60% of workers would quit if forced back to the office full-time
Cost of commuting cited as main reason for not wanting to return full-time
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The evolution of devolution
Will further devolution in England unlock regional growth or add another level of complexity?
EG’s Office Politics meets Andy Street
LISTEN The West Midlands mayor on regional politics and why a mayor has to be a good storyteller
Property and AI: what CRE has to gain from ChatGPT
How generative artificial intelligence could overhaul parts of the industry
West End market picks up with £1bn of deals under offer
Five West End deals in July have taken turnover to £1.92bn, reports Savills
LondonMetric completes CT Property Trust acquisition
105.6m new LondonMetric shares have been admitted to the London Stock Exchange
JLL promotes Bristol director to drive industrial growth
Giles Weir steps up to head of strategic occupier solutions
Two new occupiers take 30,000 sq ft of offices at the Shard
Rider Levett Bucknall has taken 16,875 sq ft, while Cognism will occupy 13,153 sq ft
Office for Place seeks design code and research leads
The roles will “help set the placemaking agenda for many years to come”
Acuitus reports strong demand as latest commercial auction achieves £19m
Buyers compete for regional offices and shopping centres
Inland Homes wins planning for 1,525-home Hounslow scheme
Mixed-used scheme at Cavalry Barracks will also include 30,000 sq ft of commercial space
MORNING NEWS: Office refurbs rocket to new high
Plus labs, Labour’s housing lead and a new order at Wagamama in this morning’s round-up
Plans in for UBS and Reef’s Stevenage labs
Proposals lodged for 1.6m sq ft of laboratory, manufacturing and office facilities
Inflation set to drop back to single digits
ONS data suggests sharp decline in price growth could kick in soon
Committee chair backs calls for Teesside freeport investigation
Dame Meg Hillier calls for NAO investigation into scheme
Gove to look again at Berkeley scheme
Plans were blocked due to “generic suburban nature”
Off-plan home sales fall
Just a third of new homes were sold off-plan last year
Labour takes lead over housing policy
Just one in 10 under-50s thinks the Conservatives have a better plan
Wagamama owner faces calls to restructure
Shareholders to use AGM to demand change at the Restaurant Group
Tourism tax to hit economy
Harvey Nichols boss calls for return of tax-free shopping for non-EU visitors
MORNING NEWS: Vistry shareholders revolt over pay plans
Plus – National Grid calls for planning reform and how to build a house out of nappies
Vistry to rethink pay plans after shareholder revolt
Almost half of shareholders voted against plans for share-price related bonuses
London’s output outstrips regions as levelling up falls flat
Figures from the ONS suggest the policy has yet to make an impact
Era of massive house price rises nearly over, says OBR economist
Working from home, rising interest rates and slower population growth will lead to “weaker” growth
Sunak pledges to protect the green belt
… as Starmer promises UK-wide right-to-roam laws
Equity release by over 60s rises 28%
Concerns raised that older people are using mortgages to cover rise in cost of living
National Grid calls for planning reform
The FTSE 100 company wants intervention, saying delays are not its fault
Great British Railways plan cancelled by Downing Street
Department for Transport officials have been told there won’t be room in the King’s Speech
New York is sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers
The Big Apple’s buildings weigh an estimated 762m tonnes
Disney scraps $1bn campus plans as Florida row escalates
Up to 2,000 staff were due to relocate to the Lake Nona development
Build houses out of used nappies, urge Japanese scientists
The shredded, sanitised nappies could replace 8% of the sand in concrete
Kings Crescent Homes lands £34m loan for Kent development
Developer will use loan to fund BTR scheme
Zenzic Capital strikes multi-million-pound funding deal
The firm has established a revolving credit facility with bank Shawbrook
Mathrani ditches WeWork for Sycamore
David Tolley to step in as interim chief executive at the flexible workspace provider
MORNING NEWS: Overseas owners owe £1bn in fines
Plus Conygar’s Nottingham bioscience hub gets the nod and ECF steps up for Stockport
Tritax EuroBox capital fall offsets strong leasing
A familiar tune as rental income rises by values slump
Property register fines worth £1bn not imposed
Overseas firms holding UK property are failing to declare owners
Former business secretaries criticise lack of industrial strategy
Cross-party condemnation from Greg Clark, Lord Mandelson and Sir Vince Cable
London Capital & Finance boss handed suspended jail sentence
Michael Thompson breached a restraint order imposed on his finances
Scottish golf plans blown off course
NatureScot is opposing plans for a development in north-east Scotland
Chancellor rejects WFH, saying office should be ‘default’ option
While Elon Musk claims WFH is “morally” wrong
Ministers dismiss corruption claims over Teesworks freeport project
MP made accusations of “industrial-scale corruption”
Bruntwood SciTech onboard with Birmingham innovation cluster
Developer to partner with Aston University and Birmingham City Council
Renters’ Reform Bill enters parliament
But government may run out of time to pass the legislation
Avant Homes submits plans for £92m resi scheme
The developers plan to build 342 homes
Estate agent Purplebricks to sell to rival Strike for £1
The firm’s board is unanimously recommending the deal to shareholders
Office Group founder Charlie Green to stand down
Green will cease to be president from the end of this month but will remain a special adviser
Change at the top for SEGRO as Gulliford retires
SEGRO is expanding executive leadership after confirming that COO will step down in June
SEGRO to invest £2bn in West Midlands
Strategic partnership deal with combined authority aims to deliver 13.5m sq ft by 2033
MORNING NEWS: British Land’s £1bn loss
Plus – Is Labour the party of development and have funds lost their appetite for real estate?
