All Expert comment articles – Page 18
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InsightPlanning Bill won’t change a thing
To start, a diatribe on the dogma endangering the Planning Bill proposed in the Queen’s Speech last week.
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Time to set the bar on equality
We’ll never achieve gender equality in the property industry – or any industry – if we don’t ditch outdated gender stereotypes.
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Propertyshe Perspectives: The future of hybrid working, Common to bring their co-living concept to the UK, PERE Global Summit tech panel, immersive Monopoly, IPSX finally launches
Boris Johnson has signalled that the current work from home guidance for England is to be lifted next month, if Covid-19 cases continue to drop, raising the prospect of an imminent return to pre-pandemic workplaces.
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Lending has a role to play in sustainability
The UK’s sixth Carbon Budget has enshrined a new target in law to slash emissions by 78% by 2035. This is the world’s most ambitious climate change target and will see emissions return to their 1990s levels.
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Why we must support the end of moratoriums
When the history of Covid-19 comes to be written, how people behaved will be remembered.
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Land scarcity sparks costs surge
Things couldn’t get rosier for the housebuilders, it would seem. Sales volumes and prices are up, irrespective of dwindling government support.
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Net zero needs concrete thinking
The results of the 2021 Property Week /UKGBC Climate Crisis Survey highlight a polarised view of the impact of Covid-19 on the climate emergency. While almost half of respondents felt the pandemic would accelerate our pivot towards decarbonisation, 34.5% felt it would slow it down.
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Driving change in the logistics world
Easing quietly out of DHL’s base in Purfleet since late last year, the Volvo FL Electric 4x2 rigid vehicle has the capacity to run for 120 miles and can carry a maximum of 12 pallets and a weight of up to six tonnes. It is also the first fully electric ...
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Prepare now for LIBOR transition
LIBOR (London inter-bank offered rate) will be phased out by the end of this year and borrowers must act now to agree the transition process with their lenders and hedge counterparties. But what is the best approach when lenders’ and hedge counterparties’ transition processes are moving at different speeds?
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Driving data-led sustainability
Many businesses have committed to net zero and sustainability targets that could have a significant, positive impact on climate change. The world’s largest asset managers have joined a group of investors committing to hit net zero.
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Progress is vital to meet the new climate target
The UK government recently announced that it would be aiming to reduce UK net greenhouse gas emissions by 78% by 2035 compared with 1990 levels. This new target builds on (and does not replace) the existing target to reduce UK net greenhouse gas emissions by 68% by 2030.
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How supermarkets bounced back
Who would have thought ahead of this terrible pandemic that as a result of structural adjustments to the grocery trade, UK supermarket impairments would be written back to the tune of a quarter of a billion pounds in the case of Morrisons and Tesco UK alone?
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‘Adapt and Make Better’ instead
The government’s loosely defined ‘Build Back Better’ mantra suggests construction of new buildings and infrastructure will be one of the engines of economic recovery, but what might this mean in practice?
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Will zoom have a role post lockdown, the challenges of valuing flex workspace, The Climate Crisis Challenge shortlisted, carbon reduction, interview with L&Q’s Fiona Fletcher-Smith
Hopefully, we will continue to integrate zoom and other platforms into our events post lockdown as they have enabled some international panels that wouldn’t otherwise be possible or viable.
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Industrial must be sustainable
Industrials were the star performer in 2020 as Covid-19 not only fast forwarded the growth in online retail, but also prompted manufacturers and retailers to review their supply chains and hold extra stock of key items.
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Invest for the future
Logistics is booming, thanks in no small part to the year-long pandemic and people switching to buying online. This is fuelling demand for warehouses to store our future online purchases. Grocery shopping alone in the UK was trending at around 7% pre-pandemic and is now at around 14%.
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The logistics of leaving the EU
Many businesses breathed a sigh of relief when the UK and the EU clinched a last-minute deal days before the end of the transition period.
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The real value of outdoor space
With British Summer Time finally here, temperatures edging upwards and restrictions lifting, there is an ever-increasing sense of optimism in the air.
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New workplaces for a new world
With the recent reopening of the retail and hospitality industry, a new sense of hope has emerged. As the government reopens society step by step, the return to the office is on the horizon.
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Negotiation with tenants is vital
For some time now I’ve enjoyed following my old friend David Cooper’s epic battle on behalf of a quite unique business in London’s Jermyn Street that sells incredibly expensive carpets.
