If you were in any doubt as to the level of anger among businesses over the delay to the rating revaluation, look no further than the fact that two-thirds of the top 50 business rates payers are appealing their 2015/16 bills - yes, two-thirds.
Never in the field of property takeovers were so many given such a surprise by so few.
Anyone watching BBC’s Panorama this week could be forgiven for thinking they had tuned into a pilot for a new show called ‘The Blame Game’.
Efforts to get back into the swing of things were brutally thwarted last week by the horrifying and deeply unsettling events in France.
Struggling to get out of bed on time in the morning?
Who would have thought the industry could bounce back in such exuberant - in some sectors, arguably over-exuberant - fashion this year?
If, like me, you’ve got the odd grey hair, you will be able to cast your mind back 26 years to a time when life seemed, well, pretty much the same.
If you were wondering why Quintain had held onto its West Silvertown site in Docklands, having otherwise pretty much decamped to Wembley, wonder no more.
The time has come for property folk to decide if they are professionals… or the wide boys and girls they are so often portrayed as outside the industry.
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