Commercial valuations must reflect sustainability and ESG
RICS guidance note requires valuers to take sustainability into account when valuing commercial property.
Do developers have power to meet EV charging regulations?
Requirement for more EV charging points seen as good first step but developers may face ad.ditional costs
How changes to planning are likely to affect development
Boyer experts discuss ‘levelling up’, local plans, housing targets, land value capture and water neutrality.
A testing year for property: the top legal cases of 2021
Experts choose the most significant cases from a turbulent year of pandemic-related property litigation.
‘Social value’ is not a buzzword
The new year is a time of reflection, where people often re-evaluate how they can do things differently in the coming years. The same is true of business.
Can commercial landlord and tenant relationship be fixed?
Seminar discusses whether arbitration scheme and code of practice can remedy deteriorating situation.
How can developers make money while helping to save the planet?
By now, developers will be used to designers promoting opportunities to improve sustainability performance, and equally familiar with these proposals being rejected due to risk and cost concerns.
What does ‘nutrient neutrality’ spell for new-homes delivery?
Amid a UK housing shortage, 10,000 homes in Portsmouth and Southampton went on hold in 2020 and now, according to research by Savills, 10% of all local planning authorities (LPAs) – predominantly in the South West – have had to cut housing delivery by more than half.
Fostering a sense of community
Deals in the City of London were historically brokered in coffee shops, when market intelligence was shared through networks of people talking to each other. In an increasingly mobile world, business happens in Shoreditch House or the lobby of The Standard, as well as remotely from holiday homes and rural ...
Catering for the science market
We are witnessing a golden age for life sciences, with the sector boosted by enhanced funding, social necessity and government policy.
Putting diversity on the agenda
Property has long been considered a laggard in terms of diversity and inclusion. But it isn’t just property. Stonewall’s LGBT in Britain – Work Report found that almost 20% of LGBT people said they were discriminated against because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity while trying to get a ...
