All Comment articles – Page 15
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ProfessionalNew brownfield sites policy ignores real reasons behind low build rates
This month the government announced its latest measures to tackle the UK’s housing crisis. To unlock unavailable brownfield land, the new legislation will make brownfield registers and permission in principle obligatory for local planning authorities.
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Unlocking the care crisis starts with the keys to retirement living schemes
It’s a common scenario up and down the UK: The family have fled the nest, perhaps even the grandchildren too,and a debate over what to do with the family home is now on the table. Wanting to downsize, they cannot find anywhere suitable that will cater for their aspirations ...
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Ramadan and real estate
Today marks the start of the holy month of Ramadan in the Muslim calendar.
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Tech should be cornerstone of post-Brexit success
The historic triggering of Article 50 was marked on 29 March. The virtually ceremonial handover of the official letter to start the process of removing us from the EU means that, as a country, we have entered a period of uncertainty. However, I believe that this also signals opportunity.
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A platform for personality to trump conformity
Finally, real estate is changing. An industry steeped in traditional views and operating methods is starting to attract the talented recruits who have previously either ignored it or placed it in the reject pile of possible career options.
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Can anyone help the boomerang generation?
At last, after 35 years of undersupply, the major parties have woken up to the crisis in the residential property market.
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Will Marks & Spencer’s online food offering be simply delicious?
Marks Spencer is considering whether to launch an online grocery service. This is a key moment in the evolution of online shopping in Britain.
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Don’t gamble with the planning process
One thing is certain. The planning process is a gamble with a binary outcome - either developers achieve planning permission or they don’t.
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Digital era brings growth
The digital era has transformed both the expectations of consumers and the demands on retailers and distributors as people expect faster delivery and greater variety, all of which has had a profound impact on the property market.
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Keep the industrial faith – it will pay off
Industrial and logistics real estate is undergoing a transformational renaissance. Warehouses now form the spine of a modern supply chain.
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Ghost restaurants – dining out on delivery
In recent years, the UK’s insatiable appetite for gourmet takeaway has seen the delivery market boom. With the dining delivery industry worth £3.6bn in 2016 – 50% more than in 2008 - brands are looking to be reactive and take a slice of the pie.
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Addressing the lack of board diversity starts at the grass roots level
Casting our minds back to the property industry of yesteryear, diversity was not even a consideration for big real estate businesses. However, the past ten years have seen the sector make enormous strides in hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.
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World’s Biggest Property Bike Ride Blog: Wk 3
Ben Rosewall of CBRE’s healthcare advisory team talks about his preparations for the World’s Biggest Property Bike Ride 2017.
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Who really owns property?
Property Week’s report on Who Owns Lond o n revealed some interesting insights earlier this year and now the Department for Business, Energy Industrial Strategy has launched a consultation on a Beneficial Ownership Register to increase the transparency of overseas investment in property.
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Collaboration is key in a people-focused industry
One of the major trends to emerge in the commercial property industry in recent years has been the rapid growth in the popularity of co-working.
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Industry is still too resistant to innovation
In recent years, the term proptech has been a buzzword symbolising the potential for significant innovation within the real estate industry.
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Professional
The government’s free schools programme hits the accelerator
The government recently approved a further 131 new free schools to be opened across England.
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Investors are catching on to regional build-to-rent
It’s interesting to see the growth of institutional investment in build-to-rent developments outside London.
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The elephant in the Tories’ room remains the future of Help to Buy
I’ve never been invited to the Home Builders Federation annual lunch, which is unsurprising given my less-than-glowing comments about the industry down the years. But I know a man who was at this year’s shindig, and it seems that politics was on the menu more than ever before.
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Rates reforms: a failed experiment
Panjandrum: while for most the word may bring to mind a particular kind of pompous and pretentious public servant, few remember it as the codename for one of the Second World War’s most bizarre experiments.
