All Professional comment articles – Page 13
-
ProfessionalIt's vital to design spaces with a wide range of needs in mind
MAIA’s arthouse project in Birmingham has been designed to allow for full accessibility and inclusivity.
-
Professional
Positive company culture is key
The long period of working from home is at last coming to a close. And as the lockdown is finally loosened, workers are looking to head back to the office. But when they arrive, they will find that the very idea of working together in person will have changed.
-
Insight
Evolve fast if you want to survive
Much hope and optimism has been placed on the opening up of the UK’s retail and hospitality sector as it welcomes customers back, in line with national guidelines.
-
Insight
Real estate must prove its worth
As we emerge from the latest lockdown, the extent to which real estate as an investment asset class will be permanently changed is unclear.
-
Insight
It’s time to kickstart a cities revival
As we emerge from the lockdowns and Covid-19 pandemic, our cities eagerly await a new normality and for the streets, pavements, cafés, bars and businesses to again become their vibrant heartbeat.
-
Insight
How lenders survived Covid-19
Being a real estate lender during the pandemic has been a rollercoaster ride, but has been far less bumpy than in the last property downturn after the global financial crisis.
-
Online
Technology provides the key to realising real estate’s ESG goals
While terms like ‘innovation’ and ‘technology’ have risen to near-mythical status across much of the business landscape, the property world has been historically slower and more reticent to worship at the silicon altar.
-
Professional
How can EPCs be overhauled in wake of environmental report?
The Environmental Audit Committee’s report on the energy efficiency of existing homes called for energy performance certificates (EPCs) to be overhauled.
-
Professional
Embracing a hybrid workstyle
Six months ago, we gave notice on our long-standing studio space. Moving was an opportunity to embrace a new hybrid style of working and reduce overheads, but what underpinned every single decision was the need to be flexible – including everything from IT and the studio lease to our phone ...
-
Professional
In-person training is important for graduate development
Looking forward, the training of juniors must be given high priority during flexi-working discussions.
-
Professional
Moving beyond rent court action
Recent court decisions that have found in favour of landlords seeking rent arrears should not be seen as the only way forward in terms of repairing retail property revenue flows.
-
Insight
Lending has a role to play in sustainability
The UK’s sixth Carbon Budget has enshrined a new target in law to slash emissions by 78% by 2035. This is the world’s most ambitious climate change target and will see emissions return to their 1990s levels.
-
Insight
Why we must support the end of moratoriums
When the history of Covid-19 comes to be written, how people behaved will be remembered.
-
Insight
Land scarcity sparks costs surge
Things couldn’t get rosier for the housebuilders, it would seem. Sales volumes and prices are up, irrespective of dwindling government support.
-
Insight
Net zero needs concrete thinking
The results of the 2021 Property Week /UKGBC Climate Crisis Survey highlight a polarised view of the impact of Covid-19 on the climate emergency. While almost half of respondents felt the pandemic would accelerate our pivot towards decarbonisation, 34.5% felt it would slow it down.
-
Insight
Driving change in the logistics world
Easing quietly out of DHL’s base in Purfleet since late last year, the Volvo FL Electric 4x2 rigid vehicle has the capacity to run for 120 miles and can carry a maximum of 12 pallets and a weight of up to six tonnes. It is also the first fully electric ...
-
Professional
Using data to enhance buildings
Supplementing the built environment with an additional dimension of data comes with the challenge of creating an interface between the physical and the digital.
-
Professional
Will new ‘intentional trespassing’ bill offer landowners protection?
A new law on ‘intentional trespassing’ was introduced in March by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021.
-
Professional
Can landlords benefit from recent Budget tax breaks?
For some in the built environment, it looked like the recent Budget did not offer much in the way of tax breaks for commercial property landlords.
-
Professional
Choosing occupancy analytics
Covid-19 disrupted how we occupy and use spaces, making occupancy analytics more important than ever before.
