All articles by Mark Jansen – Page 5
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Winners and losers in 2008 rating revaulation
Who will be the winners and losers in the nationwide rates revaluation that begins on 1 April?
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Man found guilty of £1.68m false CPO claim
Businessman concealed operation of business from alternative premises
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Government promises to protect high street
Planning minister Iain Wright has promised to protect high street retailers with changes to planning laws that will ‘promote competition and improve consumer choice’.
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Darling closed loopholes on double taxation and stamp duty land tax in last week’s Budget
Disclosure rules may have alerted Revenue and Customs to the schemes
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Persimmon loses overage appeal case
Court of Appeal rules that landowners were entitled to disputed £3.6m
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Insurance policies introduced to protect against information theft
Insurers claim property managers are vulnerable to the loss of sensitive data.
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Corporate manslaughter laws to target ‘unsafe sites’
Construction industry could be hardest hit by changes to legislation
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The power and de Pury
Berwin Leighton Paisner’s star lawyer, Chris de Pury, caused a stir in the legal world when he decamped from Herbert Smith. Mark Jansen met him and asked the profession’s leading lights to name their top 10 property lawyers
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Government crackdown on construction landfill
Strict new laws and penalties will catch smaller contractors unaware, say experts
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Zero tolerance
The government wants every new office, shed and shop to be zero carbon by 2020.
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The colour of money
… is greener than ever. Kenmore, Palmer Capital Partners and Aberdeen Property Investors have all set up sustainable property funds.
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F&C and King Sturge campaign for carbon cutbacks
Asset managers set ambitious goal for more than 2,600 buildings under management
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Loathe thy neighbour
A bitter row over demolition for the Pinnacle scheme in the City of London has reached the High Court.
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Lakeside area to splash out on retail and leisure expansion
Disparate Essex shopping schemes to be united through 2.2m sq ft masterplan
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Bank launches ‘green’ property fund
A new green property fund has been launched by investment bank Climate Change Capital.
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LandSecs tackles London problems
Developer issues £10m lawsuit and reduces height of Victoria scheme
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Prince condemns random skyscrapers to tower
High-rise schemes will overshadow world heritage sites, says prince at New Buildings conference
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BPF nears agreement on carbon trading
Federation claims to have won concessions from DEFRA over scheme
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60 Days and Counting
Time is running out for occupiers, landlords and developers facing huge new bills for empty space.