Nick

Trading through a recession

I still remember vividly my first job in property. Having gone back to university in my mid-twenties to retrain,…

Time for a modular revolution

Any analysis of the UK construction industry will tell you two things.  Firstly, it’s ailing.  Secondly, it’s ripe for…

Reasons for optimism

This week I attended the Savills annual market update.  It’s a good chance to get an informed health check…

What happens now?

Theoretically the UK is leaving the European Union on 29th March this year.  Theoretically there will follow a two-year…

Back to reality

Oh what a shame.  Just when we thought the UK had turned a corner in delivering major infrastructure projects…

Looking for a break over Christmas: My top five reads

Last weekend, Christmas arrived in the Cuff house with the erection of a festive tree procured from the local…

Cambridge – the Growth Challenge

I’ve mentioned before in this blog that London isn’t the only place in the UK with a serious housing…

What’s the plan now?

With Brexit in full swing, it was perhaps inevitable that the publication of the Raynsford Review into town planning…

Taxing times

“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore,” Mark Twain once opined. A piece of free advice which still holds…

Bring on the Builders

It was a cold, crisp October morning when Prime Minister Winston Churchill ushered in the man that would become…