All articles by Steven Norris – Page 11
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Salaries may be rising, but the economic outlook is not good
The 2003 RICS/Macdonald & Company Salary Survey makes encouraging reading.
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Remember the Falklands? Iraq could be Blair's Maggie moment
It is unnerving knowing that we are almost certainly going to be at war in Iraq by the time you read this.
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If we're to get better infrastructure we need a better planning system
Everyone knows planning takes too long.
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Don't begrudge Champagne Ken his day in the sun at MIPIM
It's not Ken Livingtone's fault that MIPIM is in Cannes rather than Birmingham.
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The old soldier IDS has to stop shooting himself in the foot
If you want to know why Tony Blair is getting such a hard time from his back benches while Iain Duncan Smith seems to be in even deeper trouble with his own side, remember that Labour is the natural party of opposition and the Tories are the natural party of ...
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If I become London mayor crime, not congestion, will be top of my list
First I must apologise to regular readers for already monopolising far too many column inches in their morning newspapers this week.
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The last word: Germany should take a long, hard look at our model economy
Whether Gerhard Schröder agrees or not, what is happening to the German economy is more important for most Europeans than whether the federal chancellor dyes his hair or has a new girlfriend.
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You can't really legislate against freezing cold weather
Every London cabbie had a horror story to tell about last week's snow and ice.
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There can only be one winner in the great Safeway sell-off
Sir Ken Morrison really set the cat among the pigeons with his all-share bid for Safeway.
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Higgs report is a common sense approach to corporate governance
As a serial non-executive director I was a tad apprehensive about Derek Higgs' report on corporate governance which came out this week.
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Without proper partnership, it will be white Elephant and Castle
The Elephant and Castle is one of my favourite places in London.
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London can only hope for bronze in race to stage the 2012 Olympics
Officially at least, the government is still considering whether to back London's bid to host the Olympic Games in 2012.
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The Iron Lady still has a lot to teach us about the battle of the sexes
You can hardly expect someone who served Margaret Thatcher to claim that women are not the equal of men in politics.
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Cherie Blair's lack of property savvy will cost her husband dear
On one level the whole Cherie saga doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
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Battle lines are drawn in the quest to dethrone King Ken
For the last couple of months there has been one burning topic of conversation in the Norris household.
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201 Bishopsgate may signal the end of Livingstone's property affair
Last week's report of Ken Livingstone's threatened block on British Land's Broadgate scheme in the City of London may not turn out to be significant.
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Yorkshire Forward shows it needn't be grim up north
A couple of weeks ago I wrote that the test of the Urban Summit would be whether it succeeded in addressing the real issues that have held back regeneration in this country.
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Enron and WorldCom scandals show that regulation is the only way forward
It is no exaggeration that the reverberations from the Enron and WorldCom scandals have rocked the entire western financial system.
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If you're thinking of investing in the Middle East, tread very carefully
One of the many joys of membership of the House of Commons was the opportunity to meet political leaders around the world face to face and see first hand how the picture we get through our television screens so often fails to portray what is really going on.