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Light relief for property amid unremitting gloom
Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement on Wednesday against a far bleaker economic backdrop than seemed likely when he took office in 2010.
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Dodgy dossier rubs salt in rates delay wound
It goes from bad to worse: the government’s ludicrous assertion that delaying the national rates revaluation is good news for business is unravelling faster than Eric Pickles orders his beloved curry.
Rapacious retailers rock property’s foundations
Just how far can the balance shift in favour of retailers against landlords?
Lie at the heart of rates revaluation delay
Ministers aimed another kick in the teeth at long-suffering retail and property-owning businesses by delaying the 2013 revaluation for the business rates system last week (analysis).
Lukewarm applause for new Portas show
When prime minister David Cameron commissioned TV personality Mary Portas to review the future of the high street, he may have been seeking “blue sky” thinking that a conventional expert could supply.
Banks must play part in curing Southern Cross
Property has rocketed to the top of the political agenda this week as Southern Cross, Britain’s biggest care homes operator, heads closer to the rocks