s Green Sky Thinking events?
The Green Sky Thinking programme returns on 15 May for a week of events across London for built environment and property professionals.
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Professional
Q&A: New Women in Property chair calls for more role models and mentors
Brenda Jones isn’t your typical property professional. The Association of Women in Property’s (WiP’s) new national chairman started out studying for a degree in social and political science and once entertained thoughts of a career as a social worker. These days, however, she works as a technical director in project ...
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Markets
Aylesbury university's digital hub to boost start-up businesses
London’s Silicon Roundabout might garner most of the headlines in terms of the rapid rise of the tech sector. But it isn’t all about the capital - tech firms are playing an increasingly important part of local economies up and down the UK.
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Professional
Q&A: RICS aims to crack down on unscrupulous rating agents with new code
It has been obvious for some time that the business rates system is open to abuse. But the abuse is not typically inflicted by occupiers seeking to unfairly avoid the property tax.
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Insight
Conflict interest: Eyal Weizman interview
If you constructed a Venn diagram representing architecture, investigative journalism, acoustic engineering, human rights law and psychology, you would find a tiny area of intersection in the middle.
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Markets
Q&A: Andrew Jacobs outlines Lok’nStore’s expansion plans
While not as ubiquitous as Access or Big Yellow, Lok’nStore has the distinction of being the granddaddy of self-storage in the UK. The company was founded by Andrew Jacobs, its current chief executive, in 1995, when the concept of self-storage was still new to the country.
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Professional
Q&A: technology has power to make or break London’s transport system
London is at a crossroads when it comes to transport. That’s the message contained in a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank.
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News
Brighton tops office ranking for 2017
Brighton is the hottest potential UK office market outside London, reveals exclusive research conducted for Property Week by location experts CACI.
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Insight
Hot 100 Office Index: top 10 locations
In exclusive research undertaken for Property Week by location expert CACI, Brighton and Hove topped the list of the 100 ‘hottest’ potential UK office locations outside London.
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News
Farewell to agent John Wills, once 'king of the West End'
Tributes poured in this week to legendary agent John Wills, the former head of West End at Healey Baker, who has died at the age of 83.
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Professional
Q&A: The more digital tech-savvy firms are starting to reshape the property industry
Arup digital head Volker Buscher talks about the increasing centrality of digital technology to property and construction.
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Online
The politics of regeneration
I have been reporting on housing estate renewal on and off for over 11 years. In that time, the political wind at a national level has changed substantially and on more than one occasion.
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Insight
Estate of mind: Richard Cherry interview
Political interest in estate regeneration comes and goes, depending on the fiscal position the government of the day finds itself in and, crucially, the personalities involved.
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Professional
Q&A: British Land realises benefits of opening up dialogue with suppliers and advisers
In what is believed to be an industry first, British Land recently organised a conference for its suppliers and advisers.
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News
Government responds to Call Off Duty campaign
HM Treasury has responded to Property Week ’s Call Off Duty campaign this week acknowledging industry concerns - as leading industry figures announced they have commissioned research to put the case for reform.
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Professional
Q&A: LFA report shows how valuable architecture is to London’s economy
The economic value of London’s architecture sector was revealed for the first time last week in new research published by the mayor of London’s economics team in partnership with the London Festival of Architecture (LFA).
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Insight
Perspectives introduction - Mipim 2017
If there is an overriding theme to this edition of Perspectives it is connectivity. And for those of you reading this from a deckchair at Mipim, that doesn’t just mean the availability - or lack of availability - of a taxi to and from Nice.
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Professional
Workspaces for smaller firms in the capital are increasingly under threat
Last week, independent policy network Future of London published a report calling on local government, developers and workspace operators to maximise the regeneration potential of sites capable of providing workspace for small businesses.