Lem Bingley
Lem is editor of Property Week.
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Data, decisions and the drive to net zero
Vincent Bryant, CEO of Get Set for Net Zero partner Deepki, tells Property Week why firms must gather and share data on the road to net zero.
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Q&A: Tritax CEO Colin Godfrey on thinking outside the box
Tritax Big Box chief executive outlines the firm’s key strategies amid 2024’s economic uncertainties.
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The major role of mayors
As is well known, a key tactic of politicians is to get ahead of expected losses.
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Striking the right balance
As I write, voting in local elections has not yet begun, but I hope turnout will be somewhat higher than the typically abysmal rate seen outside general elections.
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Britain’s unnatural nature
The green rolling hills of the British countryside are a national treasure, but they are by no means natural. Think of unspoilt land and you might picture a patchwork of green fields divided by meandering hedgerows or dry-stone walls, home to placidly munching sheep or cows.
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ChargePoint powers up EV opportunities for property
Supporting the shift to electric vehicles can be a challenge for owners and occupiers alike, but there is a way ahead. ChargePoint’s André ten Bloemendal steers Property Week around the obstacles.
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Pay gaps: pay attention
Gender pay gap figures provoke no end of disgruntlement when published each year.
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Second-guessing second staircases
This week, we take a closer look at the implications of new second-staircase rules for high-rise residential developments.
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Object lessons in retrofitting
My regular commute to work includes a quarter-mile walk between rail and tube, along Newgate Street in the City of London near St Paul’s.
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Offset funding failure
Few in business will be entirely shocked to learn that a levy imposed by government has been collected with little idea of how to spend it.
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Mipim and the human factor
One of the joys of visiting Mipim is not knowing quite who you’ll meet or what you might hear while you’re there.
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What goes down…
Anyone feeling bleak about today’s depressed property values should take heart from this week’s cover star: Roger Madelin of British Land.
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Big interview with British Land’s Roger Madelin
Roger Madelin, joint head of British Land’s Canada Water scheme, tells Property Week why the brownfield regeneration project has the potential to surpass north London’s King’s Cross.
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Retrospective clarity on retrofit
As we all know, Marks & Spencer’s flagship Marble Arch store is at the centre of a long-running planning dispute, but it also happens to be slap bang in the middle of the City of Westminster.
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Who inspects the inspectors?
As we warned last week, a “massive slowdown” in the residential sector is looming as the deadline for building control surveyors to register with the Building Safety Regulator draws closer.
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Hotel, office, home: It’s all in the mix
Over the past few years Property Week has frequently cited the trend of ‘hotelification’ in prime office development.
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Can AI cut it in property?
This week we examine how artificial intelligence (AI) might help, hinder or transform the property sector.
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Gove finally provides a soothing South Bank surprise
The long-awaited and much-delayed decision on the future of London’s South Bank will have triggered gasps of relief as much as surprise, given how many must surely have been holding their breath for the outcome.
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Ducking the deadly blows when contractors crash
Given all the challenges and setbacks a developer must survive before the first shovel goes into the ground on a new project, it must feel like a particularly brutal punch in the face when a contractor suddenly collapses before completing the work.
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Why Gove’s proposed ground rent plan is nuts
The phrase ‘sledgehammer to crack a nut’ doesn’t quite measure up when it comes to the overblown solutions that housing secretary Michael Gove is weighing up to fix problems with residential ground rent.