IT must be the reporting season! Last week I highlighted the latest Centre for Cities report which called on local enterprise partnerships to pick up the pace and this week I want to highlight the recently published RICS Land and Society Commission report which makes recommendations on how the property industry can support local communities.Read
THE Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (Rics) Quarterly Construction Property Survey for May shows a distinct gap between the improving market in London and the South East and the declining market in the North of England.Read
THE Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) this month publishes the second edition of the Service Charges in Commercial Property, a code of practice which is an excellent tool for those involved in the efficient use of business property.Read
THIS month is a significant one for those of us working in construction and property as the coalition Government's Localism Bill is due to receive its third reading on May 18, which is the last stage in the Commons before it is presented to the House of Lords.Read
THE Government has published its final report and recommendations on low-carbon construction and it should be compelling reading for anyone involved in property.Read
I WAS dismayed by a recent Journal report on the sell-off of North East assets, some of it land held for regeneration. In my view, just selling land will not help achieve any regeneration. It will swell the coffers in Westminster to pay back the deficit but it will make our job in the North East considerably more difficult.Read
THE report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development (OECD) in last Thursday’s Journal recommended, amongst other things, that we needed to improve our planning system.Read
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