30 Jun, 2020 SOLVING LONDON'S HOUSING CRISIS – THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING DELIVERY By Montagu Evans Continuing the series, this week we look at the importance of council housing delivery in London. Whilst modest compared with some...
25 Jun, 2020 RETAIL RELOADED - AN INTERVIEW WITH JAAP TONCKENS, CFO FOR UNIBAIL-RODAMCO-WESTFIELD By Julian Stephenson Yesterday, I took part in Bisnow’s Retail Reloaded webinar to interview Jaap Tonckens, CFO for Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. The discussion...
25 Jun, 2020 GOING UP? NEW RIGHTS FOR ROOFTOP EXTENSIONS TO BLOCKS OF FLATS By Jon Bradburn Under new Permitted Development Rights (PDR) announced yesterday, owners of detached blocks of flats will be able to extend their...
25 Jun, 2020 LET'S TURN THIS TOWN AROUND By Kevin White Last week saw the release of the #GrimseyReview Covid supplement, #BuildBackBetter. It’s the third iteration of an important body of work...
23 Jun, 2020 BTR LOOKING POSITIVE FOR LEADING RESIDENTIAL RECOVERY By Oliver Chivers Some interesting insights in this week's EG about the durability of the Build to Rent (BTR) sector from Robert Sloss, chief executive of...
23 Jun, 2020 EXTENSION TO PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED By Sam Stackhouse Yesterday, Robert Jenrick announced measures to help the development industry boost housing delivery. One of these was the widely...
22 Jun, 2020 "WE WILL GET LONDON BUILDING ONCE THIS CRISIS HAS PASSED" - BUT HOW? By Harry Charman The second installment of our series focusing on London’s role in UK recovery concentrates on housing delivery. The ongoing pandemic has...
19 Jun, 2020 DEBATING THE FUTURE OF TOWERS AND TALL BUILDINGS By Chris Miele On 4 June 2020, I was pleased to join a panel of experts to debate the future of tall buildings hosted by Built Environment Network....
19 Jun, 2020 IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON INDUSTRIAL AND LOGISTICS By Montagu Evans The lockdown may be easing, but its effects will be felt globally and nationally for many years to come. This is also true for the...
17 Jun, 2020 BUSINESS RATES AND THE TRANSPORT SECTOR: IMPACT OF COVID-19 By Richard Wackett Business occupiers across the transport sector have in many cases continued to operate on a ‘business as usual’ basis through the...
17 Jun, 2020 NHS £13.4bn DEBT 'WRITE-OFF': A VALUATION PERSPECTIVE By Eleanor Judd In the current climate we are all working together to make frontline workers, and their supporting organisations, operate to the best of...
16 Jun, 2020 UNDERSTANDING YOUR CONSUMER IN THE BATTLE OF 'PANDEMIC ON THE HIGH STREET' By Rob Asbury Napoleon is often quoted as calling our country a ‘nation of shopkeepers’, meaning we were a nation of merchant traders at heart with...