Savills looks to recovery with lessons learned from the GFC
Agency has taken a similar approach to 2008/9, when conditions were also beyond control, to mitigate the impact of market shutdowns; trading update reports “substantial increases” in activity levels in England and “clear signs of recovery” across Asia Pacific, but hard going in North America.
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