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High value finance available for purchasing property – how should I structure my loan?
23 June 2022In the search for high value property finance, there are multiple ways you can structure your facility. Whether you are considering a capital repayment or interest only mortgage, a loan with or without assets under management, or securities-backed lending, we outline below what you can expect from each facility.
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Tick, Tock: Overseas Entities, are you ready to beat the registration clock? Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022
23 June 2022As widely publicised in recent months, the Government has fast-tracked new legislation to “tackle corrupt elites and dirty money” and to “deliver transparency about who ultimately owns and controls overseas entities that own land in the UK”.
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Not so intangible: IP rights and real estate. Clare Reddy, Stephanie Kay and Michael Szlesinger write for EG
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01 June 2022From trophy buildings that dominate the skyline to uniquely designed work and living spaces, distinctiveness is a significant driver of real estate value. Key to developers’ ability to leverage and protect that value are intellectual property rights.
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Conclusions - The Great Office Occupier & Developer Debate
27 May 2022In 2021, Lewis Silkin and HCG hosted three separate panel sessions where the views from senior members of the Occupier and Landlord communities were heard on a range of key, current topical issues within the real estate industry.
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Location, context and place-shaping challenge - The Great Office Occupier & Developer Debate
24 May 2022Office premises come in a wide variety of forms from new, smart buildings to older traditional and historic stock. One thing that is common to both is the need for context and location – a sense of physical place.
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Landlord offering - The Great Office Occupier & Developer Debate
19 May 2022The requirements of organisations returning to the workplace in a post pandemic scenario have undoubtedly been influenced by the learnings we have all experienced during the pandemic. As these business requirements continue to go through a state of flux, occupiers will be looking to their landlords to match the changes in demand.
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Technology Integration challenge - The Great Office Occupier & Developer Debate
19 May 2022There is no doubt that technology has been the fastest evolving element we have seen in offices. Remote working forced a switch to the use of virtual technologies for staff and organisations alike. IT departments had to respond to the challenge in order to keep business running and to bridge the gap between commercial and domestic data networks.
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“LURB” - Practical Planning Points for Developers
17 May 2022The Government finally issued the long awaited Planning Bill on 11 May repackaged as “The Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill” (“LURB”). The LURB covers a wide range of proposals or “missions” for levelling-up the country as well as planning reforms.
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Lease Flexibility - The Great Office Occupier & Developer Debate
11 May 2022The concept of ‘flexibility’ from a leasehold perspective can take many forms and within that there are degrees and differing perspectives. The coming years will see more flexibility within leases and/or licences and perhaps new arrangements that have yet to come to light. The future is unclear, but that will, inevitably, create opportunities and encourage change.
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Wellbeing and human centric workspace challenge – The Great Office Occupier & Developer Debate
11 May 2022Wellbeing is a difficult concept to pin down: it is both physical and intangible, practical and esoteric, and so can be tricky to measure with any accuracy. That said, the disruption from COVID-19 has provided an opportunity to create better, more human-centric workspaces.
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The Sustainability and Net Zero Challenge – The Great Office Occupier & Developer Debate
11 May 2022The lockdown months saw a huge reduction in the operational carbon footprints from commercial workplace premises. The lack of the daily commute for millions of workers also contributed to improvements in urban air quality and energy consumption.
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The government’s latest thinking on its new infrastructure levy: Sara Hanrahan comments for Planning Magazine
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28 March 2022The government’s proposed new infrastructure levy is one of the few remaining measures from the planning white paper. Insiders say ministers are considering ways that the levy could boost affordable housing delivery via a “formulaic approach” to the issue but there are still concerns over how it will handle the need for on-site provision.
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What the appointment of new housing minister Stuart Andrew means for planning. Sara Hanrahan comments for Planning Magazine
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22 February 2022The move from the whip’s office to the housing portfolio with its in-tray full of reforms, could offer a steep learning curve for the new minister whose main contribution to planning debates so far has been objections to greenfield development in West Yorkshire.
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Boutique hotel trends for 2022: What’s next for the sector? Anthony van Hoffen and Katie Thomas write for Boutique Hotelier
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09 December 2021The impact of Covid-19 on the luxury hotel sector has, arguably, been felt stronger than in any other single area of the economy. The sector has been faced with an unparalleled fight for survival – with most hotels having to close their doors to customers for considerable amounts of time throughout the last year and a half.
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Phoenix Rising: Key Trends for the Hotel Sector in 2022. Anthony van Hoffen and Katie Thomas write for Caterer, Licensee & Hotelier News
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07 December 2021The impact of the pandemic on the hotel and leisure sector was, arguably, felt stronger than in any other single area of the economy. With no ability to pivot their business to ‘online’, and no prospect that ‘working from home’ might provide a temporary solution, the sector was faced with an unprecedented fight for survival.
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The policy and legislation changes to expect this winter: Sara Hanrahan comments for Planning Magazine
29 November 2021With levelling-up a key government policy, the start of 2022 is set to hot up with the government setting out its response to feedback on the planning white paper
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What Gove's appearance in front of MPs tells us about his priorities for changing the planning system: Sara Hanrahan comments for Planning Magazine
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22 November 2021The housing secretary revealed his latest thinking on planning changes when he appeared before MPs last week, including giving communities a greater say over new development and examining the impact of permitted development.
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Government unveils scheme for binding arbitration in relation to COVID related rent arrears
17 November 2021On 9 November 2021 the government published its proposals regarding a new Code of Practice together with draft legislation, known as the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill, to deal with arrears accumulated during the Covid pandemic period.
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The Impact of Brexit on UK Real Estate Law: Our Experience So Far
12 November 2021The direct legal impact of Brexit for real estate has been limited, as property law is a matter for EU member states rather than for the EU as a whole. But other consequences have been felt.
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Landlord's intention under Ground (g) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
08 November 2021It is often said that, opposing renewal under paragraph (g) of section 30 (1) of Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 on the ground that the landlord intends to occupy the premises for the purposes of a business to be carried on by it, is a relatively straight forward ground upon which a landlord can succeed in opposing renewal. Since the decision of S.Franses v Cavendish Hotels there has been much speculation about the extent to which that decision impacts upon the landlord’s ability to oppose renewal on ground of opposition under paragraph (g).