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OnlinePropertyshe Perspectives: New businesses Patch and Compton are born, ULI New York Tech Council and an intro to Flexe and logistics as a service, HRH Prince Philip remembered
As we move out of lockdown and are finally able to eat and drink outdoors again at restaurants, bars and cafes, it’s good to see that hundreds of alfresco seats are being made available across London.
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Insight
A modular route to levelling up
The government faces an ever-growing list of issues that it needs to tackle. Covid’s immediate legacy is rising unemployment, with almost two million now out of work. That’s only going to increase as support schemes such as furlough are tapered in the coming months.
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Hospitality will have its winners
With lockdown easing, the sun shining and the success of the UK vaccine programme, there is optimism in the air for the hospitality sector and this is reflected by a huge increase in market activity, with many agents reporting a significant increase in viewings and offers, and deals starting to ...
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Germany is ready for the recovery
Germany has hit the headlines in recent weeks with surprise regional election results ahead of Angela Merkel’s departure as chancellor and continuing disagreements in continental Europe over the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.
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Insight
ESG strategies are an imperative
A sustainability strategy, once considered a nice-to-have, is now a business imperative across the real estate sector.
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Insight
Cuomo’s Penn Station plans spark debate
When it comes to forecasting New York City’s future, none of the conventional market analysis tools seem worth a damn.
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News
Residential auction market is set for continued resilience
More than a year on from the onset of the pandemic and the first national lockdown, it is remarkable how resilient the residential auction market continues to be.
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Insight
Time to promote sharing values
As the country begins to emerge from the latest lockdown and the awe-inspiring efforts to roll out the vaccine continue, I feel a sense of optimism returning. For me, that hopefulness has ignited a renewed commitment to tackling one of the biggest challenges society faces: the housing crisis.
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How we can help our high streets
In the wake of Covid, what will the next generation of high streets look like and how can we restore certainty, security and confidence for retailers and consumers? Those are the big questions we are asking as we play our part in ‘building back better’.
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Insight
Have you heard the good news?
The cover headline to the 19 March issue of Property Week was ‘Industry has new Spring in its step’. I don’t disagree, although but in some sectors it never left, and now, with the speed and efficiency of the vaccination programme, we are likely to see our markets return ...
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UK hotels face funding struggle
Since the publication of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, hospitality businesses have been preparing themselves for what hopefully will be a busy summer season.
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Insight
Why the Right to Buy is a good policy
Readers of this column will be bored rigid by my frequent denunciations of Help to Buy. My developer friends may well have taken me off their Christmas card lists but the fact remains that if you increase demand and supply remains constant, prices rise. It really is Rule 1.01 of ...
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Local councils to go physical again, podcast with Manhattan Loft’s iconic Harry Handelsman, the BTR story and Darryl Flay and Martin Bellinger’s new venture, the END and Popeyes
Last week I wrote about WeWork the documentary, due to be streamed shortly. Just in time for the launch, WeWork has agreed to merge with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in a deal that values the company at $9 billion. It is just two years since WeWork’s failed IPO ...
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Flex space requires new valuation model
With the 12-month anniversary of the UK’s first coronavirus lockdown this month, the pandemic has seeded a desire for more footloose ways of working among both businesses and their employees, accelerating a shift towards flexible workspace.
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Insight
I spy tenants for the Millbank refurbishment
A decade into a debate on ways to restore the Palace of Westminster, the grand and good greyheads in charge will be gratified to learn the passage of time has opened up a new decant option. Room enough for 1,500 displaced parliamentary staff will become available at 7 Millbank in ...
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Insight
Independence day for retailers
Writing this with the sun shining in, the day after the government announced its ‘roadmap’ for easing lockdown and opening up the economy, it is difficult not to feel cautiously optimistic.
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Insight
Co-working is the future for offices
It’s been a chaotic year. Our routines have been turned on their heads and life has been at a standstill. Like most of us, landlords have been thinking ‘what’s next?’
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Insight
A smart way to get back to work
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget revealed that the nation’s economic focus for the forthcoming years is to rebuild itself. To do this we need Britain’s companies to innovate like never before, and that is not going to happen if they remain working from home.
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Insight
Covid-19 underlines the later living crisis
The plight of older people in this country is one that can no longer be swept under the rug. The pandemic has exposed the true severity of the later living crisis facing Britain and ‘out of sight, out of mind’ can no longer be the prevailing consensus.
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Propertyshe Perspectives: Missing MIPIM this week, WeWork the film, the 15 minute city comes to Ipswich, IKEA assembles a city, World Happiness Report rankings 2021
As we inch towards our release from lockdown, it seems that our beleaguered hospitality sector is going to benefit from the huge pent up demand, with hotels and restaurants reporting that they have been inundated with bookings.
