All Covid-19 articles
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ProfessionalExperiences can give retail boost
The retail, hospitality and leisure sectors were dealt a huge blow when the pandemic struck and lockdown restrictions forced closures across the country. Businesses face different operational challenges now, as it is clear the pandemic has changed consumer behaviours.
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Insight
Mipim 2023: Vive la différence
After a Covid-affected few years, delegates are expected to return in large numbers for this year’s Mipim in Cannes. Event director Nicolas Kozubek outlines to Adam Branson the main topics of the 2023 programme.
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News
Energy and cost crises force Q4 2022 hospitality closures above previous year
A combination of energy and cost crises have driven the number of closures of licensed premises in the fourth quarter of 2022 above the Covid-hit period in the previous year.
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News
Covid policies continue to define challenges and opportunities in Asia-Pacific, says MSCI
In the latest episode of PropCast, Andrew Teacher is joined by David Green-Morgan, global head of real assets research at MSCI, to discuss the similarities and differences between real estate markets in the UK and Asia-Pacific – and the importance of data in understanding them.
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News
New construction output not expected to reach pre-pandemic levels until 2027
New construction output will not reach pre-pandemic levels until 2027, according to analysis from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS).
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Professional
Terminating a building contract
The recent decision in Thomas Barnes & Sons (in administration) v Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 2022 serves as a timely reminder of the importance of following the detailed provisions of building contracts when terminating.
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Insight
PBSA: The strength of the sector in light of new cost of living challenges
The PBSA sector faced its challenges throughout the pandemic, but admission levels this year have shown that more 18-year olds than ever are looking to go to university.
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News
HSBC to close quarter of UK branches next year
Global banking giant HSBC will close 114 of its UK branches next year as the number of customers using them has fallen following the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Insight
The year ahead: we can’t hide away
The last three years have been unusual to say the least. We entered and re-entered national lockdowns, had three prime ministers without a single general election, witnessed Russia wage war on Ukraine and saw inflation hit a 40-year high as words like ‘permacrisis’ entered the everyday vernacular.
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Zach Douglas, CEO and co-founder of Orega
Zach Douglas, CEO and co-founder of serviced office provider Orega, on how he got started in property, his top film and album picks, the celebrity he’d most like to meet and the most ridiculous fact he knows.
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Insight
Brace for the impact of real austerity
In 1947, as he was about to present his Budget, Labour’s Hugh Dalton, the then chancellor of the exchequer, let slip to an old friend: “No more on tobacco; a penny on beer; something on dogs and pools but not on horses; increase in purchase tax, but only on articles ...
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Markets
Airports plot a new course
The pandemic has driven up demand for space surrounding airports.
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News
Construction projects facing costly overruns
Analysis of 1,602 projects finds cost and delivery overruns claims totalled £71bn.
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News
Businesses increasingly look to switch from long leases to flex
More than 50% of businesses looking to reduce their office space are considering a switch from long leases to flex, reveals an independent survey by flex space operator Orega, consisting of 500 business leaders and 2,000 UK office workers.
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Insight
Past lessons on uncertain times
Since the start of September, the UK has gone through a series of rather unsettling events.
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Joanna Barraclough, divisional director at Countrywide
Joanna Barraclough, divisional director, south, at Countrywide, on how she got started in property, her top album and podcast picks, the celebrity she’d most like to meet and her number-one travel destination.
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Professional
How will the expiry of the Covid rent arrears scheme affect landlords?
The six-month window for referrals into the government’s Covid rent arrears arbitration scheme concluded on 24 September 2022, marking the end of the restrictions on landlords taking enforcement action.
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Insight
No stone unturned: interview with John Tonkiss
McCarthy Stone chief executive John Tonkiss tells Andy Hillier how the later-living specialist bounced back from the pandemic with a strategy based on affordability, flexibility and choice
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News
Scottish property management director ‘abused’ Covid-19 support package
The director of three Scottish property management companies has been disqualified for 12 years after he “abused” the Covid-19 Bounce Back Loan (BBL) scheme for personal gain, the Insolvency Service has said.
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News
Hospitality lost one venue an hour in Q3, says report
The speed of closures of hospitality sector premises – pubs, bars, restaurants, cafés and hotels – reached one every hour in the third quarter of the year, according to a report published this week.
