All articles by Adam Branson – Page 20
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NewsCall Off Duty: petition for reforms to stamp duty tax
The readers of Property Week have officially called on chancellor Philip Hammond to announce reforms to the punitive stamp duty regime in his Budget speech on 8 March.
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ProfessionalMayor’s proposed changes to viability system will ‘increase transparency’
Late last year, mayor of London Sadiq Khan unveiled a consultation on proposals that would constitute the biggest changes to the capital’s housing and planning rules since he took office, including a revamped viability system to fast-track schemes with 35% affordable housing and two new tenure types.
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NewsSalaries and bonuses take a hit as Brexit vote bites
Average salaries and bonuses have fallen across the property industry in the past year as a result of a cooling market and the blow to confidence delivered by the Brexit vote.
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ProfessionalPlanning inspectors keep housebuilders guessing on small-site exemptions
In theory, housebuilders developing smaller sites don’t have to make affordable housing contributions. There is, after all, a written ministerial statement (WMS) saying as much, and local plans are supposed to fall in line with national policy.
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InsightFlying high: Howard Phillips interview
It isn’t often that a chief executive of seven years’ standing - and one, moreover, who has worked for their company for 25 years - decides to jack it in and start again. But that is exactly what Howard Phillips did four-and-a-half years ago when he quit retirement living housebuilder ...
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ProfessionalIs self-assessment really viable when it comes to the business rates system?
Businesses up and down the land already know that they face a huge shake-up to the business rates system come 1 April, with the introduction of the so-called ‘Check, Challenge, Appeal’ process.
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InsightAt the peak of his powers: Killian Hurley interview
In 2013, Killian Hurley, co-founder and chief executive of London developer Mount Anvil, stated that his ambition was to build an average of 500 homes a year. Any more than that and he would worry about losing control.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Capita’s director of housing on the firm’s ‘centre of excellence’ for estate regeneration
Last week, Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure announced the creation of a new arm of the business dedicated to housing estate renewal. Capita’s establishment of the Estates Regeneration Unit followed hot on the heels of the publication of the national strategy for estates regeneration at the end of last year. ...
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InsightThe industry must unite to get the best Brexit deal
Brexit manifestos, it turns out, are like buses. Seven months on from the referendum, this week saw the launch of not one, not two, but three Brexit manifestos from property industry bodies.
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ProfessionalLocal authorities and developers can still push for sustainability despite lack of government support
On taking power last year, one of the first things the Conservative administration did was to scrap the target established by previous governments that all new homes should be ‘zero carbon’ - that is, they should cause no net increase in carbon dioxide pollution - from 2016.
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NewsDonald who? - SMEs say Brexit will have greater impact
Small and medium-sized businesses have shrugged off the potential impact of new US president Donald Trump - but warned that Brexit is likely to shorten the lease lengths they look for on property.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Interserve’s commercial managing director on delivering inspiring workplaces
Last week, facilities management giant Interserve published the third in a series of reports on how creating better workplace environments can help companies boost the productivity of their employees.
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MarketsQ&A: North East sets out stall to be UK’s next digital powerhouse
When it comes to the UK’s tech industry, London’s Silicon Roundabout may generate most of the headlines, but Newcastle is coming up fast on the rail.
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MarketsBuilding on Sunderland’s heritage to bring about regeneration
In the dying weeks of 2016, the first soil was turned on the Vaux project in Sunderland city centre. But this wasn’t just the start on site of any old project.
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InsightLocal government property: on good authority?
There’s a new property player in town. It has access to cheap money and is not afraid to splash the cash. The name of this new investor: your local council.
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ProfessionalPutting the finishing touches on a sustainable development scoreboard
Early last year, consultancy Iceni Projects launched the Sustainable Development Commission: a group of councils, developers, consultants and campaigners charged with coming up with a clear-cut way of defining sustainable development.
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News2017 Predictions: the future is... uncertain
Leading property figures are looking to the year ahead with a mixture of trepidation and cautious optimism.
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InsightProperty predictions for 2017
As last year starkly demonstrated, second-guessing how events will play out in the post-truth world is nigh-on impossible. But that hasn’t deterred the great and the good of property from gazing into their crystal balls and pondering the year ahead.
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Insight2016 Review: The hands that rocked the cradle
So it’s finally time to say sayonara to the snarling, politically seismic and market-shaking year that was 2016.
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ProfessionalEngineering company achieves gold standard certification for office wellbeing
Last week, international multi-disciplinary engineering company Cundall’s new London office at One Carter Lane became the first building in Europe to achieve gold-level WELL certification.
