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ProfessionalIndustry experts question the extension of the evictions ban
Questions remain over success of the moratorium and what will happen to tenants when it is eventually lifted.
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Professional
What will the reform of property management regulation involve?
The residential sector is undergoing potentially its most significant period of reform for a generation. While managing agents are often overlooked in the debate, bold but balanced regulation of property management is essential to improve consumer confidence.
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Professional
The future of working is flexible
We were already heading towards the adoption of flexible working practices for businesses and more flexible rent and leasing arrangements across the retail and office sectors. However, the Covid-19 crisis has accelerated the rate of this change.
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Professional
What are the tax incentives to encourage a return to offices?
The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted a shift in working practices, with many people working partly or fully from home. As fears grow for the small businesses in cities that rely on office workers for survival, it is no surprise that the government is encouraging workers to return to the office. ...
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Professional
Plumbing system testers must keep up to date with training
Commercial building owners need to ensure testers are approved to carry out latest water safety checks.
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Professional
Government outlines changes to the English planning system
A recent white paper proposes a ‘radical reform’, but experts cast doubt on the feasibility of the plans.
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Professional
The importance of workplace technology
Organisations have a dilemma on their hands. Workplaces are close to empty and there is too much costly unused office space going to waste.
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Professional
Housing security is a mental health issue
High rental costs and precarious finances jeopardise young people’s wellbeing.
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Professional
Corporates can make working from home work for them
Putting checks and balances in place, investing in technology and prioritising communication are all vital.
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News
Over 30 universities join property careers initiative
An agency which aims to link students with the property sector has launched, joining up with over 40 higher education institutions.
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Professional
Proposed algorithm results in higher housing need figures
Government ups the pressure on local authorities and sets challenging targets for the delivery of new homes.
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News
Campaign group launches judicial review challenge over changes to planning system
A judicial review challenge has been filed against government changes to the planning system that came into effect on 1 September.
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News
Point of privilege
Privilege, and the barriers to entry in real estate it creates, is something that has been on my mind. We have been hearing about ‘white privilege’ following the increased momentum of the global Black Lives Matter movement and this has led me to consider my own privilege in a wider ...
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Professional
Do we have the right skills to make the planning reforms a success?
Last month, the government released its long-awaited ‘Planning for the future’ white paper. Intended to streamline the planning process and ‘get Britain building’, the reforms had been eagerly anticipated across the property sector.
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Professional
Resi developments can improve sustainability and inequality
A council-owned developer’s Croydon housing design competition has been won by Jas Bhalla Architects’ ‘Parade Living’.
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Professional
What can employees do about ageist comments at work?
“Since I turned 60, one of my colleagues has referred to me as ‘grandad’ and has made other comments about my age to suggest I’m not up to the job. It’s really starting to undermine my confidence and I’m worried about losing my job. What can I do about it?” ...
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Professional
Will more companies adopt ethnicity pay gap reporting?
EPG reporting is voluntary but there are calls for firms to publish salary data to measure pay discrepancy
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Online
Don’t let rights of light cast a shadow over your development
Just after UK-wide lockdown in March 2020, the High Court issued an important decision for developers in respect of rights of light.
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Online
Planning reforms welcome but disappointing for BTR sector
The Planning for the Future white paper is an ambitious attempt by the government to revolutionise the planning system.
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Professional
A new generation of industry starters rise to the challenge
While early-career prospects have been dented by Covid-19, recent graduates are adapting to the new normal.
