Leader – Page 9
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NewsFrom the ESL to ESG
What a week. First, former US cop Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd, prompting an outpouring of relief over the verdict. Then, we had the outrageous, but happily short-lived, proposals for a football European Super League (ESL), spearheaded by the so-called ‘big six’ UK football ...
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NewsRetail must reinvent itself
After three months imprisoned within the same four walls, people in England were finally (partially) let loose from lockdown this week.
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NewsBubbly, bubbles and pay gaps
Plenty of people will be raising a glass of bubbly on Monday as we reach the first significant milestone on the roadmap out of lockdown. Some, however, will have bubbles of a different sort on their minds.
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NewsWaking up to a brave new world
After so many blue Mondays, how nice was it to wake up to Happy Monday on 29 March? It was the perfect spring day to emerge blinking from our WFH bunkers and resume interaction with the outside world – and what a brave new world it is.
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NewsOut of the retail ashes
We will soon find out what the new normal looks like for retail when non-essential retail – or what’s left of it – reopens on 12 April.
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InsightSpring is in the air
Spring is with us, and bringing with it a renewed sense of optimism across the real estate sectors.
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NewsThings are finally looking up
The industry may not quite be full of the joys of spring yet, but it appears finally to have left the winter of discontent behind it.
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InsightGuide to finance: sector report March 2021
The past year has shone a bright light on the world of real estate finance.
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NewsRICS CEO defends his stance
It’s the explosive interview everyone has been waiting for. No, not THAT one (all I’ll say about the Harry and Meghan interview is that as a mixed-race woman, I think it’s critically important to address race and mental health issues.)
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NewsThe ultimate fudge it Budget
It was the best of Budgets, it was the worst of Budgets – the best in terms of the eye-watering £65bn rescue package, and the worst as that said package represents a drop in the ocean of what is required to kickstart the economy.
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NewsRoadmaps and brickbats
As roadmaps go, Boris Johnson’s “cautious” plan to ease England out of lockdown is not exactly the easiest to navigate – and there seems to be at least one major road missing.
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NewsDo or die time for climate
I thought there was only supposed to be one Blue Monday a year. The 15th of February certainly gave the third Monday in January a run for its money.
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InsightIs the future for industrial and logistics still bright?
Last year was a record-breaker for the sector as the combination of a global pandemic and looming Brexit sent take-up through the roof.
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NewsReset or RIP for retail?
Everyone (including me) keeps talking about long, dark tunnels, but I am starting to think we’re actually stuck in a very deep hole – one that it may prove impossible for some parts of the market to dig themselves out of.
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NewsA taxing issue for councils
The pandemic has focused minds on a raft of ethical questions: how landlords treat their tenants ; what more the industry can do to rise to the climate crisis challenge ( launching green bonds, for example, as Atrium European Real Estate has ); and how RICS could better have handled ...
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NewsBoohoo for Debenhams
If this lockdown ever ends and we are allowed to go shopping again for fun, non-essential things (remember those?), I’m seriously starting to wonder if there will be any shops left on the high street to shop in. The signs are not good.
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NewsRICS must face the music
The genie is out of the bottle. The cat is out of the bag. Pandora’s box is open. RICS can no longer avoid its day of reckoning.
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NewsA right ruckus at RICS
Oh dear. It is never a good idea to keep sweeping stuff under the carpet when everyone suspects – or knows – there is a problem.
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