Net zero ‘missing’ from Spending Review priorities

Against a backdrop of ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, with prolonged home-working, these are challenging times for many real estate sectors: notably office, retail and leisure, writes Victoria Trebilco.

In this special PlaceTech session, in association with workspace management solution Smarten Spaces, an expert panel of leading developers and occupiers shared valuable insights into how they are tackling the issues facing changing workforces. 

What does the future hold for retail and leisure? These are clearly challenging times, but seen against those sectors that were cruising before Covid but are now flailing for new ideas, such as offices, retailers have a headstart in confronting uncomfortable truths, and daring those who hold the purse strings to rip it up and start again.

On 31 January 2020, having ratified the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK left the EU and entered into a transition period which ends on 31 December 2020. Writes Richard Plaistowe.

In May 2013, the then UK Coalition government passed an amendment to the General Permitted Development Order which allowed the conversion of offices into new residential dwellings without the need to obtain full planning permission. Instead, developers had ‘deemed approval’. Andrew Timoney writes.

Tom Wallace, Founder and CEO of Re-Leased, the fast-growing cloud-based commercial property management software joins Paul Unger, editor of PlaceTech, to talk about how to utilise data for planning the recovery and the Re-Leased UK growth story.

Smarten Spaces and PlaceTech invite you to hear from a selection of the leading office developers and major occupiers as they explore how to make the best return to the office for your business in a changing real estate world.

Hear from Broadway Malyan, Gensler, Legal & General, Mallcomm and Appear Here at this special briefing on the outlook for one of the most challenged sectors of commercial real estate.