All Covid-19 articles
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NewsNHS staff offered 800 free rooms
A new scheme operated under the umbrella of the UK Short Term Accommodation Association will provide 800 free rooms to NHS staff needing accommodation near hospitals during the Covid-19 outbreak.
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LandAid launches £1m emergency fund for homeless
LandAid has launched an emergency fund to support young homeless people.
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Cadogan partners with charity to deliver care packages
Cadogan is partnering with the Kensington + Chelsea Foundation to deliver weekly care packages during the pandemic.
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Scottish Housing Regulator warns landlords against cyber scams
The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHC) has written to landlords warning them about cyber attacks during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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SEGRO donates London warehouse space to food charities
SEGRO is supplying three food redistribution charities with more than 10,000 sq ft of rent-free space to support their work during the coronavirus crisis.
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Strettons sells 84% of lots at first remote auction
Strettons raised £5.7m at its auction this week, selling 19 lots from its 24-lot catalogue and achieving an 84% success rate.
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Vigo Group converts commercial space into temporary healthcare centre
Property investor Vigo Group has converted a commercial space in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, into an emergency temporary healthcare clinic to support the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Why we believe remote working is the future
We’ve been a fully remote company since we started in 2012, aside from a short-lived office ‘experiment’ in 2014.
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RICS furloughs 30% of UK workforce
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has furloughed around 30% of its UK-based employees in response to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
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When rent forfeiture is not an option
The Coronavirus Act 2020 contains a three-month moratorium on landlords’ ability to forfeit leases of commercial property on the basis of non-payment of rent or other sums.
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Impact reveals 2019 growth in care home business
Care home landlord Impact Healthcare REIT has posted a robust set of annual results for 2019 and remains confident it will ride out the Covid-19 health crisis.
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Covid-19 hits Unite’s student digs values
Unite Students has lost value on both its fund portfolios as the Covid-19 outbreak begins to have an impact on property landlords.
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Derwent figures robust despite health crisis
Derwent London collected 73% of quarterly rent despite the impact of Covid-19, which has ravaged the income of many of property landlords.
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What does the Covid-19 legislation mean for permitted development?
As part of the UK government’s response to Covid-19, Boris Johnson announced the closure of all pubs, restaurants, cafes and leisure facilities, with the closure of retail units following shortly afterwards. The exception to the rule is a relatively small number of essential services such as supermarkets and other food ...
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Lunson Mitchenall becomes latest agency to unveil furlough plan
Lunson Mitchenall has furloughed a proportion of its UK staff in response to the “unprecedented circumstances” caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
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Propertyshe perspectives: Zoom, a podcast with Thomas Heatherwick CBE and a campaign to save our start-ups
With an incredible 50% of the world now in lockdown, we are getting into the routine of working from home.
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Office and industrial landlords feel effects of Covid-19 outbreak
The latest slew of company updates on rent collection reveal that it isn’t just the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors that have been hit.
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Occupiers seeking renegotiated deals as coronavirus disruption bites
Occupiers are rethinking their space needs as they continue to test their employees’ ability to work from home, which could result in some deals being renegotiated, a new report from Savills has said.
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Pub giants urged to give tenants more support during lockdown
Pub companies have been urged to do more to support tenants during the coronavirus crisis, after it emerged that five of six major firms had not yet waived any rent.
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Cineworld scraps dividend and outlines its coronavirus battle plan
Cineworld has cut its dividend and executive pay and is talking to lenders over its liquidity requirements as it copes with the Covid-19 lockdown.
