All Insight articles – Page 7
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MarketsExpect more interest in flexible space
Activity remained buoyant in January and February 2020 but March data reveals that, in general, occupiers were not committing to signing new leases.
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Moving from crisis to opportunity
Covid-19 has had a massive impact on our world. As we go through the three R’s – responding, resilience, reimagining – now is the time to consider how we could emerge to be stronger, leaner and more effective.
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Our habits have changed
These are unprecedented times for all businesses. Some have locked the doors for the foreseeable future, some may have changed to operate from home, while others continue as key worker hubs providing essentials, such as food, medical supplies and key public services.
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There is reason for cautious optimism
Even in this lockdown, with nearly 100 of our employees working from home and a loan book of £1.8bn, we are still writing new business and have agreed a number of loans in the past few weeks for both new and existing clients.
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We can’t rush back to the office
The International WELL Building Institute recently announced it was forming a task force to consider ways of reducing the health burden from Covid-19 and other respiratory infections.
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How proptech can help the aged
At a time when we are all being asked to avoid contact with anyone outside our household, older people, especially the over-70s who are among those particularly vulnerable to Covid-19, are likely to be more reliant on their local communities for support.
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How will I&L tenants cope with Covid-19?
The effects of Covid-19 on industrial and logistics warehouses of more than 100,000 sq ft have been immediate and obvious.
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Rates revaluation threatens recovery
Editor: For new rating lists to start next April, at a time when large scale physical changes may still be taking place, or at least bedding-in, just doesn’t make economic sense.
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Sale-and-leaseback of limited value
Editor: Sale-and-leasebacks are sometimes a good idea, but it depends on who the retailer is . The upside is that it’s a very quick way to raise capital and retailers are meant to be operational businesses rather than property companies, so it’s quite normal to operate from a leasehold estate. ...
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View from the top: Andrew Jones, head of LondonMetric
The head of LondonMetric, which pivoted from retail to logistics several years ago, explains to Property Week why he thinks Covid-19 is merely accelerating retail’s long-term decline and logistics’ growth
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Charting a course towards the new normal
At a time when we’re all looking for light at the end of the tunnel, you need a few pointers along the way.
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Why we need to help those small business in serviced offices that are falling through the cracks of the Covid-19 Grant Scheme
When on March 24th, 2020 the Government announced its support for small businesses and introduced a Covid-19 grant scheme “to cover fixed costs”, it could have chosen several criteria for eligibility, such as size of company turnover or having less than 5 employees.
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Propertyshe perspectives: making the most of virtual relationships, the importance of finding collaborative solutions and being seen to do the right thing
Having consulted my diary I see that, incredibly, we are now a month into lockdown.
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Is self-build set to take off in the UK?
Property Week reports on a new Welsh government-backed self-build scheme that could inspire more people to take the DIY approach to home ownership
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Onshoring progress is welcome
Conversations about the economy and taxation have been difficult to avoid in recent weeks. Questions around how the UK will eventually return to normal – whatever that might now mean – after a lockdown are now absolutely critical.
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The guessing games are in full swing
As suggested here on 27 March, the level of grace under Covid-19 pressure will define reputations post-pandemic: that decency, or lack of it, will be remembered on the far side. Four weeks closer to the far side, grace and its twin virtue, decency, continue to predominate.
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Isolation will force an office rethink
During a recent interview with Bloomberg Television, Morgan Stanley chairman and chief executive James Gorman suggested that the current pandemic had prompted the global banking giant to reconsider its real estate portfolio.
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It is time to ease the lockdown
Under his Twitter title, TV star Piers Morgan posts one of his favourite sayings: “One day you’re cock of the walk, the next a feather duster.”
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Covid-19 magnifies sector trends
Property investors are currently rightly focusing on mitigating the negative impacts of coronavirus.
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Fundamentals of PRS remain strong
Editor: The recent roundtable discussion on the future of the residential property sector was all the timelier given the economic impact of Covid-19 and the increasing uncertainty now faced by a market only recently buoyed by the election and greater clarity around Brexit.
