Piers Wehner
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Office investment: Looking further afield
Knock on wood, cross your fingers and, for goodness sake, only whisper it, but it looks like 2015 could be the year the recession finally ends in the UK’s regions.
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Interiors – how to win the workspace race
What matters to a modern workforce? Salary, obviously; location, definitely. Increasingly, though, it is the quality of the working environment that makes a difference when firms are trying to attract…
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Gone with the wind subsidy
Across the UK, from Argyllshire to mid-Wales, residents’ campaign groups – or nimbys, to you and me – are quietly celebrating.
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Birmingham builds for the future
For many who grew up in the post-war era, Birmingham was synonymous with failing industry and bold, but flawed, road-dominated regeneration plans.
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Future buildings: Workable alternatives?
Invisible skyscrapers, towers made of wood, underground labyrinths – architects are designing the components of tomorrow’s cities according to new rules.
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Aberdeen angst
The Granite City boasts the UK’s highest concentration of millionaires outside central London, as well as Britain’s worst traffic jams. But, since the 1970s, it is oil that has made…
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London office boom hits pre-crisis levels
Companies are being forced to look beyond traditional business districts as the capital’s office market boom continues. According to Cushman & Wakefield lettings jumped by 42% from 5.8m sq ft…
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EAT plans to expand
Sandwich-and-salad chain EAT is planning an expansion programme to double its stores in the next three years.
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Locals say: Hands off our pub!
A raft of communities groups have been set up across the country to save beloved local boozers from the being closed and turned into flats and supermarkets.
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Minister feared right to buy extension
Plans to extend the right to buy have thrown the Conservatives into turmoil, after a leaked letter revealed that members of the government felt it was too risky.
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Luxury homes let as ‘affordable’
Luxury Mayfair flats, worth more than £1m, are being let at just £153 a week, because they are designated as ‘affordable housing’.
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Conran attacks BHS sale
Sir Terence Conran has attacked Sir Philip Green’s sale of the BHS chain, calling it ‘ridiculous’.