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British Land loses spot on FTSE 100
British Land has lost its spot on the FTSE 100 Index after 21 years, following an announcement from FTSE Russell, the global index provider, which confirmed that IMI will now be joining as a result.
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Industry cheers Hunt’s life sciences ‘war chest’
Experts say £650m government package will help companies in the sector grow
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West Midlands Investment Prospectus 2023 sets out £20bn of opportunities
Potential investors and developers have been presented with £20bn of housing, commercial, regeneration and infrastructure opportunities in the 2023 West Midlands Investment Prospectus.
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Savills’ Richard Rees on why delivering energy infrastructure is increasingly important
A strong national infrastructure system has many facets, from providing comprehensive education, social care and healthcare to keep people happy and healthy through to delivering roads, water and energy to support the functioning of society and economic growth.
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UKREiiF: Thames Estuary launches bid for £18bn of regional investment
The government’s Thames Estuary Growth Board has launched an online platform to drive private investment in 24 projects worth over £18bn to benefit the whole South East region.
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UKREiiF: Urgent clarity needed for thresholds, timescales and monitoring to reach net zero
Experts have agreed that urgent clarity is needed on when minimum standards are going to come into force for environmental legislation as the net zero target edges nearer.
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Prestbury Investments’ Nick Leslau on the real estate battlefield
In the last 12 months, the already challenged real estate world has morphed, yet again, into a new battlefield of conflicting pressures, which have resulted in some of the fastest valuation write-downs in my near-four decades operating in the UK market. Is there a simple explanation?
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Office investment slump continues despite pricing correction
London is leading a decline in European office pricing but continues to appeal to international investors despite gloomy Q1 investment figures across the board, according to data from MSCI Real Assets.
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British Land ‘open’ to disposing of its shopping centre portfolio
Chief finance officer says the group is focused on a surging retail park market ahead of ‘non-core’ centres.
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Labour planning major property-related reforms as election blueprint leaked
A leaked draft list of Labour’s key polices puts housing, private sector investment and planning high on the agenda as the party prepares to fight the Conservatives in the next general election.
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Aviva Investors’ Ben Sanderson on why polarisation in real estate is only going to increase
‘A rising tide lifts all boats’ commonly described recoveries in real estate in the 1990s and 2010s, when most sectors experienced sharply rising capital values.
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Patron Capital’s Keith Breslauer on spotting the big opportunities
It can be hard to look at a situation clearly when you are living through it. How do you know which band is heading for the rock-and-roll hall of fame and which will be a one-hit wonder whose fate is to be the answer in a pub quiz?
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Cala buys timber frame firm Taylor Lane in sustainability drive
Housebuilder Cala Group has acquired timber frame construction specialist Taylor Lane Timber Frame for an undisclosed amount.
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Dyson to invest £100m in Bristol tech centre
British technology and engineering company Dyson is believed to be planning to invest around £100m in a research and technology facility in Bristol.
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Government launch of new fund vehicle proposals to boost real estate investment
Plans for a new type of investment fund unveiled in a government consultation last week could unlock “hundreds of millions” for UK real estate, according to property finance experts.
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‘Golden Triangle’ life sciences Q1 property investment hits £500m record, says Knight Frank
Life sciences real estate investment within the ‘Golden Triangle’, the area spanning London, Oxford and Cambridge, reached £496m in the first quarter of 2023, according to Knight Frank.
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JLL and property investors quit CBI over sexual misconduct claims
A number of property groups and investors have quit the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) after more than a dozen allegations of sexual misconduct from women who worked for the body.
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Expansion spurs leap in profits for Property Franchise Group
Multi-brand estate agency records 38% hike in 2022 profits following its purchase of Hunters in 2021
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Confidence rebounds for UK CFOs, but firms still in ‘defensive mode’
Optimism has swept through the finance leaders of the UK’s largest firms with confidence in the UK economy rising sharply since the start of the year, but appetite for risk is still lagging behind, according to Deloitte.
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M&G Real Estate hires Robin Hubbard to lead investor relations
M&G Real Estate, the property arm of investment giant M&G, has appointed Robin Hubbard as global head of real estate investor relations and investment specialists.