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  Propertyshe Perspectives: Guidance for office workers needed, new lease of life for Whiteleys, kick in the teeth for rural broadband, real estate’s carbon footprint, global connectivity

  2020-11-27T17:26:00+00:00By Susan Freeman

  This week we are trying to come to terms with the end of lockdown and the introduction of the new tiers set out in the Government’s Covid-19 Winter Plan. What seems to be missing is further guidance on when office workers can get back to the office.

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  PBSA will be top of asset class

  2020-11-26T00:00:00+00:00By Rob Bould

  Only a few years ago, offices and retail dominated the upper end of the UK REIT market.

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  Lessons of the Grenfell inquiry

  2020-11-26T00:00:00+00:00By Paul Finch

  The evidence given at the Grenfell Tower inquiry has become more shocking by the day, especially in relation to the behaviour of certain manufacturers.

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  Time to fight for a better world

  2020-11-26T00:00:00+00:00By Basil Demeroutis

  At the height of the Covid pandemic in the spring, wonderful images were shared of clear skies in cities like Mumbai, Shanghai and Los Angeles, as lockdowns improved air quality. They showed what is possible.

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  We need a single carbon plan

  2020-11-26T00:00:00+00:00By Liz Peace

  I am sure I am not the only person heartened by the inclusion in the prime minister’s post-Cummings ‘reset’ agenda of a renewed emphasis on green matters.

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  Taking care of our communities

  2020-11-26T00:00:00+00:00By James White

  Are offices a thing of the past?

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  Navigating market volatility with data

  2020-11-20T00:00:00+00:00By Charlie Wade

  The industrial sector is booming and technology has definitely supported the transformation of this part of the industry.

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  Propertyshe Perspectives: Silver Anniversary, making WFH work, sustainable solutions for cities, Guy Grainger’s new ESG role, Alchemists & Magicians wanted, flying cars and broadband as a human right

  2020-11-20T17:29:00+00:00By Susan Freeman

  Congratulations to Property Week on 25 years of the Annual Property Awards which we celebrated digitally this week. Some of us dressed in silver to mark this landmark anniversary as we concocted cocktails, enjoyed some musical entertainment and exchanged messages with others on our virtual table.

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  Spinning beach ball Babylon

  2020-11-19T00:00:00+00:00By Peter Bill

  On a breezy spring day in 2013, I gazed out upon a giant beach ball, tethered to the roof of a building adjacent to Old Street roundabout, north of the Square Mile.

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  The net-zero ambition loop

  2020-11-19T00:00:00+00:00By Julie Hirigoyen

  Yesterday marked the closing of the Race to Zero November Dialogues (9-19 November 2020), an online event convened in lieu of the postponed UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).

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  Key year looms for UK’s eco push

  2020-11-19T00:00:00+00:00By Thomas McMillan & Sophie Chick

  On 9 November 2020, Glasgow was due to host the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), widely recognised as the most important climate summit since the landmark Paris Agreement in 2015. Like many events in 2020, it has been pushed back, to November 2021, due to the pandemic.

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  Smart data drives green agenda

  2020-11-19T00:00:00+00:00By Tom Grogan

  Sustainability and carbon emissions are likely to become increasingly regulated over the coming years.

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