All articles by Liz Hamson – Page 6
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News
Foot-and-mouth job toll on rural surveyors
One in five announce redundancies as RICS survey reveals extent of damage to business
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Insight
Borrowed time
In an exclusive preview of a major report on UK property lending, we find that the war for the big lots is putting a strain on the market
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Insight
Will online mean on time?
Imagine a world where you can get information on a planning application at the touch of a button, keep tabs on the progress of your application, and even pay for it electronically. Sounds too good to be true?
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Insight
Rules of engagement
Defence Estates wants to slash the number of consultants it employs by putting together an A-team. But will it end up with a C-team?
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Insight
Death in the country
Rural surveying firms are being forced to lay off staff. The tourism and leisure industries have been devastated.
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Limited additions
The little-known Partnership Incorporations Ltd, set up three years ago, has built up £2bn worth of business because 'surveyors can't add up'.Property Week takes a behind-the-scenes look at the secretive company
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Markets
Dumbing-down design
CABE is on the warpath against developers who promise big-name architects in order to win planning consent from star-struck officials. We report on the steps being taken to stamp out this bad habit
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Markets
Planning powers in the balance
The House of Lords' ruling on the Human Rights Act in the Alconbury case could restrict the secretary of state's powers to call in schemes.
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Insight
Risky business
Would property's best known bankrupt, Willie Stern, find it even easier to bounce back under new laws currently being considered by the government?
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Markets
Centres of conflict
Many shopping centres' rent reviews have recently demanded massive increases in some cases up to 140%. Tenants feel the rises are grossly unfair. Landlords say it is the retailers who drove rents sky high and this is just 'redressing the balance'. Both sides are ready with their fists ...
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Insight
Property's political agenda
The RICS has jumped off the fence and into the ring with its manifesto for the 2001 general election.
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Professional
Trading places
What is it really like to up sticks and work in a sister office abroad? Two surveyors did just this and discovered the ups – and downs – of French and English approaches to the job.
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Insight
Numéro Uni
From stymied family business to formidable property player, it looks as though this French company's ship has finally come in. We speak to Léon Bressler the man behind Unibail's makeover to find out where it's headed next
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Insight
Howard's way
In his first press interview for over a decade, developer Howard Ronson tells Property Week why Paris beats London hands down as an office location, and reveals an outlook far removed from the 'old boy' developer image often associated with him
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Professional
Labour's law man
The name of minister David Lock has been appearing more and more in the papers. Liz Hamson meets the man who is putting property law issues in the news
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Professional
Keeping the love alive
The 175-year-old association between Cadogan Estates and law firm Pemberton Greenish is proof that monogamy has its benefits. We find out what keeps them together
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News
Retail's risk-taker
Selfridges' saviour, Vittorio Radice, tells Property Week he will use the BPF conference to urge new attitudes on landlords
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Professional
On the record
A new scheme that encourages landowners to keep a logbook of the condition of their land could make all the difference to buyers and sellers of brownfield sites.
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Professional
In a rights state
Employers will have to foot the bill for the government's new employee rights package. But will the property industry cough up?
