All Brexit analysis articles – Page 8
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ProfessionalFewer skilled EU workers coming to Britain will only fuel the housing crisis
Concerns over immigration were a driving factor behind the Brexit vote in 2016. And, it seems, EU-born workers’ worries over their employment rights after the UKs withdrawal from the EU are now being reflected in migration patterns – with new figures published last week by the Office of National Statistics ...
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Professional
Industry needs support from the banks to survive Brexit slump
Shortly after the autumn Budget, a story caught my eye. It’s a cautionary tale for all of us working in the built environment and concerns the holy trinity: Brexit, builders and banks.
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Insight
Will Black Friday 2018 prove to be UK retail’s darkest day?
Is Black Friday more damaging to the UK retail sector than Brexit and the rise of online combined?
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Insight
Business – but not as usual – as Brexit crisis deepens
Addressing the CBI Conference on Monday was one of Theresa May’s easier tasks of late. The prime minister got a warm reception from business leaders, who prefer her Brexit deal to the alternative. As the CBI’s director-general Carolyn Fairbairn said: “It isn’t perfect but it takes the cliff edge ...
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Insight
PM's Brexit deal is worst deal anyone has ever proposed
Making predictions in politics is a fraught business. Events can move so fast. Anything can happen at the moment. As I write, the government is in chaos of its own making. There could be a leadership challenge on the PM at any moment.
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Insight
Brexit woes spark sharp fall in UK property shares
Housebuilders suffer worst week since EU referendum and UK REITs also take a hit as hard Brexit fears grow.
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Insight
Why flexible is becoming everyone’s friend
As Property Week went to press on Wednesday, the cabinet had just approved the draft Brexit deal. Will this bring greater clarity? Maybe. Maybe not.
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Insight
Get ready for the commercial property data revolution
In these uncertain times, modern commercial real estate landlords and operators have turned to technology and data to weather the storm and gain a competitive advantage. Those that do so are arming their companies with an ability to quickly pivot operating models, reallocate investment to counter risk and capitalise on ...
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Insight
Borrowers have never had it so good, but will it last?
As 2018 draws to a close, it provides us with an opportunity to take stock and look back at activity in the UK private real estate debt investment sphere and make predictions for next year.
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Insight
Fear of being seen as party of the rich warps Tory policy on home ownership
We all know what the Budget did for residential property owners (correct answer: not much) but it’s worth understanding the politics behind some of Philip Hammond’s decisions to gauge what’s likely to happen in the future.
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Markets
Would no deal be such a bad deal?
The prospect of a no-deal or hard Brexit has prompted companies to start stockpiling goods. Will it lead to increased demand for space?
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Insight
PRS is well placed to weather a 'no deal' Brexit storm
It’s hard to remember a time when Brexit didn’t dominate the news and irrespective of political stance, it’ll be a nice respite when it’s no longer in the headlines every day.
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Insight
Brexit casts a shadow over Budget’s proposals
As Property Week ’s Budget coverage highlighted, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) mildly upgraded its growth forecasts and now expects the UK economy to grow at 1.6% in 2019, up from the 1.3% spring forecast.
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Professional
Hague Convention should mean UK judgments enforceable in EU states
Since the Brexit vote, property investors may want to know whether UK judgments will continue to be enforceable in the courts of EU member states when the UK leaves the EU.
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News
Brexit: will the regions press pause?
As Brexit negotiations rumble on, Samuel Horti asks how bright the long-term prospects are for the regions.
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Insight
Housebuilding investment in decline
The recent decline in housebuilder share prices is symptomatic of a growing lack of investor confidence in the sector.
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Insight
Not so caught between a rock and a hard Brexit
Is the industry just sensibly keeping calm and carrying on as Michel Barnier continues to lob brickbats at Theresa May’s Brexit plans – or fiddling (increasingly nervously) while Rome burns?
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Insight
Frankfurt banks on Brexodus
Adam Branson asks how much the loss of London bankers will be to the German city’s gain when the UK leaves the EU
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Insight
Clarity needed on EU procurement after Brexit
In nearly six months, the UK is expected to leave the EU and concerns are understandably mounting.
