All Professional articles – Page 16
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ProfessionalPooled effort in Bath
Community-backed project splashes out £9.3m to restore UK’s oldest lido
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ProfessionalThis week in… 2008
The government announced plans to nationalise Bradford & Bingley on 29 September 2008, after agreeing a partial rescue deal with Santander.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Linda Morey-Burrows, founder and principal designer of interior design practice MoreySmith
Linda Morey-Burrows, founder and principal designer of interior design practice MoreySmith, on how she got started in property, her best and worst purchases and her number-one travel destination
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ProfessionalProviding a variety of spaces in the office can create a healthier work environment and support productivity
Providing a variety of spaces in the office can create a healthier work environment and support productivity
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ProfessionalScary silence on business rates
The chancellor’s not-so-mini Budget was full of soundbite tax-cutting announcements. But when it came to business rates, they hardly got a mention. This is exceedingly worrying.
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ProfessionalAct now to meet EPC deadlines
Homeowners and residential landlords remain unprepared to meet the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) deadlines. The big date is 2035, when all homes must meet an EPC rating of ‘C’, but this is sooner for newly rented properties (2025).
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ProfessionalMaxed-out hype
Young buyers ‘willing’ (but unlikely able) to pay extra for ‘maximalist’ homes
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ProfessionalPolitics is delaying development
The greatest obstacle on the road from land promotion to development is politics.
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ProfessionalPlan now for net zero deadlines
The government has committed to a 78% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, with stringent new domestic and commercial energy efficiency standards introduced to meet those targets.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Jamie Bunce, CEO of retirement living operator Inspired Villages
Jamie Bunce, CEO of retirement living operator Inspired Villages, on how he got started in property, his top book and song picks, the historical figure he’d like to befriend and his number-one travel destination.
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ProfessionalHow can companies best meet data protection requirements?
Far too few real estate companies take data protection seriously – and when they do, it is often with a pinch of salt.
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ProfessionalWhat do latest judgements mean for the recovery of Covid rent arrears?
Property lawyers and landlords alike have been following the cases of Bank of New York Mellon (International) v Cine-UK and London Trocadero (2015) v Picturehouse Cinemas with trepidation over recent months.
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ProfessionalAgent P: EPC
Friday 23 September, 9am, Britannic Room. Never mind that deal that collapsed on Tuesday when the client discovered it would cost £3m to upgrade a £15m office block in Reigate from ‘D’ to ‘B’. We’d said the clunker might cost £1m to get a ‘B’-grade Energy Performance Certificate. A GBH ...
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ProfessionalThis week in… 2012
Delegates at the Resi 2012 conference heard that increased stamp duty was “repelling” wealthy buyers.
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ProfessionalESG moves up the agenda to become a cost-saving measure
Ongoing energy crisis has heightened the importance of energy efficiency and sustainability measures.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Sally Duggleby, capital and leasing vice-president at Prologis
Prologis’s capital and leasing vice-president, Sally Duggleby, on her rural upbringing, Amazon exploits and her cultural recommendations.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Nivene Powell, head of communities at developer EcoWorld London
Nivene Powell, head of communities at developer EcoWorld London, on how she got started in property, her top TV and book picks, the historical figure she’d like to befriend and how she’d spend a million pounds.
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ProfessionalNutrient neutrality in the north
Following guidance from Natural England, many property developments have come to a grinding halt to maintain nutrient neutrality, which developers and local authorities (LAs) in the north are not prepared for.
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ProfessionalThe future of hotel investment
It is easy to see why appetite for hotel investment remains.
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ProfessionalLandlords must give people a reason to be back in the office
Accommodating what employees value in a post-pandemic world will stand businesses in good stead.
