All articles by Liz Hamson – Page 9
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Insight
Job prospects
What will the office of the future look like? In his latest research, Professor James Woodhuysen makes many predictions that developers may find instructive. Liz Hamson askes industry pundits whether they agree with his vision
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Markets
The green light
Twelve years in the planning, and GreenPark is finally taking shape. Liz Hamson reports on how the Pru plans to secure the next stage of pre-lets so that it can really begin to take on Stockley Park
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Insight
Small talk
Property Week has carried out Britain s biggest-ever study of small surveying firms. We spoke exclusively to 6,000 small firms to discover their views on business practices, the state of the market and their hopes for the future.
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Too unlimited?
Everyone s talking about securitisation but the hurdles look as large as ever, despite the emergence of limited liability partnership as one potential vehicle.
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High street reservations
EasyEverything and lastminute.com are changing the way we buy holidays. Liz Hamson asks how much longer traditional travel agents can survive on our high streets.
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Predict and survive
The RICS is staking millions of pounds and its credibility on an innovative research foundation which it hopes will drag the surveying profession into the 21st century.
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Professional
Rights of passage
In the first of a series of round table discussions on legal and professional issues affecting the industry, Property Week invited seven leading professionals to debate the implications of the Disability Discrimination Act.
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Insight
On the precipice
This report finds out how the awful truth about the recession dawned on leading industry figures
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Insight
Room at the top
The UK hotel market is rapidly approaching the top of its investment cycle, yet there are few signs of investor interest slowing
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News
ISVA and RICS to merge after 10-year debate
The Members of the ISVA made history this week when they voted by a landslide majority to merge with the RICS . The property industry s Jonah took just half an hour to elect by a 95% majority to be swallowed by the industry s whale. On 1 January, ...
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News
Radisson pumps new life into Liverpool
Liverpool is to get its first upmarket international hotel. Radisson SAS s decision to locate in Liverpool has finally given the city the ammunition it needs to fight Manchester for the status of premier city in the north-west. In the same week, MEPC announced a ...
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Brown overrules DETR on business clusters
The rift between the DETR and the DTI over planning policy deepened this week after the Chancellor backed the DTI s push for business clusters in his pre-Budget speech. The DTI appeared to have won a victory over the DETR which opposes clustered development around specialist ...
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Tax to wipe £25bn off values
The property market faces its second-most severe downturn since 1978, and all because of Stamp Duty
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Stamp Duty hike could ‘devastate’ industry
The government was warned this week that further Stamp Duty increases could wipe billions off property values potentially devastating the industry. A high-level delegation from the RICS and the British Property Federation met DETR ministers Nick Raynsford and Beverley Hughes on Wednesday to discuss the ...
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North to get new ‘Stockley Park’
A £200m plan to create a Stockley Park of the north next to Manchester Airport has fallen into place following the removal of one of the scheme s final obstacles. Green Property and Arlington Securities are considering joining forces with Manchester City Council to create ...
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HQ pulls £310m float in new serviced offices blow
Two weeks after Regus' shock decision, US group shelves plans to go public.
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Walton under fire over Liverpool site plans
A Liverpool MP has called for an urgent government investigation into the Walton Group, the controversial developer embroiled in three disputes over major city centre sites. Louise Ellman, MP for Liverpool Riverside, has asked deputy prime minister John Prescott to look into a £4.4m DoE grant awarded to the ...
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27% RICS fees hike slammed
Grassroots members of the RICS have responded with scepticism to radical proposals for restructuring the institution announced at this week's general council meeting. There was strong criticism of a proposed 27% hike in subscription fees over the next two years, which would see a fellow's annual fees rise ...
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Rumford injects £50m Capital into Liverpool
Liverpool is set to have its first speculative office development for 30 years, after plans for a twin tower scheme were revealed this week. Landowner Rumford Investments has secured detailed planning consent for the 14-storey towers at Capital Exchange, Rumford Place, in the heart of the central business district. ...
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Hotel disposal fees spark price war fears
Fees on two recent hotel instructions have plunged below the usual minimum of 1%, leading to fears among agents of increasingly fierce competition. Robert Barry recently taken over by Conrad Ritblat is believed to have negotiated a 0.6% fee for the disposal of Regal ...
