All Professional articles – Page 18
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ProfessionalConnectivity key to levelling up
The pandemic, recent rail strikes and a change in work culture have all helped support the trajectory of flexible working. Despite the ability for many to work from home, connectivity remains a barrier up and down the country.
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ProfessionalHow is the single infrastructure levy different from the CIL?
The Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill marks a major shift in development contributions, promising significant ramifications for the delivery of affordable housing.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Marcus Moufarrige, founder and chief executive of ility
Marcus Moufarrige, founder and chief executive of proptech firm ility, on how he got started in property and his cultural recommendations.
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ProfessionalWhat changes do the new building regulations entail?
New building regulations were introduced in the UK on 15 June 2022 that brought several important changes to the property industry, targeting insulation, ventilation and energy consumption. While the regulations apply primarily to new buildings, they also apply to home retrofitting projects, namely structural renovations such as extensions.
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ProfessionalQuestions remain amid Covid rent arrears arbitration scheme
First two decisions fail to clarify when and to what extent a protected rent debt will be reduced or waived.
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ProfessionalIs an online sales tax on the way?
As a business, we have been campaigning for a fairer balance in the taxation of the retail sector for many years. Every valuation cycle, Spring Budget, Autumn Statement and Queen’s Speech has been seen as an opportunity to move the dial and unilaterally reform business rates.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Kamal Pankhania, CEO of development company Westcombe Group
Kamal Pankhania, CEO of development company Westcombe Group, on how he got started in property and gives us his cultural recommendations.
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ProfessionalImpact of BNG on local planning
A mandatory 10% biodiversity net gain (BNG) will be required on most new developments from autumn 2023. But an increasing number of Local Plans already require BNG, as our research on 322 English local planning authorities (LPAs) has found.
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ProfessionalLegal professionals can be agents of change in property
Lawyers have a positive role to play in helping the property industry become more diverse and inclusive
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ProfessionalJudgment on telephone masts clarifies the rights of landowners
Three lawyers discuss recent Supreme Court rulings in three cases involving land ownership and rents.
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ProfessionalQ&A five minutes with Rupert Dean, co-founder and chief executive of flexible workspace specialist x+why
Rupert Dean, co-founder and chief executive of flexible workspace specialist x+why, on his entry into property and his cultural recommendations
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ProfessionalTime to green up town centres
The drive to make our previously carbon-intensive town centres net zero has forced developers, local authorities and citizens to reassess their impact on the local environment.
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ProfessionalTech to cut building energy use can yield more than smaller bills
With reports showing that Britain’s inflation rate has climbed to the highest it has been in 40 years, the UK faces an increasing risk of falling into a recession. As a consequence, landlords and property managers of industrial and commercial buildings face mounting pressure to keep their properties appealing to ...
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ProfessionalBright signs in new planning bill
Our planning system in its present form is inefficient, overly complex, unpredictable and badly resourced.
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ProfessionalHabitat bankers aim to relieve the strain of biodiversity net gain
Biodiversity net gain (BNG), designed to reverse the decline of biodiversity and put back more than is lost through development, is legally mandated as part of the 2021 Environment Act.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Christopher Heath, managing director of Cube Homes
Christopher Heath, managing director of Cube Homes, discusses his experiences in the property industry and gives his cultural recommendations, including favourite book and the celebrity he would like to spend an hour with.
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ProfessionalWhy existing use is unfit for calculating mast site rents
The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill may sound like an obscure piece of legislation, but it has the potential to erode property rights, disrupt a previously functional market and slow down the rollout of 5G.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Roland Verniers, director and head of Netherlands and Germany at consultancy Hollis
Roland Verniers, director and head of Netherlands and Germany at consultancy Hollis, on how he got started in property, the historical figure he would like to meet and his number-one travel destination
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ProfessionalIndustry says levelling-up bill fails on climate and planning
Experts call for greater clarity, strengthened LA powers and emphasis on town and city centre regeneration
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ProfessionalLevel up by reforming the green belt
The government recently responded to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities select committee’s report on The Future of the Planning System in England, which requested a review “to examine the purpose of the green belt, including whether it continues to serve that purpose, how the public understand it [and] what ...
