All articles by David Lawson – Page 13
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Back to basics: Old kit has no place
Junk your computers if they are more than three years old
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Back to basics: Protecting the people
Every property and surrounding land will have its own security risks and approaches to dealing with them. Here, we look at how some of the UK's business, retail and leisure parks handle the security issue
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Back to basics: Sound the alarm early
When alarms ring, many would class that a victory in the fight against crime. Yet it really shows a fundamental failure. Intruders should never get that far. Alarm bells should be ringing long before anyone begins fiddling with the doors or windows – in fact, long before the building appears.
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Back to basics: Safe and secure
At first sight, safety and security seem simple. Locks, bars, fences and alarms are not particularly hi-tech and only involve a couple of weekends' work around the home for the average DIY enthusiast. But this attitude can be dangerous for commercial premises.
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Back to basics: Security matters
Security is still not seen by most businesses as a critical issue. The attitude seems to be that terrorists are unlikely to attack a bucket factory in Solihull or an office in Torquay, so why bother? But what is a concern is that even everyday risks are given a low ...
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Back to basics: Contaminated ground
Contamination is a word that strikes fear into the heart of any developer. Many dare not say the word in case they raise doubts. Others are blissfully unaware of potential problems and here lies the seeds of disaster because tough new rules are pouring out of Whitehall and Brussels and ...
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Back to basics: Environmental policies
Land Securities, the UK's largest property company, created a marker for the rest of the industry when it set up an environmental policy covering its own offices, investment assets and the massive estate managed by its outsourcing division, Trillium, which includes the portfolios of organisations such as the BBC. Dave ...
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MarketsBoroughs round-up: Sound of the suburbs
London has a lot more to it than the hotspots of Heathrow, the West End, the City and Docklands. We survey the 'forgotten'boroughs of the capital
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MarketsOn the wild side
Booming economy, rents at all-time highs, investors fighting for a slice of the action… could this really be Moscow? We investigate a property revolution in action
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MarketsAt the crossroads
Poland's potential as the gateway of Europe has unleashed foreign interest but the immaturity of Warsaw's market poses challenges in the run-up to EU accession.
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Partnerships made in heaven?
Now that the UK's biggest surveyors have been taken over by US and French corporations, will they lose their best people to firms that still offer partnerships?
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MarketsSmall business sense
Most landlords would laugh at the idea of filling old buildings with small businesses but it is no joke for Workspace. And, as chief executive Harry Platt (pictured) has proved, there's no shortage of tenants.
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The number crunchers
Few property professionals realise who holds the purse strings of the big investors. We explore the world of the actuary
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NewsLaSalle Euro chief keen to quieten discouraging voices
Jeff Jacobson is relaxed despite three senior management departures and a drop in global income
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Remote control
The internet and e-mail were smirked about in the property industry until recently. Now, the onset of mobile internet capabilities is set to revolutionise the surveyor's workplace.
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OnlineLivingstone backs "major expansion" of development
London mayor Ken Livingstone has invited the property industry to help reverse half a century of decline in the capital, revealing that he will open his arms to new development in the forthcoming strategic plan for the capital, due in June.
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City needs a new kind of office, says CABE
Developers must provide new kinds of office building if the City is to flourish as a world business centre, according to Jon Rouse, chief executive of the government's architectural watchdog, CABE.
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Online"Property industry may have to help fund transport projects"
The property industry will have to fight hard to win government resources for major London transport projects such as Crossrail, Professor Stephen Glaister of Imperial College has warned delegates at today's Property in the City conference.
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OnlineKnow your limits, English Heritage tells City
The City must not be given carte blanche to roll over its fringes and produce yet more sterile buildings, Sir Neil Cossons, chairman of English Heritage, told the Property in the City conference today.
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Hidden strengths
More and more surveyors are changing tack and moving into the relatively new area of property management consultancy. We report on how latent skills are being exploited
