All articles by Giles Barrie – Page 18
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Coull's Brixton risk is good long-term play
Is Segro chief executive Ian Coull’s takeover of rival industrial group Brixton not only the biggest moment of his career but also the biggest mistake of his career? Or is it the first great deal of the downturn?
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London offices are critical, but stable
Offices dominate the headlines this week. Japanese bank Nomura has opted to leave the stench of Lehman behind by moving out of Canary Wharf to a new block near Cannon Street in the City
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Banks need to follow government's example
On Monday, property luminaries gathered in the garden at 10 Downing Street for drinks – which Gordon Brown joked they should avoid ‘because they’ve been ordered by the Treasury’
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Players tainted by Chelsea Barracks drama
Westminster City Council, the Prince of Wales, Lord Rogers, the Candys’ CPC and Qatari Diar – no one emerges from the withdrawal of the planning application at Chelsea Barracks with much credit
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Agencies need to get leaner still
It’s official: 1,497 of the 11,885 fee-earners employed by the top 20 UK property agencies have left their jobs since we published our last survey
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Ernst & Young exiles win Party near the Park
A quartet with long-standing links to accountancy giant Ernst & Young won 2009’s own `Stars in their Eyes’ `Party Near the Park’ in London last night.
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A day in the life of the Guv’nor
Giles Barrie joins Gerald Ronson in Madrid and Valencia to see how the man works
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Modus woes prove retail model is broken
For Modus managing director Brendan Flood, whose development business Modus Ventures went into administration last week (news, p4-5), the writing was on the wall in March
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LandSecs chair is right to raise the bar
One of the downsides of being chief executive of Land Securities is that everyone has a view on property’s flagship
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Tide goes out to reveal property’s ills
De Montfort University’s latest property lending survey is an absolute corker
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Ministers should watch BBC’s relocation show
When we visited the north-west on Tuesday, there was only one true ray of light amid the gloom
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'Property can learn from bankers' shock
‘Hospital pass’ is the term cynics used for the roles handed to DTZ’s Paul Idzik and Capital & Regional’s Hugh Scott-Barrett when they were made chief executives at the groups last year
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Only Conservatives can rescue property
Wednesday’s Budget was a landmark – not for small breakthroughs for property, but because it revealed the truly dire state of the nation’s finances (see news).
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US auctioneers must be open with results
Residential property has thrown up two huge talking points this week
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News
Property Awards 2009 Introduction
The Property Awards 2009 will go down as a landmark occasion: the night when 1,000 of the biggest names in property defied the recession, and anti-capitalist demonstrations, to celebrate what was achieved in 2008
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Riders of gravy train head for trouble
Lords Young, Kalms, Myners and Harris were there, joined by Sirs Victor Blank, Rocco Forte, David Frost and David Clementi.
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Giles barrie: A close encounter with ‘the don’
My February meeting with the gambler and property tycoon
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Asset... or bank protection scheme?
Another week, another property casualty. On Monday Martin Myers and Manish Chande’s Mountgrange Capital went into administration, following Castlemore, which succumbed in February