Have we seen the worst of the property recession? There is growing evidence to suggest that is the case. The prime residential market in London is on the rise again, though it is still down on the 2008 peak. Knight Frank are reporting that: – Prime house prices...
Today saw Tony Carroll speaking at the Building Business For Our Region event in a windswept and wet Bridlington on the usually glorious Yorkshire coast. Ven Management’s Target initiative have organised a series of seminars aimed at SME’s in the...
or; Does a client really need a building? Back in the 90’s, when I designed buildings for a living with Crampin and Pring Architects, we had a client, Tim Hopwell, He owned a frozen food distribution business and had a string of cold stores around the UK....
The unprecedented fines levied by the Office of Fair Trading on the 103 building companies declared guilty of involvement in cover pricing has sent a shock wave through a construction industry already reeling from the worst recession in memory. With individual fines...
The Building Cost Information Service are reporting that tender prices are not expected to return to pre-recession levels in the next five years. The next two few years were always expected to be tough but they predict that prices will continue to fall until growth...
After five years the Office of Fair Trading has released a press statement and published the outcome of the investigation into cover pricing. The wording is interesting because while enormous fines have been issued, and the firms involved have undoubtedly been in...
