Housing is a topic that gets everyone riled up. Where you live is a sign of success, socially and financially; we take pride in what our houses are like and certainly their location. If you got in on the booming housing market at almost any time in the last 40 years – especially in New […]
“I have little doubt that with excess savings, new stimulus savings, huge deficit spending, more QE, a new potential infrastructure bill, a successful vaccine and euphoria around the end of the pandemic, the US economy will likely boom. This boom could easily run into 2023, because all the spending could extend well into 2023.” – […]
In the climate crisis, there is a big bloody great elephant in the room: our homes. residential housing contributes 20% of the UK’s CO2e, yet what is being done to tackle it? The carbon linked to transport, food and buying stuff is high profile and front of mind. With these issues we can make immediate […]
Originally published in April 2021. Needless to say, covid-19 has caused significant dislocations in all aspects of our daily lives. One of these has been a major shift in working practices. Almost overnight, those of us who were primarily office-based were forced to uproot and adapt to the realities of home-working, with all the distractions […]
To read The UK Economy – A picture of change, part one, visit https://www.propertychronicle.com/the-uk-economy-a-picture-of-change-part-one/. Before the present crisis, the UK had scaled to its highest ever number employed, 33 million, and its lowest jobless rate, 3.8%. Yes, jobs were sometimes laborious and unfulfilling. However, one has to qualify (sic) the jobs data included the highest […]
This article was originally published in September 2020. (Oliver is joint-owner of Maidstone Utd FC, Director of Brive Rugby Club in French Top 14 and recent Board Member of The National League.) Right now there is a heated debate on social media about the ill-health of many football clubs in the English Football League (EFL). […]
This article was originally published in December 2020.. The spring lockdown did not stop UK M&A in its tracks, but activity slowed. Faced with the fog of economic uncertainty, some buyers put their chequebooks back in the drawer, and vendors pressed pause. Since the first lockdown ended – and despite a second – activity has […]
The 60th week of a long holiday is about to start. France, the single most visited tourist venue on the planet, is having a vacation – from tourism. In 2019, France sat at the top of the global tourist visits league – as it has for decades. The flipside of this long dominance is that […]
It is no coincidence that the right to adequate housing is included in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The place you call home has a fundamental impact on your life. It is at once your roadside inn, your granary and your fortress. It is where you sleep, where you eat and where you […]
The IMF released a sobering Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for Sub-Saharan Africa last month. In 2020, the regional economy shrank by 1.9% and this year the IMF forecasts only 3.4% year-on-year growth for Sub-Saharan Africa compared to 5.8% for the world at large. As a result of this ‘great disruption’, the REO projects an additional […]
