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Mipim 2024 Day 1: blog by Susan Freeman
My flight into Nice was delayed so all my plans to attend early evening receptions on Monday night were thwarted. The taxi driver then drove off with my coat, which wasn’t ideal as it’s freezing here at night.
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New life for labs in urban spaces
Today’s science graduates want to stay closer to the action and the life they knew while studying.
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SME housebuilders need backing
The regulatory landscape, high interest rates and planning issues are holding housebuilding back.
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International Women’s Day: Puma’s Tarinee Pandey on why true inclusion equals belonging
The theme of International Women’s Day is ‘Inspire Inclusion’ – but what does that mean?
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International Women’s Day: Real Estate Balance’s Sue Brown on progressing gender equality beyond the annual celebration
Sue Brown, managing director at Real Estate Balance, reflects on how far gender equality has come since the organisation was established and how far it still has to go.
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Road to net zero gets bumpy as political U-turns on green pledges increase
Political U-turns on green pledges and investor withdrawals from ESG funds threaten progress to net zero.
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The UK housebuilding crisis urgently needs a planning reform
A system that allows developments that comply with the rules to get built would boost housebuilding rates
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Construction industry can own digital transformation
Editor: Contrary to popular belief, a recent report has shown that the UK construction industry has been among the best at digital adoption. However, this has started to grind to a halt as a quarter (28%) of businesses in the sector believe digital transformation is easy for them to achieve.
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Retrospective clarity on retrofit
As we all know, Marks & Spencer’s flagship Marble Arch store is at the centre of a long-running planning dispute, but it also happens to be slap bang in the middle of the City of Westminster.
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Attitudes to safety must change now
Editor: If the property sector handled disasters like Grenfell as seriously as the airline industry takes its disasters, we would not have witnessed the horrific fatal fire in Valencia last month.
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Peter Bill on how to navigate Mipim
The best meetings are accidental. The best outcomes unexpected.
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Who inspects the inspectors?
As we warned last week, a “massive slowdown” in the residential sector is looming as the deadline for building control surveyors to register with the Building Safety Regulator draws closer.
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Why it’s time for a new housebuilder model
Financial challenges could prompt further alignment between institutional capital and housebuilders.
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Inflexible offices simply won’t cut it
Editor: In Nottingham and across the Midlands, we have seen some huge companies downsize and move into serviced office accommodation. They are doing so largely to cut costs, but the trend is also a reflection of a much-changed working environment in which employees prize greater flexibility.
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The challenges of urban logistics
Repurposing underused retail, office or car park units into ultra-last-mile facilities requires careful planning.
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How ‘hotelification’ breathes new life into high streets
Editor: As hospitality specialist architects and interior designers, we found last week’s edition of Property Week extremely relevant. Studio Moren is the team developing the Great Tower Street property in the City of London for Dominus.
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Clear benefits to healthy homes
Delivering healthier homes supports wellbeing and can offer developers a competitive advantage.
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Stars align for Gateshead scheme
After a long history of setbacks, construction of a new conference centre is now set to begin this spring.
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Gallantium’s Andrew Greener on a fresh outlook on mental health in the property sector
Being proactive develops a positive culture towards mental health that can boost morale and reduce absenteeism and staff turnover.
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Can we still count on ONS data?
Official statistics play up inflation and play down labour market strength in a highly politicised way.