Three ways you can improve your marketing in 2023
With the right plan, opportunity can be found on the stormiest of seas.
Salford’s Tree of Knowledge: The value of retaining history
The ‘Tree of Knowledge’ as it has become known, is a Grade II listed relief mural that was created in 1962. Made from water-worn pebbles and historic ceramic fragments found on the site prior to construction, it has long been a landmark feature of Salford. It features an owl representing wisdom overlooking the flowering tree of knowledge.
Substantial inconsistencies in new business rates list
We’ve been looking at whether the figures adopted by the Valuation Office are supportable.
In defence of housing targets
The government’s pledge to build 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s is perhaps the only piece of policy preventing the shortage from spiralling out of control.
The best careers no one knows about
After recently going back to my school to hold mock interviews with Year 11 students, none of whom identified the built environment as a career option for them, it doesn’t feel like a lot has changed.
Yoinks! Property still has an image problem
Development is evil, developers are nasty capitalists who want to build, build, build with no thought for the climate crisis or the communities and places that they’re building in. In fact, the opposite is true.
Next business rates draft list due next week
Despite the imminent release, the government has remained tight-lipped about two rather large elephants in the room: Transitional Relief and Small Business Rates Relief.
COP27 – Is the government getting its messaging right?
It’s COP27 this week. At this stage in our efforts to combat climate change, one would hope we’d have a more positive message to take into the conference. Instead, it all feels a bit glum.
A more ‘sustainable’ approach to recruitment
As a business leader in the construction industry, have you had to recruit over the past 18 months? Found it hard by any chance?
Will developers join the anti-austerity movement? They should!
The cost-of-living crisis is affecting people much further up the income scale than previous squeezes on incomes.
Tough times are coming – adaptable marketing strategy is key to survival
In a challenging landscape, what can you be doing to stand out from the competition?
Sustainable, affordable developments: what gives?
Many councils and registered providers are having to grapple with competing priorities.
Seeing the light: how Identity Consult helped Assura save £160k on energy bills
As part of Assura's project to improve EPC ratings, savings of £158,950 will be made across 30 medical centres.
Labour would abolish business rates
Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves announced at the Labour Conference yesterday that she would abolish business rates and replace it with a “fairer system that is fit for the 21st Century”.
Mini-Budget: glaring omission on business rates
Friday’s Mini-Budget delivered some sweeping tax cuts which, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, are the largest since the 1970s.
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