High stakes for sheds and beds
They say necessity is the mother of invention – and boy, is the shortage of land in and around London forcing people to be inventive.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
With Brexit putting the brakes on the market and retail seemingly in freefall, you’d think that there couldn’t be a worse time to launch a new venture. And yet now, like London buses, three come along at once.
Time to ditch the optimism?
Property is famously full of relentless optimists. Having written about the sector for years, it has even rubbed off on me.
Brave bets on retail may pay off
Rob Tincknell’s next move has been eagerly anticipated since he unexpectedly stepped down as chief executive of Battersea Power Station Development Company last spring after a decade in the job.
Life after the death of May’s deal
This Tuesday, all I wanted to do was stick my fingers in my ears, close my eyes and sing tra-la-la as the Brexit vote pantomime played out complete with gasps from the audience as the extent of the defeat for Theresa May’s deal became apparent. Unfortunately, there is no hiding ...
A new look for a new year
Cometh the hour, cometh the magazine. If you are feeling a degree of trepidation about the year ahead, console yourself with the knowledge that in this swirling vortex of uncertainty that you find yourselves, there is one certainty: Property Week will be here to help you navigate your way through.
The industry’s darkest – and finest – hours of 2018
So here we are, at the end of 2018, bloody but still unbowed…
A radical rethink of the high street is needed
There are some turds you cannot polish, however skilled you are in that department. The Brexit deal is one of them. Others, however, can be buffed to a high shine and in some instances, on closer inspection, are revealed not to be turds at all – but merely in deep ...
Is pre-Brexit stockpiling distorting the market?
The blows just keep coming.
Business – but not as usual – as Brexit crisis deepens
Addressing the CBI Conference on Monday was one of Theresa May’s easier tasks of late. The prime minister got a warm reception from business leaders, who prefer her Brexit deal to the alternative. As the CBI’s director-general Carolyn Fairbairn said: “It isn’t perfect but it takes the cliff edge ...
PW Perspectives: wide ranging themes will shape industry
As 2018 draws to a close and the industry prepares to take a well-deserved break over the Christmas holidays, many will be taking the time to reflect on the past 12 months and look ahead to 2019.
Why flexible is becoming everyone’s friend
As Property Week went to press on Wednesday, the cabinet had just approved the draft Brexit deal. Will this bring greater clarity? Maybe. Maybe not.
Industrial and logistics: investors and occupiers continue to pile in
At a time when the UK’s industrial and logistics market is typified by high demand and lack of supply, it’s little wonder that rents are sky high.
It’s not all bad news for the high street
More retail doom and gloom made the headlines this week. The latest depressing addition to the relentless flow of bad news was that struggling fashion retailer New Look plans to close up to 100 stores. The company’s executive chairman Alistair McGeorge couldn’t have been more downbeat in his assessment of ...
Retail Supplement: riding out the retail storm
The retail market is a long way from finding a balance in which bricks-and-mortar retail thrives alongside ecommerce.
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