All Feedback articles – Page 15
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InsightOlder property also has ESG investment potential
Editor: ESG was a corporate buzzword long before Covid-19. But the possibility of translating this into a successful investment was still viewed by some with a degree of scepticism.
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InsightMore support is needed for tenants
Editor: I read with interest your coverage of the BPF’s call for landlords to submit evidence to MHCLG’s eviction ban consultation , which will undoubtedly offer the government invaluable insight as to what should happen after the ban is lifted.
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InsightThe government must act on cladding
Editor: When no one can be held responsible, everyone must be accountable. That is why we have a government to collect and use our taxes to defend us, protect us, educate us, heal us, house and employ some of us, or support us when we are not.
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InsightWhy councils save up CIL payments
Editor: With regard to your recent feature on Section 106 payments , at any given time, there is likely to be a balance of unspent S106 funds, as contributions are received from developers throughout the year.
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InsightThere’s a bright future for smart flex providers
Editor: It is heartening to see enquiries and demand for flexible workspace rising in response to the government’s roadmap for easing lockdown.
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InsightGovernment must tackle the CIL stockpile
Editor: I read with interest your investigation into the stockpiling of CIL receipts. CIL does not place any obligation on local authorities to actually spend the revenue raised. The funds are simply ring fenced for provision of infrastructure at some point. This can lead to the stockpiling of funds ...
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InsightFlex offices still have a bright future
Editor: Knotel filling for bankruptcy may have come as a shock to the flexible workspace sector, but it was not a surprise. Clearly, the pandemic created significant challenges for flexible workspace operators, and it is those with a leasehold model, which have faced their own rent commitments throughout the pandemic, ...
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InsightThe moratorium extension is a big blow
Editor: It comes as no great surprise that the government has performed a U-turn on the moratorium on commercial property evictions.
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InsightArc floats a new planning framework
Editor: A Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) policy paper has shed long-awaited light on the government’s spatial framework for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. Are we looking at a return to regional planning?
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InsightCity centres need special support
Editor: We fully support the move to extend the business rates holiday and furlough scheme, and to introduce Restart Grants, which will help the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors bridge the gap until the restrictions are eased and trading can resume.
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InsightA missed chance to fix rates system
Editor: The Budget offered the industry some clarity on what will happen when the 12-month business rates holiday for retail, leisure and hospitality ends this month . But the mere three-month extension fails to realise the scale of the problem facing businesses’ bottom lines, or the issues of the business ...
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InsightIndustry must do more to help retail
Editor: The extension to business rates relief, a VAT freeze and restart grants provide much-needed respite for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors.
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InsightWhere was boost to housing supply?
Editor: Unsurprisingly, the housing market featured heavily in Rishi Sunak’s Spring Budget as he laid out the UK’s Covid-19 response .
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InsightSafety comes first for timber industry
Editor: Your article ‘ How easy is it for developers to insure timber-framed buildings? ’ made substantial claims, but with no evidence to back them up. Arguably, the points made challenge the quality of construction, not the material.
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InsightReal estate rises to climate challenge
Editor: I read with interest your recent Property Week article on the Climate Crisis Action Plan and the need to measure individual buildings’ energy performance in use .
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InsightAbolish broken business rates system
Editor: There has been much discussion in the commercial real estate (CRE) sector about business rates recently, including a number of articles in Property Week .
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InsightVariety will be spice of high street life
Editor: Liz Hamson’s ‘Reset or RIP for retail?’ leader is a stark reminder of the fight for survival that is raging on. Trying to find optimism, this may be a once- in-a-lifetime chance to press reset and totally rethink the way these places and assets work.
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InsightStop big retailers gaming the system
Editor: It has been possible for large high street chains such as Boots, H M, and JD Sports to take advantage and avoid paying rent for as long as possible, regardless of whether they could do so, given their apparent financial strength.
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InsightIt’s time to reimagine the high street
Editor: This week, we have seen shocking new figures that outline the vast amount of empty retail space on the market due to Debenhams’ and Arcadia’s collapses .
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InsightStamp duty cut would stop offshoring
Editor: The fact that local authorities have purchased commercial property through offshore vehicles should come as no surprise, and it is difficult to understand why they should be criticised for using perfectly legal means to reduce their purchasing costs, whatever their source of finance .
