Mike Slade
Insight10 years and out — congratulations to those who have survived since 2003
Reading our 2003 accounts with the benefit of hindsight is fascinating.
InsightInflection point: I can see light at the end of the tunnel
Are we now at a crossroads? Will we on some future date look back at this time and conclude that October — why is it always in October? — 2012 was the moment we began to believe.
InsightWhen will they ever learn? We need U-turn on community infrastructure levy
And then along came the community infrastructure levy. As if life ain’t tough enough!
InsightWanted: site for housing development
Many of you will have read in the national press criticism of my support, as chairman of the Property Forum, for the Tory coalition and for radical change in our planning law
InsightTaxes on property will ultimately harm government the most
I suspect the banking industry will want to issue gagging orders on industry gossips who are expressing varying degrees of shock and horror at the quality of some of the property being placed on the market
InsightPlanning jam leaves developers in a pickle
I’m doing my best to explain to my kids that this is all “the norm”. Clearly life isn’t an endless boom but the next few years will find us clinging on by our nails in the hope that the dark clouds will turn to blue skies.
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Developer's View: Mike Slade
If compliance red tape doesn’t kill development, Tory planning policy might
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If you can stand the heat, it’s time to get in the kitchen
The developer’s view, with Mike Slade
InsightTenants: we’ll treat you as customers if you pay your fair share
Property cannot be a one-way street,
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London’s still swinging, but the market’s harder to read
The developer’s view, with Mike Slade
