All articles by Liz Hamson – Page 15
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InsightInterview: Sheila King talks luxury, premium and travel retail
After 18 years with Hammerson, leasing director Sheila King decided to strike out on her own in April last year.
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InsightInterview: John Slade
BNP Paribas Real Estate UK chief executive on his drive to transform the firm into a top-five UK agency.
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InsightCycles, sex and black swans
There’s nothing like a casual reference to sex to add a certain frisson to a debate.
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InsightIs dirty money even dirtier than we thought?
When David Cameron announced his crackdown on “dirty money” in the UK property industry back in July, I cast doubt on some of the top-line figures being bandied about.
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InsightMore office-to-resi permitted... but at what cost?
After all the delays to the widely trailed extension of permitted development rights (PDR), the industry breathed a sigh of relief this week as the government confirmed plans in its Housing and Planning Bill to make them permanent - and threw an unexpected bone to developers and housebuilders.
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InsightCelebrating property’s bright young things
Ever since the nominations started coming in for Forty Under 40 , we knew it was going to be a fantastic list - and it is, as our coverage attests.
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InsightThe (half a) billion pound question: are we at the top of the market?
Brace yourselves, folks, for the autumn rush of portfolios coming to market.
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InsightInterview: David and Allan Lockhart of NewRiver Retail
Last week, NewRiver Retail hit the magic £1bn milestone in terms of assets under management. David and Allan Lockhart talk about its ambitious plans to double in size by 2020.
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InsightRESI 2015 was a rousing affair
The great and the good of the residential world gathered at Celtic Manor in south Wales this week for what was a real corker of a RESI Conference.
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MarketsAlan Yau: a true food visionary
People are taking their seats in excited anticipation. The beer is flowing and a waiter wafts past with a plate of delicious-smelling food.
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InsightTime to loosen the green belt a notch or two
Seems I’m not the only one fed up with the whole ‘don’t build on the green belt because you’ll destroy our lovely countryside’ spiel.
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InsightDon’t make China more of a crisis than it is
Good news, people. The end of the world as we know it was announced on Monday… and while we may not feel fine, we are still here.
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InsightWhat impact Corbyn on London mayoral race?
It’s silly season and Corbynmania has taken hold but the impact that the Labour leadership race could have on the London mayoral election has been overlooked.
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InsightInterview: Raymond Bloomfield on his UK comeback
He introduced German investors to the UK and was one of the first to spot Russia’s potential.
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InsightWill fixed level end faff over affordable housing?
Could the end finally be in sight for the ridiculously protracted process by which the level of affordable housing in major London developments is decided?
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InsightDirty money... and dirtier logic
So David Cameron wants to crack down on “dirty money” in the UK property industry, does he? Good luck with that one.
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InsightSchool’s out for summer...
It’s that time of the year again. The sun is shining (sort of), school’s out and the property industry is putting its collective ‘out of office’ on and readying itself for a bit of R R - and a sharp tail-off in deal activity.
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NewsTop C&W salaries to be slashed in parity move
Some of Cushman Wakefield’s top-ranking staff are set to have their salaries slashed by as much as 10% to bring them into line with equivalent-level employees at the firm’s new owner DTZ.
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InsightHow was the Budget for you?
The move was arguably long overdue given you can already shop when you like online.
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InsightInterview: Grosvenor's Britain & Ireland chief executive Peter Vernon
Grosvenor has taken full advantage of the recovery with its imaginative approach to placemaking.
