Comment
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Canary Wharf Group won’t emerge unscathed from takeover battle
Discord now runs too deep between the major shareholders fighting over Canary Wharf Group
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If we’re in recovery, why is money being rationed?
While bank lending to some sectors of business is increasing, it remains resolutely weak as far as property and construction are concerned
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Editor’s comment: 13 December 2014
A rise in new lending, falling LTVs and contracting interest rate margins: there has been much to celebrate in the property lending market in 2014. Welcome though it is, that…
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Let’s tighten up the green belt
The government’s recent clarifications that neither desperate need for housing nor waste infrastructure outweigh the protection of green belt land means the issue is set to become a key battlefield…
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Put business rates out of their misery, chancellor
It seems to me paradoxically unjust that business rates – the very tax once designed to help businesses thrive by funding the necessary local services upon which they depend –…
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It’s not easy being green
Creating the right sales environment has historically always been synonymous with extensive, and typically inefficient, energy use – from large open doors pumping out heat or air conditioning onto the…
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Peter Bill: A New Era of publicity
Westbrook managing partner Mark Donnor’s LinkedIn mugshot shows a good-looking 41-year-old, giving the camera a hard, if defensive, stare.
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A peek at property’s Advent calendar
Advent is all about looking -forward, so it seems appropriate to look at the property market’s Advent calendar, to see what we might hope and expect to enjoy in the…
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Financial comment: A welcome for the Bank of England’s CRE thoughts
The industry should welcome the Bank of England’s wise conclusions following its consultation on the creation of a comprehensive UK commercial real estate loan database.
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Leader: fiddling while the high street burns
“Fiddling while the high street burns.” Congratulations to whoever it was at Colliers International who turned that wonderful phrase in response to this week’s Autumn Statement.
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India: a striking lesson in renewed confidence
The renewed confidence among India’s business community was the first thing that struck me about the country after a week spent in Mumbai.
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Autumn Statement falls short on business rates
Governmental inertia on business rates reform has once again reared its head – but, honestly, is anyone surprised any more?