Liz Hamson (old contact)
Contact info
- Tel:
- 020 7560 4319
- Email:
- liz_hamson@cmpi.biz
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Lobbying down under
The Property Council of Australia has scored some valuable victories for the industry.
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Occupiers count the cost of foot-and-mouth
Federation of small businesses calls for urgent government action as effects of epidemic spread beyond farming and tourism.
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Developers say it's no fair cop
The department has delayed making a decision for two months while it reviews its IT provision, following the summer's Passport Agency fiasco. It hopes to house the Passport Agency under the same roof when the existing lease on India Buildings expires in 2003.
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Industry sets agenda to lobby Parliament
According to Richard Kauntze, BPF deputy-director-general: ‘Stamp Duty is the big issue and will remain so. The BPF is commissioning further research to follow the major report that came out last year.’ The BPF will also be working with the RICS and other property organisations to formulate a response ...
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ISVA sets own agenda for merger with RICS
Christopher Legrand, head of the ISVA's professional services, argues for the number of faculties to be slashed to three. 'We take the view that there should be three faculties focusing on valuation, construction and environment, from which other departments would radiate,' he explained.
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Bold mixed-use plan for 'Canary Wharf II'
Two weeks ago, Tower Hamlets Borough Council held a private briefing with landowners in the area to solicit support for a development blueprint. Leading planning teams – including Foster & Partners – will be invited to design the plan, and the first phase could be completed as early ...
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Chicago firm Equis jockeys for position in UK market
The Chicago-based firm, with 26 US offices, also intends to bring the first purely occupier-orientated service to the UK. Introduction of the US model, described as a ‘high-revenue, low-cost model for the occupier’, is unprecedented in Europe, where most firms represent both occupiers and landlords. The move threatens to ...
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Arrowcroft returns fire after Kaufman claims
At a House of Commons session last week, MP Gerald Kaufman said that Arrowcroft, which owns the Denton site, attempted to ‘intimidate and blackmail’ local residents into accepting the scheme for housing, offices and industry by promising to repair a road in the area. The scheme, he added, had ‘degenerated ...
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Video Conferencing
Jones Lang Lasalle's videoconferencing service has changed all that. The service, which officially launches in the autumn, is the first of its kind and has already been in action since the beginning of June.
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Crash landing in Purkiss retrial
The case, brought by Purkiss Hanrahan against Varig Brazil Airline, initially went to court in July 1998, but the ruling against the agent was recalled on the submission of new evidence.
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Taking stock of local authority property
The unlikeliest of real estate – roads, grass verges, toilets – is put to auction by local authorities. What's more, it sells. This report explains why local authorities are the latest converts to the auction scene
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Blackstone to extend West End influence
Blackstone Real Estate Advisers, the aggressive US buyout fund that acquired the Savoy Group last year, is thought to have offered £40m for the freehold on the 146-bedroom hotel, owned by the reclusive Barclay Brothers.
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Securitised vehicle for housing ‘the only way’
The model the group has chosen for the private rented market is the US-style Real Estate Investment Trust.
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Supply crunch forces firms over the Channel
This week, Sainsbury's became the latest company to cross the Channel by taking its 9,290 sq m (100,000 sq ft) distribution space requirement to Nieppe, near Lille in France.
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Tax time limit will hurt pre-lets, warns BPF
In a letter to Gordon Brown, the BPF attacks Schedule 12 of the Finance Bill, which it says makes the procedure for stamping an agreement for lease longer and more expensive. It claims developers, especially those involved in city centre projects who are keen to secure pre-lets, will be ...
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Lawyers criticise new procedures for leases
The new procedures, which come into force on 26 April, complicate the exclusion of security of tenure agreements when leases are signed. Exclusions, usually made when a tenant wants to sign a short lease or when a developer is planning to redevelop a building, have had to be lodged in ...
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Disney calls the toon on Welsh theme park
The joint venture company, Legend Court Operations Limited, will jointly finance the park and Group One will develop and operate a giant resort area. It is understood that Legend Court, a private company headed up by Alan Gunter, already has funding in place for the £750m scheme from a consortium ...
