Honesty really is the best policy

Andreas Dracoulis outlines the details of the new Bribery Act, intended to stamp out on industry corruption. However, even the well intentioned in the industry could find themselves getting caught out The passage of the Bribery Bill through to an act of parliament, receiving Royal Assent on 8 April 2010, heralds the beg...

An end to a waste of space

From allotments to dinosaur exhibitions, the recession has encouraged developers and landowners to use space on stalled sites creatively. Long may it continue, argues Sarah Speight Bradford residents know only too well the impact of dereliction on their community. The now infamous Westfield site, hav...

Simple changes, huge impact

With increasing pressure on the construction industry to reuse and recycle, Jennifer Decker outlines how Land Securities have adopted new methods to help them achieve this aim The Construction Products Association predicts that 2011 will be the year that the construction industry finally begins ...

Cutting down for a better future

John Gotley outlines the details of legislation regarding businesses' carbon footprints, examining how it will be implemented and the impact it will have on the commercial property industry Climate change is set to be one the biggest challenges facing mankind in the twenty first century and a major contributo...

Government and Mandelson are accused of being 'detached from reality' over tax

Following on from our report about the Government stealth tax tempers have only flared. The BPF are leading a campaign to reintroduce empty property rate relief and we discover what those who are most affected have to say The British Property Federation (BPF), is leading the lobbying campaign against the stealth tax, saying empty rates were...