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Tread carefully if you’re averse to change
Your recent leader column brings to mind the Mark Twain quote: “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”
Challenge to ATM ruling will hit business ratepayers
The VOA’s decision to petition the Supreme Court for the right to appeal against a court ruling blocking its proposals to introduce additional business rates on ATMs in retail stores is hugely disappointing.
We must stop scapegoating foreign housebuyers
The critical state of the UK’s housing market is widely recognised and debated by policymakers and yet policy to date has largely hindered the creation of new supply. Instead of addressing this fundamental problem, many consider the government’s actions on the issue in recent years to be scapegoating.
Traditional landlords can easily adapt to co-working
The past week has seen further evidence of the structural change in the office market, from traditional leased space to flexible and co-working alternatives.
The social housing shortfall will allow the government to back MMC
Housing crisis headlines focus overwhelmingly on rising prices keeping people off the property ladder, but seldom mention the scarcity of social housing which is leading to spiraling inequality across the country.
Hammond must rethink disastrous SDLT regime
The statistics that have emerged from the recent Budget confirm what our industry has long known: that Osborne’s stamp duty changes have been an unmitigated disaster.
Tulip could be fitting epilogue to London’s financial role
The latest new building proposed for London, to be known as The Tulip, could provide a fitting epilogue for London’s role in the financial markets.
Flexible offices need the human touch to thrive
As Liz Hamson wrote in her leader article last week, flexible office providers are expanding – and fast.
Has the delivery of new housing reached a plateau?
Last week’s new housing statistics from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government may have gone slightly unnoticed coming on the same day as Theresa May outlined her proposed Brexit agreement to ministers, triggering a sharp fall in housebuilders’ share prices.
Physical stores still have a role to play in retail
Revo’s latest report, Tomorrow’s World: Retail on the Line, and headlines such as ‘TK Maxx moves to Oxford Street’ corroborate our view that, although the nature of retailing and the use of physical space as part of a retailer’s business model are undoubtedly changing, shops are still critical to commercial ...
High street retailers can benefit from ‘bricks to clicks’
Amazon’s ‘try before you buy’ fashion service, which launched in the form of a central London pop-up shop on Baker Street last month, is further proof that this retailer is increasingly aware of what it’s missing out on by not having a physical presence on the UK’s high street.
Letwin’s right - we need to mix it up
Potentially lost alongside the Autumn Budget, which saw the chancellor announce a glut of new government spending measures with his eyes still firmly on Brexit, was the final part of Oliver Letwin’s independent review into build-out rates in Britain.
