Lem Bingley
Lem is editor of Property Week.
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NewsChargePoint powers up EV opportunities for property
Supporting the shift to electric vehicles can be a challenge for owners and occupiers alike, but there is a way ahead. ChargePoint’s André ten Bloemendal steers Property Week around the obstacles.
NewsPay gaps: pay attention
Gender pay gap figures provoke no end of disgruntlement when published each year.
NewsSecond-guessing second staircases
This week, we take a closer look at the implications of new second-staircase rules for high-rise residential developments.
NewsObject lessons in retrofitting
My regular commute to work includes a quarter-mile walk between rail and tube, along Newgate Street in the City of London near St Paul’s.
NewsOffset funding failure
Few in business will be entirely shocked to learn that a levy imposed by government has been collected with little idea of how to spend it.
NewsMipim and the human factor
One of the joys of visiting Mipim is not knowing quite who you’ll meet or what you might hear while you’re there.
NewsWhat goes down…
Anyone feeling bleak about today’s depressed property values should take heart from this week’s cover star: Roger Madelin of British Land.
InsightBig interview with British Land’s Roger Madelin
Roger Madelin, joint head of British Land’s Canada Water scheme, tells Property Week why the brownfield regeneration project has the potential to surpass north London’s King’s Cross.
NewsRetrospective clarity on retrofit
As we all know, Marks & Spencer’s flagship Marble Arch store is at the centre of a long-running planning dispute, but it also happens to be slap bang in the middle of the City of Westminster.
NewsWho inspects the inspectors?
As we warned last week, a “massive slowdown” in the residential sector is looming as the deadline for building control surveyors to register with the Building Safety Regulator draws closer.
NewsHotel, office, home: It’s all in the mix
Over the past few years Property Week has frequently cited the trend of ‘hotelification’ in prime office development.
NewsCan AI cut it in property?
This week we examine how artificial intelligence (AI) might help, hinder or transform the property sector.
NewsGove finally provides a soothing South Bank surprise
The long-awaited and much-delayed decision on the future of London’s South Bank will have triggered gasps of relief as much as surprise, given how many must surely have been holding their breath for the outcome.
NewsDucking the deadly blows when contractors crash
Given all the challenges and setbacks a developer must survive before the first shovel goes into the ground on a new project, it must feel like a particularly brutal punch in the face when a contractor suddenly collapses before completing the work.
NewsWhy Gove’s proposed ground rent plan is nuts
The phrase ‘sledgehammer to crack a nut’ doesn’t quite measure up when it comes to the overblown solutions that housing secretary Michael Gove is weighing up to fix problems with residential ground rent.
NewsThe Supreme Court’s carbon conundrum
The notion that a single courtroom verdict might throw the entire planning system into chaos does provoke a cynical question: how would we tell?
NewsThere’s no profit in standing still
As you may have noticed, during the holiday break we’ve had the decorators in to update our print magazine’s look and feel. I hope you like the result, which is part of Property Week’s never-ending effort to improve the service we provide.
News2023 in review: words from the wise
It’s that time of year when thoughts turn to the months gone by. Rather than attempt to come up with my own sage observations, I have instead purloined the thoughts of the industry’s finest, all of whom were interviewed by Property Week over the past year.
InsightA year in review: Net zero
The government’s U-turn on a number of policies to tackle climate change was a major blow to property industry efforts to decarbonise the built environment.
NewsCOP28: time to pick up the pace
This week’s COP28 summit provided a suitable point at which to assess the UK’s progress in decarbonising its built environment, with reports from RICS and UKGBC, among others, providing clear lines in the sand for the industry.
