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All Legal & Professional articles – Page 13
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ProfessionalIs an online sales tax on the way?
As a business, we have been campaigning for a fairer balance in the taxation of the retail sector for many years. Every valuation cycle, Spring Budget, Autumn Statement and Queen’s Speech has been seen as an opportunity to move the dial and unilaterally reform business rates.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Kamal Pankhania, CEO of development company Westcombe Group
Kamal Pankhania, CEO of development company Westcombe Group, on how he got started in property and gives us his cultural recommendations.
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ProfessionalImpact of BNG on local planning
A mandatory 10% biodiversity net gain (BNG) will be required on most new developments from autumn 2023. But an increasing number of Local Plans already require BNG, as our research on 322 English local planning authorities (LPAs) has found.
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ProfessionalLegal professionals can be agents of change in property
Lawyers have a positive role to play in helping the property industry become more diverse and inclusive
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NewsEmployment tribunal rules in favour of Your Move dismissal
An employment tribunal has agreed that estate agency YourMove.co.uk did not unfairly dismiss a former financial consultant after he failed to disclose bankruptcy.
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ProfessionalJudgment on telephone masts clarifies the rights of landowners
Three lawyers discuss recent Supreme Court rulings in three cases involving land ownership and rents.
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ProfessionalQ&A five minutes with Rupert Dean, co-founder and chief executive of flexible workspace specialist x+why
Rupert Dean, co-founder and chief executive of flexible workspace specialist x+why, on his entry into property and his cultural recommendations
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ProfessionalTime to green up town centres
The drive to make our previously carbon-intensive town centres net zero has forced developers, local authorities and citizens to reassess their impact on the local environment.
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ProfessionalTech to cut building energy use can yield more than smaller bills
With reports showing that Britain’s inflation rate has climbed to the highest it has been in 40 years, the UK faces an increasing risk of falling into a recession. As a consequence, landlords and property managers of industrial and commercial buildings face mounting pressure to keep their properties appealing to ...
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ProfessionalBright signs in new planning bill
Our planning system in its present form is inefficient, overly complex, unpredictable and badly resourced.
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ProfessionalHabitat bankers aim to relieve the strain of biodiversity net gain
Biodiversity net gain (BNG), designed to reverse the decline of biodiversity and put back more than is lost through development, is legally mandated as part of the 2021 Environment Act.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Christopher Heath, managing director of Cube Homes
Christopher Heath, managing director of Cube Homes, discusses his experiences in the property industry and gives his cultural recommendations, including favourite book and the celebrity he would like to spend an hour with.
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ProfessionalWhy existing use is unfit for calculating mast site rents
The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill may sound like an obscure piece of legislation, but it has the potential to erode property rights, disrupt a previously functional market and slow down the rollout of 5G.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Roland Verniers, director and head of Netherlands and Germany at consultancy Hollis
Roland Verniers, director and head of Netherlands and Germany at consultancy Hollis, on how he got started in property, the historical figure he would like to meet and his number-one travel destination
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ProfessionalIndustry says levelling-up bill fails on climate and planning
Experts call for greater clarity, strengthened LA powers and emphasis on town and city centre regeneration
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ProfessionalLevel up by reforming the green belt
The government recently responded to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities select committee’s report on The Future of the Planning System in England, which requested a review “to examine the purpose of the green belt, including whether it continues to serve that purpose, how the public understand it [and] what ...
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ProfessionalFlexible design solutions will result in more resilient assets
To attract long-term occupiers, landlords must look to prioritise ambitious outcomes beyond regulations
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ProfessionalNew tech is vital in AML battle
Money laundering continues to dominate the news, and with it comes increasing panic from property firms scrambling to deal with the threat of an HMRC investigation.
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InsightThe digitalisation of the real estate market
The tech-enabled genie is out and it is not going back in its bottle – even in the complex sector of real estate financing. The gold standard for the industry is real-time processing. This is because real estate and debt fund structures are complex, and understanding real-time cash positions can ...
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InsightWhat do employers need to know about long Covid-related disability?
In Burke v Turning Point Scotland, the Employment Tribunal had to decide whether a man, who caught Covid-19 and experienced fatigue and other symptoms up until his dismissal eight and a half months later, was disabled for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010.
