All articles by Liz Hamson – Page 7
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InsightIt pays to be best in class
What do you want from your employer? Or perhaps the better question is: what do you expect of it?
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InsightActions speak louder than words
JLL should be commended for its decision this week to withdraw from managing nearly £2bn of hotel assets owned by the Sultan of Brunei.
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InsightRabbit hutches and stable doors
Jeez. Talk about closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. Labour is a bit late to the party with its pledge to end office-to-resi permitted development, isn’t it?
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InsightThe resilience of the residential sector
As retail lurches from crisis to crisis, the residential sector this week demonstrated its extraordinary capacity to resolutely soldier on come what may or, more accurately, despite May.
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InsightWe need to mind the gap
It is a concept people think they understand, that a good percentage (but arguably not a big enough one) believe in fervently and that depressingly, we are making very little, if any, progress on.
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InsightA good time to bet on retail
Has the bloodied and bowed retail sector finally bottomed out – or does it still have further to fall? With the retailer casualties continuing to pile up, the likes of Nick Leslau think the latter , and you have to wonder when you hear that the bookies expect to offload ...
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InsightNo sugar-coating the Brexit pill
You might want to pour yourself a stiff one (or large rosé if in Cannes) before you read this.
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InsightHigh stakes for sheds and beds
They say necessity is the mother of invention – and boy, is the shortage of land in and around London forcing people to be inventive.
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InsightTime to ditch the optimism?
Property is famously full of relentless optimists. Having written about the sector for years, it has even rubbed off on me.
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InsightLife after the death of May’s deal
This Tuesday, all I wanted to do was stick my fingers in my ears, close my eyes and sing tra-la-la as the Brexit vote pantomime played out complete with gasps from the audience as the extent of the defeat for Theresa May’s deal became apparent. Unfortunately, there is no hiding ...
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InsightA new look for a new year
Cometh the hour, cometh the magazine. If you are feeling a degree of trepidation about the year ahead, console yourself with the knowledge that in this swirling vortex of uncertainty that you find yourselves, there is one certainty: Property Week will be here to help you navigate your way ...
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InsightThe impact of social impact in 2019
Ahead of a special social impact spotlight event organised by Property Week in association with LGIM, we are conducting a short, anonymous survey to find out how important social impact is to your organisation and the wider industry.
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InsightReview of the year: The age of unreason
It has been a punishing year for property what with the Presidents Club scandal, retail armageddon and Brexit mayhem – but there were pockets of resilience. Property Week rounds up the winners and loser
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InsightThe industry’s darkest – and finest – hours of 2018
So here we are, at the end of 2018, bloody but still unbowed…
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InsightA radical rethink of the high street is needed
There are some turds you cannot polish, however skilled you are in that department. The Brexit deal is one of them. Others, however, can be buffed to a high shine and in some instances, on closer inspection, are revealed not to be turds at all – but merely in deep ...
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InsightWhy flexible is becoming everyone’s friend
As Property Week went to press on Wednesday, the cabinet had just approved the draft Brexit deal. Will this bring greater clarity? Maybe. Maybe not.
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InsightYardi think tank: the future of coworking
The evolution of the flexible office sector has shaken up the real estate industry and has arguably changed it for the better. Yardi recently brought together a panel of experts to discuss the many segments of flexible offices and what lies in store for the sector.
