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InsightRise of the industrial sale-and-leaseback
Access to working capital is critical for companies in the current market environment.
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LGIM’s Holland on the outlook for industrial
Despite the challenges posed by Covid-19, Jonathan Holland and his team at LGIM Real Assets’ Industrial Property Investment Fund continue to deliver consistently high returns. Property Week catches up with him to find out how.
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Let housebuilders fuel the recovery
While trading in the housing market is brisk thanks to the stamp duty holiday and extension of Help to Buy, the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic may not yet be fully behind us.
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Five minutes with Richard Sullivan
Savills’ UK head of industrial logistics discusses his likes – and dislikes – about the industry.
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Factoids and housing crisis fixes
Rodding the planning drains may improve the flow of applications. But Boris Johnson’s claim that reforms contained in ‘Planning for the Future’ will increase the volume of new homes is humbug.
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Covid insurance ruling may save jobs
Editor: The High Court ruling that some insurers should have paid out for losses caused by lockdown is a major victory to policyholders and the thousands of businesses that had trading interrupted by Covid-19.
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Office is at the heart of city success
At Knight Frank we are looking forward to welcoming the autumn intake of graduates to our offices around the UK.
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Data centres in demand
The pandemic has brought a sudden shift in lifestyles and working patterns, creating a surge in demand for data centres, which support a diverse mix of critical activities, including London’s high-tech and services sectors as well as ecommerce, Internet of Things, remote working and home streaming services.
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The big shed shift from box to cube
It is not just the average footprint of a warehouse that continues to grow. The height has shot up too.
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Charging up UK battery plants
The electric vehicle industry is growing and the race is on across Europe to host battery-producing gigafactories. How can the UK benefit from this multi-billion-pound new market?
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Universities are back on course
As Covid-19 measures create uncertainty for universities and their students, Helen Crane looks at what this means for the £50bn purpose-built student accommodation sector
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New Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) to provide UK with a shot in the arm
The Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre is nearing structural completion, bringing the UK one step closer to Covid-19 vaccine manufacture.
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Offices retain investment appeal
The Covid-19 pandemic abruptly halted the real estate sector. The immediate effect on the office sector was extreme, with most companies switching to remote working, and as we navigate our way through the new normal the purpose of the office has become a hot topic of discussion.
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Dawn of a new ice age
Cold chain storage is on the rise in the UK, but what factors have been driving the surge in demand?
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A tight timescale for affordable homes
Editor: The government’s commitment of £12bn to help deliver 180,000 new affordable homes over the next five years is welcome and significant – as is the pledge that 50% of these new homes will be affordable rental product (‘Jenrick releases details of £12bn affordable housing programme’)
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Square Mile will always adapt
London has constantly adapted to major challenges throughout its history, from the Great Fire to the Blitz and more recently the Big Bang financial reforms that helped to transform the City.
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View from the top: Brian Bickell, chief executive of Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury’s chief executive tells Property Week how the West End landlord is trying to take the long view on recovery and why it does not want to be a ‘fair-weather friend’ to its struggling F B tenants.
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Will the housing recovery last?
You know the housing market’s on the up when queues form outside posh paint purveyor Farrow Ball.
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Want to be inclusive? Start here
Do you know that embedding diverse and inclusive practice is good for business?
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Investment can be force for good
September always brings a sense of going back to work and starting a new year with the lessons of the old.
