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Insight
Mixed-use goes to the next level
How we work and how we live are evolving at a faster pace than ever before. In major cities across the world – including London, New York, Singapore and Hong Kong – flexible working, innovative office spaces, top-class amenities and competitive socialising between residents are creating more effective and diverse ...
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Social sustainability is the future
Last week, I mentioned to my 14-year-old daughter that I was writing this column.
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Interview with Urban & Civic’s Nigel Hugill and Robin Butler
To mark Urban Civic’s 10th anniversary, Nigel Hugill and Robin Butler show Liz Hamson around their crowning glories in Alconbury and Rugby
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Property’s key values for 2020s
The blend of how we live, work and spend our leisure time continues to change at pace and as we move towards a new decade, this will only accelerate.
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MPs and their financial links to the property industry
With the general election less than a week away, Property Week reveals the MPs with the biggest financial links to the industry.
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Why we’re all Sneetches at heart
The Sneetches by Dr Seuss is a parody of prejudice and diversity – both current property sector preoccupations.
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UK agencies thrive despite uncertain climate
Over the past 12 months, the UK agency sector has remained resilient despite the uncertainty caused by Brexit.
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P2P could be in for a bumpy ride
With historically low interest rates, a decreased appetite by high street lenders to lend to SMEs following the financial crisis and an opportunity to use technology to gain an advantage over traditional processes, the rise of peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms has not been surprising.
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Workspace market goes mainstream
Editor: The news that Selfridges has signed a management deal with workspace provider Fora is evidence of the growing and evolving appetite for flexible working .
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Small flex space firms drive sector
Editor: Despite wobbles in the market, the flexible workspace ‘Goliaths’ armed with buckets of cash and asset-backed finance continue to take up swathes of commercial space .
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Online
Flexible planning is key to helping high streets
With traditional retail under pressure from many quarters, much consideration is being given to how our high streets can remain healthy and relevant.
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Online
What is the structures and buildings allowance and how is it applied?
The government first introduced the structures and buildings allowance (SBA), a tax allowance for commercial property designed to stimulate investment on structures and buildings, in October 2018.
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News
Can we crack modular housing?
For decades, modular housing has been the sector’s equivalent of nuclear fusion: the imagined fount of limitless supply has always been just over the horizon… but never quite within reach.
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Insight
Future is bright for town centres
The relationship between city centres and surrounding suburbs has been somewhat tumultuous over the past four decades.
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News
Resolving London Plan issues key
How much should the public sector intervene in the development world? It’s a hot topic right now as the general election gets closer, with political parties making promises that could have an impact on many aspects of the property market.
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What makes a truly great leader?
Earlier this month, I was recognised as one of the 50 Leading Lights in UK Business for Kindness and Leadership.
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Battersea Power House takes shape
One of London’s biggest new event venues is taking shape at Battersea Power Station. Jessica Newman talks to the people behind it
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Retail-to-resi PDR: devil is in detail
Editor: I am writing in response to the Conservatives’ recent election pledge to relax shops-to-homes planning laws.
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Developers can help tackle crime
Recent crime reports have put Londoners on high alert. With reports of rising knife crime and robberies, paired with a decline in police numbers, a nervous atmosphere has crept into many communities.