Deirdre Hipwell
InsightEurope is muddling along ... but it needs to do so much more quickly
Mick Jagger told guests at a chalet party he threw last week in Davos that he had spent four hours that day preparing his music playlist for the glittering bash.
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Perella pair bag Germany's biggest mall
Joint venture with Management fur Immobilien beats Resolution to 1970s-built Ruhr-Park
NewsLaw firm on a Rolls in Midtown
Weil Gotshal & Manges’ 75,300 sq ft letting at “Rolls Building” at 110 Fetter Lane would lift take-up
NewsKnight Frank faces £40m claim for valuer negligence
Hatfield Philips sues services firm over Gateshead shop and investigates change of use
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RICS issues further guidance on ‘valuation uncertainty’
The RICS said valuers must not use Guidance Note 5 in the RICS Red Book in a manner which could cause ‘the client or auditor to question the validity of the valuation, or to qualify a valuation report’.
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JJB Sports to sell non core assets
Sports operator JJB Sports today said it was undertaking a review of its non-core assets with a view of a potential sale.
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Canary Wharf’s Wood Wharf given green light
Plans for a major waterside development at the London’s Canary Wharf estate was granted outline planning consent by Tower Hamlets council last night.
OnlinePaul Myners steps down as LandSecs director and chairman
Land Securities’ director and chairman Paul Myners has stepped down from his position at the UK’s largest REIT.
OnlineProfitability of UK financial services falls at record rate, says CBI
Profitability in the UK financial services sector has fallen at a record rate and the cost of credit increased for a third consecutive quarter as the industry continues to be battered by the credit crunch, said the Confederation of British Industry yesterday.
OnlineIrish property market crippled by lack of bank funding says CBRE
Conditions in the Irish commercial property market have continued to deteriorate because of its weakening national economy and the global financial crisis, according to CB Richard Ellis.
OnlineUK can weather housing crisis, say HCA chief Sir Bob Kerslake and Berkeley head Pidgley
The incoming head of the government's 'super agency' Sir Bob Kerslake today told deglages at Property Week's RESI 08 conference that ambitious housing targets can be met.
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Economy deteriorating but could be worse says Roger Bootle
One of the City's best known economists Roger Bootle said the world economic situation is deteriorating and there is still worse to come but the situation will start to improve by the middle of next year.
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From the archive: Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy protection
European stock markets plunged this morning as the financial sector was thrown into turmoil after US investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection.
OnlineNews Corporation confirms it will stay in Wapping
News Corporation today confirmed it will not carry out a 500,000 sq ft office relocation in London but instead plans to redevelop its Wapping site to create an ‘innovative campus for its UK business’.
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London Assembly labour members to grill Boris Johnson this morning
Labour members of the London Assembly said they will later today question Mayor Boris Johnson on the ‘chaos that has so far defined his administration, the embarrassment caused by senior appointment Brian Coleman, and the backward steps taken on providing affordable housing’.
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Flooding time bomb: government inertia could lead to insurance cover withdrawal
Widespread flooding across the UK this week shows ‘continued evidence’ of the Government’s inertia and failure to strengthen flood defences which could impact residential and commercial property owners, said Aon insurance today.
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Peel’s Durham Tees Valley Airport hotel plans
Peel Holdings has submitted plans for a 100 bedroom- hotel at Durham Tees Valley Airport.
OnlineTall buildings ‘offer clear economic benefits’ says report
Tall high density developments offer ‘clear economic benefits through an increased output of staff’ according to an independent research report launched today.
