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InsightOur high streets can be saved yet
The challenges facing our high streets are well known. Brexit, squeezed incomes, business rates, major retail failures, online retail, unseasonably cold weather – the list goes on.
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Green tech innovators required
Intense wildfires in the Amazon, Siberia and Alaska are a stark reminder of the threat to our natural environment.
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Change is something to embrace
This year’s Trailblazers entries are a testament to a sector that is getting more and more comfortable with new ideas and new ways of doing things.
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Get this Brexit mess over with
Honestly? I haven’t a clue. I can’t think of anything else to say to the steady stream of enquirers including several MP friends who ask: what on earth is going on in our politics and more to the point where is it all going to lead?
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Climate change is a planning consideration
In October 2017, William McLennan applied for planning permission for solar panels on his property in Kent.
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Changing perceptions of industry
A recent perception audit commissioned by the British Property Federation (BPF), the first of its kind across the UK property industry, provided a hard-hitting reality about how our industry is regarded.
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The only way is up… baby
Funny things words. When I was at school, being described as a disruptive influence was not a compliment.
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Beauty is back in housebuilding
This summer, there has been a wave of initiatives to put beauty back into housebuilding.
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Outlook for flexible workspace sector still bright
Editor: The flexible workspace market in London is increasingly competitive and success will require a focused strategy and deep expertise.
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Retail-to-resi: one size does not fit all
Editor: In your recent article on the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission’s interim report, Chris Thompson from CACI is right to point out that the UK is over-spaced in terms of retail .
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Could rent controls boost BTR?
London mayor Sadiq Khan put the cat among the pigeons last week when he called on ministers to allow him to impose rent caps in the capital. He stands little chance, but would it be a bad thing?
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Time to stop working in silos
The value destruction going on in our towns and city centres presents both the greatest challenge and the biggest opportunity in my 30 years in the property industry.
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The blond bombshell lands
We’re not living in an age when the mighty are falling.We’re living in one in which the puny are rising.
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We need to ‘rewild’ our cities
A recent study published in Scientific Reports shows that spending just two hours a week in nature can improve our health and wellbeing.
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From flexible boom to bust?
OneEleven’s decision to review its UK plans could be a sign of things to come.
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Workplaces must be more human
Millennials are the driving force behind the world’s changing work habits.
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Shared ownership’s time has come
There is no denying the success of Help to Buy. From its launch in April 2013 to December 2018, a total of 211,000 loans were granted under the scheme, with a total value of £11.7bn.
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The ‘new retail’ revolution is here
‘New retail’ is the phrase coined by Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba, to describe its aim to redefine commerce by enabling seamless engagement between the online and offline worlds.
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Hunt’s the only man for the job
As the Tory leadership hustings grind on, the process seems increasingly irrelevant because Conservative Central Office was foolish enough to send ballot papers out too early.
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Woodford woes prompt liquidity rethink
The well-publicised Woodford scenario has again brought open-ended property funds to the front pages of the national newspapers, referencing the illiquidity mismatch between their underlying assets and the offer of daily liquidity.
