RBS: Why we’re still lending on retail

COMMENT: For most people in the property industry today, conditions in the retail market will never have looked more challenging, writes Phil Hooper, head of real estate finance, NatWest and RBS.

CVAs bring opportunities to re-establish local pride

It has certainly been an eventful first half of the year, with worries over retailer CVAs and job losses on the high street now evolving into broader concern for the long-term health of town centres across the UK, writes Lawrence Hutchings, chief executive at Capital & Regional.