All Covid-19 articles
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ProfessionalWhat will the reform of property management regulation involve?
The residential sector is undergoing potentially its most significant period of reform for a generation. While managing agents are often overlooked in the debate, bold but balanced regulation of property management is essential to improve consumer confidence.
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Professional
The future of working is flexible
We were already heading towards the adoption of flexible working practices for businesses and more flexible rent and leasing arrangements across the retail and office sectors. However, the Covid-19 crisis has accelerated the rate of this change.
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Insight
Work history: how the office has evolved
As Covid-19 reshapes the future of the office, Andrew Saunders looks back at how it has evolved over the centuries and asks what it is likely to look like in the post-pandemic era
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Professional
What are the tax incentives to encourage a return to offices?
The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted a shift in working practices, with many people working partly or fully from home. As fears grow for the small businesses in cities that rely on office workers for survival, it is no surprise that the government is encouraging workers to return to the office. ...
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Professional
Plumbing system testers must keep up to date with training
Commercial building owners need to ensure testers are approved to carry out latest water safety checks.
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News
Landmark raises £45m for growth
National ground rent investor Landmark Investments has raised £45m in 50-year term debt, taking the company’s total debt raised in 2020 to more than £70m.
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News
Skanska is on the lookout for 90,000 sq ft of space
Construction group’s search for a new HQ is a welcome boost for the South East market.
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Online
Six in ten workers want to get back to the office once guidance allows, according to IWG research
Six in ten workers want to get back to the office when guidance allows, according to research from flexible workplace operator IWG.
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News
Itsu 'may not' exist in a year’s time, says founder
The founder of itsu has said that the sushi chain “may not” exist in a year’s time.
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Online
UKCM’s portfolio drops 6.6% in value due to Covid-19
UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) saw the value of its portfolio drop 6.6% for the six months to 30 June due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Insight
‘It is time to reopen, rebuild, reconnect’
As Oxford Properties’ Paul Brundage prepares to take on a new role as deputy chair, investments, at parent company OMERS, he shares his thoughts on how Covid-19 will impact real estate in the long term.
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Insight
We will suffer without offices
I was so furious following the exemption of grouse hunting from the ‘rule of six’, and then even more incensed following the New Look CVA and how the insane and immoral transfer of value from UK property owners to generally offshore private equity now seems to be OK, that I ...
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Insight
The proposed new levy could be harmful
Our patched-up planning system needs to be simplified. After decades of near-constant reform it is misshapen, ineffective, slow, bureaucratic, costly and unpredictable. It can frustrate sustainable development, stifle innovation and is an insurmountable barrier for would-be development entrepreneurs.
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News
Industry reacts to government office U-turn
The industry has reacted with anger to the government’s abrupt U-turn on its ‘back to work’ plan – as many property agencies vowed to keep their offices open regardless.
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Insight
Health is now the priority on the home front
Experience of the pandemic has taught us many things, but the importance of our health and wellbeing, and that of our family and friends, sits front and centre. Many people are now recognising the importance and need to focus on their physical and mental health and the importance of the ...
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News
Is a partnership model the way forward for the flex office sector?
Landlords warm to the idea of working in partnership with operators rather than signing them up to leases.
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Insight
It’s time to diversify housing supply
Two policy changes stood out in long-awaited planning white paper ‘Planning for the future’ – the government’s blueprint for replacing England’s outdated, post-war planning rulebook with a radically new system.
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News
Developers rethink residential design in wake of pandemic
Report finds that top priorities are now home office space, bicycle storage, outdoor areas and cleanliness
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News
Hospitality operators slam ‘illogical’ curfew
Boxpark CEO says new government restrictions are making sector a ‘scapegoat’
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Insight
PBSA goes to the top of the class
Blackstone’s £4.7bn acquisition of the iQ student portfolio earlier this year felt like a watershed moment for the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector, cementing its position as a mature, institutionally sought-after asset class with long-term liability matching income characteristics.
