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Lem Bingley

Lem is editor of Property Week.

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Sunshine and clouds at UKREiiF

21 May 25

Leeds was bathed in glorious sunshine for UKREiiF, in a fashion that Cannes this year singularly failed to deliver. Boxes of umbrellas the organisers had lined up, just in case, were quietly shoved to one side.

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Why we should value the human touch

14 May 25

Bring almost a thousand property people together in one room and you get a lot of noise, as I can readily attest. Opening this year’s RESI Awards, I was glad of a microphone as the hubbub threatened to drown out the few things I had to say before dinner.

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Hackers sock it to M&S

7 May 25

The major digital security incident affecting Marks & Spencer should serve as a wake-up call to businesses of every stripe.

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VOA: back to square one

30 April 25

A sign in the lobby of 1 Ruskin Square, home to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), puts the agency’s name firmly below the words ‘HM Revenue & Customs’.

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Is the rates burden settled?

16 April 25

This week we hear from Dee Corsi, chief executive of New West End Company, a central London Business Improvement District (BID).

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Where next after Trump’s tariff bombshells?

9 April 25

Barely a month in the past, this year’s Mipim conference already feels like it belongs to a bygone era – to those languorous, sepia-tinted days before US president Donald Trump launched his frenzied attack with the big tariff blunderbuss.