All Covid-19 articles – Page 3
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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.
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Professional
A slap on the wrist for Waitrose could ease the pain for landowners
On 2 September, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) slapped Waitrose with a letter saying that some of its compliance procedures were subject to shortcomings in respect of breaches of the 2010 Groceries Market Investigation (Controlled Land) Order (CLO).
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Ilyas Aslam, chief operating officer at Quadrum Global
Ilyas Aslam, chief operating officer at Quadrum Global, on how he got started in property, his top TV and book recommendations, the celebrity he’d most like to meet and how he would spend a million pounds.
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Markets
The auctions market remains buoyant despite crises
Rising inflation and interest rates could help rather than hinder sales at auctions.
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Victoria Manston, senior development manager at HUB
Victoria Manston, senior development manager at residential developer HUB, on how she got started in property, her top TV and music picks, her best and worst purchases and the celebrity she’d most like to meet.
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News
Westfield newsagent given nine months to pay Covid-19 rent arrears
A news kiosk operator at Westfield Stratford City has been given nine months to pay £55,000 of rent arrears, following the ruling of an independent arbitration panel tasked with reducing or upholding Covid-19-related commercial rent arrears claims.
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Insight
Why wellbeing at work is more important than ever
With World Mental Health Day taking place on 10 October, Claire Robson asks what steps property companies are taking to improve the wellbeing of both their own staff and tenants.
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Krishma Kapoor, property and development consultant at SLC Property
Krishma Kapoor, property and development consultant at property management company SLC Property, on how she got started in property, the superpower she’d like to have and her number-one travel destination.
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Professional
What role can planning play in the delivery of net zero carbon?
For those of us who have studied the Brundtland Report 1987, we know that the heart of sustainable development is real estate and the planning system.
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Professional
How can property industry best achieve decarbonisation of heat?
Following the launch of the UK’s Net Zero Strategy, it has been a busy year for consultants in this space, with more than 3,500 companies now signed up to the Science-Based Targets initiative.
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Insight
We can work it out
After the scandal and huge losses of recent years, Samit Chopra, WeWork International’s president and chief operating officer, tells Property Week how the flexible office space provider plans to turn a profit this year.
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Insight
Data downplays New York’s office return
One subject above all others obsesses the New York City property world: the extent and future of office return, now that the pandemic appears over.
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Online
How to attract the best talent in a competitive market
With 69% of businesses around the world struggling to recruit the talent they need, it’s more important than ever to make your company as attractive as possible.
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Online
Security threats to property and how to stay a step ahead
The threats faced by the property sector are varied and depend on a number of factors, including how good the security is. The pandemic has also reshaped some of these factors and changed threat levels.
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Insight
Future-proofing the flicks
Times have been tough for cinema operators, but will new experiential models and central locations help them to ride out the storm? Claire Robson asks what the future holds for big-screen venues.
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Jamie Bunce, CEO of retirement living operator Inspired Villages
Jamie Bunce, CEO of retirement living operator Inspired Villages, on how he got started in property, his top book and song picks, the historical figure he’d like to befriend and his number-one travel destination.
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Markets
Backing the life sciences boom
With space in traditional locations tight, investors are looking further afield.
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Professional
What do latest judgements mean for the recovery of Covid rent arrears?
Property lawyers and landlords alike have been following the cases of Bank of New York Mellon (International) v Cine-UK and London Trocadero (2015) v Picturehouse Cinemas with trepidation over recent months.