All Legal articles – Page 19
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ProfessionalScotland Yard verdict demonstrates Khan’s tough stance on affordable housing provision
London mayor Sadiq Khan has laid down a marker on affordable housing and viability assessments in the capital by rejecting an amended proposal for the former New Scotland Yard building.
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ProfessionalNew body hopes to ease pressure on local authority planning departments
Public Practice wants to help councils cut costs, avoid planning delays and improve relations with the private sector.
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InsightCould new digital tool ease burden of planning system?
When a development is postponed or abandoned, the complexity of the planning system is often blamed.
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ProfessionalLendlease determined to improve after reporting 19% gender pay gap
Earlier this month, Lendlease became the first construction and property company to publish its figures under the government’s gender pay gap reporting scheme.
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OnlineInflation rise could further 'burn' the High Street
New inflation figures of 3.9 % are creating yet another punitive business rate hit on UK businesses, potentially adding over £1bn to the troubling rates bill which Jerry Schruder highlighted in last week’s issue .
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ProfessionalLandsec employee recognised for helping disadvantaged people into meaningful work
Debbie Akehurst talks to Property Week about the work behind her Outstanding Achievement Award at the inaugural Social Mobility Awards.
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ProfessionalCouncils and developers team up to boost housing supply
A new report on how to boost housing supply launched this week, but this was not another dry tome full of recommendations for long-term policy changes that will in all likelihood never happen.
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ProfessionalQ&A: The thoughts of one young woman as she sets out on a journey into property
At the end of last month, senior figures from across the industry gathered at the upmarket Claridge’s hotel in London for the 2017 Women in Property (WiP) National Student Awards, sponsored by Bouygues UK, Cushman Wakefield and Linden Homes.
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InformationNearly half of UK staff say their offices are not up to scratch
Almost half of British employees think their offices are “not fit for purpose”, according to a new report.
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InsightDiversity and inclusion must be the driving forces of the property industry
My near three-week summer holiday to Canada this year represented the longest period I have been out of the UK since moving here in 2008 - and I must admit I did not miss reading and talking about Brexit every minute of every day.
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ProfessionalLandsec studies lighting, air quality and even taps in pursuit of WELL certification
To meet the exacting standards of the healthy building certification, Landsec had to plan its new HQ very carefully.
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ProfessionalRebuilding for the future – why smart renovation is key in fighting climate change
As World Green Building Week 2017 comes to a close, we sound galvanize our resolve to limit global warming as National Geoscience suggest the goals set out in the Paris climate agreement are actually achievable.
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ProfessionalHappy, healthy and hard-working: new programme helps retailers boost wellbeing
Last week, the UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) launched the second iteration of its Wellbeing Lab programme.
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ProfessionalNow that tribunal fees are unlawful, it's time to evaluate risk
The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed Unison’s appeal against the legality of the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal fee system, marking an end to the trade union’s four-year fight.
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ProfessionalLiving and working spaces reintegrated
For a century or more, residential and commercial projects have been treated as separate worlds. But over the next 20 years urban development will increasingly focus on new kinds of integrated schemes involving a sophisticated blend of both elements.
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ProfessionalCBRE celebrates diversity in the workplace with busy week of events
CBRE concluded its second annual Diversity Week today. Building on positive staff feedback from the inaugural event, the week has seen interactive workshops, keynote speeches and networking events held in CBRE’s London West End and City offices as well as across the UK.
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ProfessionalOpen sesame: London’s hidden gems
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Open House London, the annual mass participation event set up by Victoria Thornton, in which hundreds of usually private spaces open their doors to the public for a weekend.
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InsightIt will take more than the rise in fees to clear the planning back log
With applications increasingly trapped in the system and with the delivery of development projects stalling as a result, does the government’s proposed 20% increase in planning application fees really go far enough?
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ProfessionalHere comes the sun – Landsec goes solar at White Rose Shopping Centre in Leeds
Earlier this month, Landsec unveiled the installation of the biggest solar photovoltaic (PV) system at a retail site in the UK.
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ProfessionalProperty should learn from BBC pay gap debacle
It is hardly surprising that the recent publication of salaries paid to BBC employees prompted such outrage.
