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BlogsTo Brazil and back: a look at retailers and investors
In January many of us decide that we need to join a gym. I decided that I would instead dedicate some time to exercising my mind ,instead of my hamstrings, and so signed up for the first event being organised by the new Brazil outpost of The School of Life. ...
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BlogsHow to Help Cyprus' Starving Footballers
When footballers get poor, you know things are bad. Premier League players say anything less than £55,000 a week is “disrespectful”! They should spare a thought for their colleagues in Cyprus.
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BlogsUK office market: a mixed picture
We expect 2013 to be another year where landlords have to work hard to make deals happen. Most transactions will be led by lease events, although the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector will provide real growth requirements in London.
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BlogsGerman tourists in Cyprus would be well advised to pretend to be Russian
When you land at Paphos airport, the first thing you see is a golden advert for Russian Commercial Bank. The second thing you see is a silver advert for Russian Standard Vodka.
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BlogsThe Zombie Survival Guide: Top Tips For Retail Leases For 2013
Christmas 2012 was the year multi-channel really hit home. Nearly 1 in 5 used click and collect, while just over 10% of all shopping was carried out on-line. For 2013, successful retailers must offer a strong multi-channel offer. But change takes time. And as HMV, Blockbuster and Jessops have shown, ...
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BlogsUK market continues to attract US retailers
As we now operate in a global retail marketplace, US retailers continue to look to London and the UK regional cities in a bid to expand their worldwide presence.
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BlogsCyprus - safe as a Robin Reliant in a demolition derby
Cyprus is the Eurozone canary. What it suffers today, other Europeans may tomorrow.
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BlogsNo "one solution fits all" to fix high street
As communities across the country struggle with the demise of the traditional town centre there have been many suggestions as to how the problems should be addressed.
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BlogsCity stock remains tight and institutional investors seek alternative investments
Richard Garside, senior director of London investment at BNP Paribas Real Estate, the leading property adviser, shares his views on the London commercial property investment market.
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BlogsBudget housing package cannot prompt flood of new stock
So the perpetual bridesmaid finally made it to the altar. How did boring old housing steal all the headlines in Wednesday’s budget statement from the perennial favourites: health and education?
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BlogsMIPIM BLOG: Tea leaves suggest brighter things to come
As my TGV rolls out of a distinctly chilly Cannes and along the shores of an iron grey sea (it’s not all lemon blossom and almond cakes down here!), what did this MIPIM’s runes say about the market’s future:
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BlogsMIPIM BLOG: A techie's first trip to MIPIM
As a MIPIM newbie, I came to Cannes to showcase Canary Wharf Group’s Level39 Technology accelerator space, using the state cool graphics on the East London Stand’s media wall.
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‘France versus the New World’
Mark Lewin of IFG International Limited invited me to join him at Berry Bros. Rudd, 3 St James’s Street for an evening entitled ‘France versus the New World.’
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BlogsMIPIM 2013: Day three - the inside track
Against the odds, this is an optimistic MIPIM. Everyone I meet wants to do deals-all actively looking to buy or fund.
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BlogsMIPIM BLOG: Day four - the storm of biblical proportions
Breakfast in the Carlton becomes even more surreal. The small dog is still a fixture at the breakfast buffet and today we were being captured for posterity by a film crew.
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BlogsMIPIM 2013: the buzz of London in Cannes
I have spent most of Tuesday and Wednesday in a very ‘buzzing’ London Pavilion.
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BlogsMIPIM 2013: Day three - starchitects, birthdays and anniversaries
An early start (trying hard to ignore the fact that it was an hour even earlier in London) for a well attended British Property Federation international investors’ breakfast.
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BlogsMIPIM 2013: Triumphant Returns
I thought I was imagining things but I really did see a small dog being led round the breakfast buffet at The Carlton Hotel this morning. Nobody batted an eyelid. If only we were quite so dog tolerant in the UK.
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BlogsMIPIM 2013: Finding a voice for Leeds in Cannes
I’m flying the flag for Leeds City Region– my message is we’re ready and open for business.
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BlogsMIPIM BLOG: Assistance packs, historic opportunities and the prospect of Maori tattoos
Travelling to MIPIM is a pleasurable, annual ritual: some cycle, others motor in vintage Alfa Romeos. It’s surely only a matter of time before we have “MIPIM Iron Man”. Hundreds of surveyors running to Cannes across the French countryside, sporting macho, Maori tattoos.
