Miscellanea
Westminster revamps Hanover Square’s ‘green oasis’
Council completes the first in a series of public realm improvements for the north Mayfair square.
Buyer Beware: On the exorbitant cost of building works
Brexit and Covid have utterly changed the landscape in terms of what it costs to renovate a property - but the marketplace remains massively underprepared and ill-informed, warns buying agent Guy Meacock… …
Gove’s MHCLG rebadged as DLUHC
Boris Johnson has renamed Michael Gove's department to focus on regional development as well as housing and other things.
Infography: How much space does £5,000 buy around Britain?
It currently costs an average of £282 to buy a single square foot of property in the UK, according to Zoopla - rising to £1,491 in Kensington & Chelsea.
In Pictures: Echlin designs ‘vibrant & artistic’ Canary Wharf penthouse
Marylebone-based studio unveils the interior scheme for a 41st-floor unit at 10 Park Drive, the first resi sales development on the Canary Wharf estate.
Watch: Billionaire reveals BIG plans for a brand new American city
A billionaire and an architect have revealed a plan to build an entirely new city for five million people in an American desert. They just need a location and around $400bn to do it
Is your business really ‘hybrid ready’? Five key topics to think about right now
Putting the right processes, protocols and plans in place could be the difference between retaining your best people and losing them, writes leadership coach Oona Collins…
London named top city for global relocators
UK capital trumps New York, Sydney, Singapore and Zurich in new rankings.
New report sets out route to UPRN ‘property passports’
"We need a more efficient, progressive and technology driven property transaction process," declares the Conveyancing Information Executive
Government gears up for EV-driven building regs shift
Ground-breaking legislation due later this year requiring all new homes with a parking space to come with a chargepoint.
‘Hybrid’ MIPIM event sees return of in-person networking
Last week's two-dayer in Cannes attracted 4,200 delegates from 46 countries
Why buying property with land is not as simple as it sounds
The series Clarkson's Farm highlights why a ‘how difficult can it be’ attitude is generally to be avoided when considering rural homes with substantial acreage, advises Nick Cunningham...