All Insight articles – Page 12
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What can BFS developers learn from BTR model?
Editor: There are inherent differences between build-for-sale (BFS) and build-to-rent (BTR) developments.
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Carbon counting will barely count
Toward the end of an absorbing performance of the play Frank and Percy, Percy (played by Ian McKellen) admits to Frank (Roger Allam) he is being shunned by his academic peers for daring to suggest fighting climate change is hopeless. Frank, newly widowed, and Percy, newly single, edge into a ...
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UK life sciences will provide a shot in the arm for the British economy, three sector specialists claim
BioMed Realty’s Colleen O’Connor, Babraham Research Campus’ Derek Jones, and JLL’s Chris Walters join Montfort’s Andrew Teacher to discuss the outlook for life sciences, the challenges of creating high-spec lab space, and why the success of the industry should be cause for optimism in the UK.
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CapitalRise’s Uma Rajah on why prime central London market is so resilient
As English writer Samuel Johnson so aptly put it in 1777: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.”
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Designs on a healthy market: Big interview with Ademchic founder
Karolina Adamczyk, founder of interior design company Ademchic, tells Property Week why good design can help boost both the wellness of occupiers and the profits of developers.
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Savills UK’s Richard Rees on tackling the causes of youth homelessness
LandAid’s, and the wider property industry’s, efforts to help solve youth homelessness and ensure that everyone has a safe and suitable place to call home have been ongoing for several decades, but have taken on a new urgency in the last few years.
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Utopi: Changing behaviours by data, not anecdote
It’s no surprise to anyone in the real estate sector that net zero carbon is approaching, and fast.
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Grainger’s Helen Gordon on levelling up in action
With HS2 in the news and some questioning the government’s commitment to levelling up, towns and cities across the UK are now positively benefiting from regional investment in build to rent (BTR).
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Q&A: Five minutes with Gerald Eve associate Emily Pearson
Associate in Gerald Eve’s London industrial agency team on inspirational women and the Galapagos.
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Motionspot’s Ed Warner on why progressive firms must include facilities to ease menopause and menstruation symptoms
October is Menopause Awareness month and while a significant proportion of the workforce is made up of people who experience menstruation, menopause, and hormonal change – including women, non-binary individuals, and transgender men and women – little is done in the workplace to acknowledge this.
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How will the next government tackle property issues?
Editor: There are several well-documented, interconnected issues affecting the UK property market: the affordability crisis; the imbalance between supply and demand; empty and derelict properties; the planning system; and sustainability.
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Privatisation may fix planning system
Editor: Britain’s planning system is saddling us with all kinds of social and economic problems and must take a large share of the blame for the housing crisis that is freezing a whole generation out of home ownership.
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It’s time for a change at the top
Last week’s two by-elections were terrible results for the Conservatives. It’s true that if Reform UK’s vote, which attracts some hard-right Tories, had been added to their vote they would have very narrowly won in Mid-Bedfordshire.
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Protecting assets through third-party certification
Kingspan insulated panels regularly undergo rigorous performance tests developed by FM Approvals.
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Senior buy-in is vital in order to push the EDI agenda
Property Week brought together a group of experts to discuss the importance of senior management buy-in to equity, diversity and inclusion to move the diversity agenda forward.
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Why it’s vital to support the delivery of new affordable homes
Lloyds Bank is partnering with others to create a more equitable society through delivery of social housing.
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Women in Property National Student Awards 2023: top of the class
Elsie-May Gribbon tells Property Week about being crowned the overall winner of Women in Property’s National Student Awards for 2023, her neurodiversity and her future career plans.
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UKGBC’s Simon McWhirter on why the built environment needs a paradigm shift
To deliver a sustainable, net zero future, the built environment needs a paradigm shift. We must channel our deep dismay at the government’s short-sighted rollback into a powerful, collective voice focused on the changes we need.
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‘Investors need to be brave’: Big interview with JP Morgan Asset Management
Paul Kennedy, managing director of JP Morgan Asset Management, tells Property Week why he believes the current market conditions create opportunities for property investors.
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Creating a greener, fairer urban future
More than 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a figure that the United Nations Human Settlements Programme predicts will reach more than 68% by 2050. At the same time, urban areas contribute to over 70% of global GDP around the world.