All Professional analysis articles – Page 17
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ProfessionalRail spending in the north still lags behind the south despite government claims to have bridged the gap
Leading think tanks call for more infrastructure investment in the north as well as more powers for Transport for the North.
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InsightIndustry says it has learned lessons from Grenfell fire
Industry leaders have told the head of the government’s fire safety review they are putting “necessary and inevitable” changes in place following the Grenfell Tower disaster.
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ProfessionalA job WELL done helps design practice Hilson Moran strike gold
The firm’s sustainability director talks about why it went for WELL certification and the challenges it faced in the process. Adam Branson reports.
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ProfessionalEnding Whitehall’s grip on business rates could widen regional inequalities
Without reform, plans to devolve business rates could entrench inequality, Centre for Cities has warned.
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ProfessionalUpper Tribunal judgment could be a game changer for business rate payer appeals
Recent judgment to reinstate appeals struck out by the Valuation Tribunal will have significant repercussions.
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ProfessionalKing's Cross regeneration: 10 years on
An independent study has revealed that Argent’s huge project has had wide-ranging economic and social benefits. Adam Branson reports
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ProfessionalLessons from the courts: the key 2017 legal cases in property
The year has seen many important real estate cases reach the courts
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ProfessionalHalving the number of VOA offices will lead to a ‘dumbed-down’ rating system
Cutting the VOA’s presence will have knock-on effects for business ratepayers. Property Week talks to Colliers International’s John Webber
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ProfessionalQ&A: Online calculator makes quick work of assessing green credentials of developments
Scorecard for professionals and the public alike promises to shed light on the sustainability of developments.
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ProfessionalBrexit, stamp duty and green-belt rules cast shadow over industry
Crowe Clark Whitehill’s Stacy Eden untangles the results of firm’s annual survey on attitudes within the industry.
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ProfessionalScotland Yard verdict demonstrates Khan’s tough stance on affordable housing provision
London mayor Sadiq Khan has laid down a marker on affordable housing and viability assessments in the capital by rejecting an amended proposal for the former New Scotland Yard building.
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ProfessionalWhat needs to change to give retirement housing a boost?
Jean-Claude Juncker famously once remarked: “We all know what to do; we just don’t know how to get re-elected after we’ve done it.”
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ProfessionalNew PDR for light industrial won’t be a panacea for developers
Last month, a new permitted development right (PDR) came into force that allows the change of use of a building from light industrial to residential. The right is temporary, lasting for three years from 1 October 2017.
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ProfessionalDriverless cars could transform cities for better and for worse
There’s a lot of excitement about the future of driverless cars, or ‘autonomous vehicles’ to use the parlance preferred by the professionals.
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NewsGallery: Bloomberg's new European HQ unveiled
Bloomberg’s new European headquarters in the heart of the City of London was officially unveiled this week by its founder, Michael Bloomberg, its architect Lord Foster and mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
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ProfessionalWhat impact will the new MEES have on the property market?
The new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) come into play next year, so what does this mean and how can they affect value?
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OnlineBloomberg HQ given highest-ever BREEAM rating
Bloomberg’s new European headquarters in the City of London has achieved the highest ever design-stage BREEAM rating of any major office development.
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ProfessionalRebuilding for the future – why smart renovation is key in fighting climate change
As World Green Building Week 2017 comes to a close, we sound galvanize our resolve to limit global warming as National Geoscience suggest the goals set out in the Paris climate agreement are actually achievable.
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ProfessionalNew global sustainability chief for AXA IM
AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets has promoted Nehla Krir to global head of sustainability, reporting to Nathalie Charles, regional head of asset management and transactions, southern Europe.
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ProfessionalHow will Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement affect the UK?
Many of the decisions Donald Trump has made since he became US president in January have raised eyebrows in Europe, but his decision on 1 June to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement - forming a three-strong club outside the agreement along with Nicaragua and Syria - has drawn ...
