Insight and comment
COP out on climate and Covid
Great. Just when we thought the doom-mongers might be wrong. This week, clouds started to gather once more on two potentially very stormy weather fronts: the climate and Covid.
It’s business as usual in Germany
In a Financial Times opinion piece earlier this month headlined ‘Why Germany is the West’s sanest country’, columnist Gideon Rachman wrote: “The recent German election and its aftermath underline the point; it was a close contest, but the losers accepted the results gracefully. No one tried to claim that the ...
Make fuel poverty a thing of the past
We’ve had an abundance of fuel for so many decades. Suddenly there are energy problems that have affected the whole of the UK in recent weeks. We have frantically had to queue for petrol for our cars, and numerous energy companies have gone bust due to soaring wholesale prices.
Time to fight carbon with carbon
Are you, like me and most Brits, trying to do your bit to save the planet, but totally hacked off by the nihilistic tactics of Insulate Britain? Can I suggest a way to stop the lunatics from gluing themselves to the M25: next time they pounce, turn the heating up ...
Celebrating 10 years of diversity
It’s amazing that it only became illegal to discriminate against people identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual in the workplace in 2003. The property industry’s own landmark moment came in 2011, when Freehold was launched as a networking forum for UK real estate LGBTQI+ professionals.
Legal and professional advice
Property companies can take steps to counter inequality
Women in Property webinar outlines scale of racial inequity in property and how the issue can be addressed.
Q&A: Five minutes with Martin Roberts, principal and co-founder of Addington Capital
Martin Roberts, principal and co-founder of Addington Capital, on how he got started in property, his favourite film and radio show, his number-one travel destination and the superpower he wishes he had.
Trocadero case a blow for tenants
The High Court recently handed down another decision upholding a landlord’s claim for rent arrears accrued during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Reimagined office lobbies can serve as shared cultural hubs
Post-pandemic, the workplace lobby can be redesigned to become the beating heart of an office building.
How can offices lure staff back?
A recent BBC survey neatly highlighted the situation we find ourselves in as more workers start to return to the office.
Bidding war for top agency talent escalates
The “bidding war” for top talent in the agency world is escalating as recruitment activity hits the highest levels since 2005, Property Week can reveal.
UK industrial sector on track for a record year of investment
The UK industrial and logistics sector is on track to post its strongest-ever year of investment activity, according to exclusive real estate investment data from JLL.
Land Registry services take hit due to Covid
HM Land Registry has seen a huge slowdown in the speed of its service as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic – adversely impacting property transactions.
RICS refuses to investigate furloughing of staff
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has refused a request by former and current RICS employees to launch an investigation into the furloughing of its staff.
Bellway marks post-lockdown recovery with 71% leap in annual profit
Housebuilder Bellway produced a 71% leap in profit in the year to the end of July, batting away the impact of lingering Covid-19 restrictions.
Analysis
HM Land Registry ‘registration gap’ widened in the pandemic
Huge increase in time taken to register new and updated ownership is causing big problems for real estate deals.
Local plans in jeopardy after Boris’s ‘green fields’ comments
Other councils may follow Welwyn Hatfield in pausing local plans after PM questions greenfield resi schemes.
Drive-thrus, gyms and cinemas lead recovery in leisure sector
Investment volumes are expected to recover as post-lockdown demand bounces back following brutal 2020.
Q&A: Silbury partner Gavin Eustace on resi and retirement
Gavin Eustace explains why he set up the business and what he plans to do next.
Gove hints at housing policy shift from South East to north
New housing secretary suggests in party conference speech that it will build more in north and less in south.
The key takeaways from Property Week’s hybrid WorkSpace Conference
Q&A: Moda’s James Edwards discusses the move into co-living
Q&A: Crest Nicholson’s COO discusses material delays in housebuilding sector
Evergrande liquidity crisis sparks fears of global consequences
The Collective’s collapse sets off alarm bells over co-living
