All articles by Liz Hamson – Page 5
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A joint venture
How Britain's first cannabis café opened for business and closed 10 minutes later.
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Access denied
A survey reveals small businesses continue to ignore the implications of the Disability Discrimination Act. We take an exclusive look at the startling evidence of apathy
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News
Boots hits the beauty spot
Pure Beauty, laser eye services, gyms and shedding millions of pounds worth of property are on Boots the Chemist's prescription for health in the high street.
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What goes up should also be allowed to come down
Pressure is mounting on the government to replace upward-only rent reviews with a system that would provide small-business tenants with greater freedom and flexibility
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Markets
A corporate cure-all?
Is outsourcing the remedy it is portrayed to be? Or are there headaches to what some see as a 'get rich quick' approach? We examine the possible side effects for the companies who are thinking about outsourcing
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Markets
Back with a vengeance
The original Argos website was a textbook example of how not to do e-tailing, but now the store's revamped site is doing spectacular business. We talk to one of the company's key e-tail players about what went right
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The Wembley puzzle
Four bidders are in the race to redevelop Wembley Arena and surrounding land. But who are they and, more importantly, what exactly are they bidding for?
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Four left in Wembley Arena site battle
Anschutz, Clear Channel, MWB and Cap & Reg fight for Arena and 51 acres
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Designs on your building
Do developers need architects? The government, with its design-oriented planning agenda, seems to think so. Jon Rouse, chief executive of CABE asked the architects of some of the UK's most important developments whether their developer clients can survive without them.
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The big squeeze
But have have the big ambitions of the mid-sized firms got them into a tight spot?
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Markets
Dome truths
After the failed bids by Nomura and Legacy, the Millennium Dome is still without an owner.We report on English Partnerships' plans for the new bidding process, and how the Dome could drive regeneration of the peninsula
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News
Walicknowski attacks UK culture of caution
LandSecs' director lays into Britain's poor record on major projects
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Markets
Urban miss
Eight months after the government's Urban White Paper, regeneration projects throughout the UK are getting held up in the planning quagmire.
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Awaiting trial
The secretary of state has held on to his planning powers but the Human Rights Act could still halt developments on major sites such as Heathrow Terminal 5 (pictured). In the first part of our five-page planning special, we look at how developers are arming themselves
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Markets
Testing times
Property information websites were quick to take off in the e-revolution, but how are they standing up now the climate has changed?
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News
You scratch my back... says Ken
London mayor Livingstone pledges support for towers in return for good design and planning gain
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Towering ambition
In his first interview with the property press, London mayor Ken Livingstone tells Property Week what is on his agenda for the capital
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Country counsel
The foot-and-mouth crisis has thrust the rural surveyor about to take the presidency of the RICS into the spotlight earlier than expected.
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New Grosvenor
Jeremy Newsum has turned Grosvenor into one of the industry's most powerful players. How has the mild-mannered Newsum made such a go-getting transformation?
