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Britain’s unnatural nature

The green rolling hills of the British countryside are a national treasure, but they are by no means natural. Think of unspoilt land and you might picture a patchwork of green fields divided by meandering hedgerows or dry-stone walls, home to placidly munching sheep or cows.

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Pay gaps: pay attention

Gender pay gap figures provoke no end of disgruntlement when published each year. 

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Second-guessing second staircases

This week, we take a closer look at the implications of new second-staircase rules for high-rise residential developments. 

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Object lessons in retrofitting

My regular commute to work includes a quarter-mile walk between rail and tube, along Newgate Street in the City of London near St Paul’s. 

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Offset funding failure

Few in business will be entirely shocked to learn that a levy imposed by government has been collected with little idea of how to spend it.

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Mipim and the human factor

One of the joys of visiting Mipim is not knowing quite who you’ll meet or what you might hear while you’re there.

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What goes down…

Anyone feeling bleak about today’s depressed property values should take heart from this week’s cover star: Roger Madelin of British Land.

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Retrospective clarity on retrofit

As we all know, Marks & Spencer’s flagship Marble Arch store is at the centre of a long-running planning dispute, but it also happens to be slap bang in the middle of the City of Westminster.

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Who inspects the inspectors?

As we warned last week, a “massive slowdown” in the residential sector is looming as the deadline for building control surveyors to register with the Building Safety Regulator draws closer.