2020 is edging towards a close. At the end of what has surely been one of the most disruptive years for real estate on record, it seems fitting that we use these final couple of working weeks to envisage the positive change we want to see for the sector in the year ahead. Of...
You can’t be what you can’t see! It is a simple and powerful message. Why? Because it is true; there are only five ethnic minority and seven female chief executives of FTSE 100 companies since 2017. So if we are not seeing enough women, let alone black women, in leadership positions within real estate,...
Normally right about now, I would have been climbing aboard the evening BA flight in Nice, shattered, homeward bound to London. Every November for the last 23 years I’ve been in Cannes for MAPIC, and it’s never disappointed. OK, last year’s torrential storm that cut the electricity in the middle of my Innovation Session...
With Covid-19 making physical gatherings impossible, there are plenty of examples of how digital has brought people together in recent months. Since April alone, we have seen a 2,000% increase in virtual events globally. The most recent one, MAPIC, the leading global event in the retail industry, was held on the 17-18 November and...
The second week of November is always a busy week at Casa Innesco, as it is the week when we as a team get ready for what is arguably one of the most important weeks in the retail property calendar year: #MAPIC. Of course, this year is quite different compared to previous ones; instead...
There is a quick answer to this question (see below), but what has really struck me recently is who is asking. It isn’t just the development community, as you might expect, but also the general public who, as a result of Covid, are thinking in much more detail about how they interact with...
Each week living with the Covid-19 pandemic brings a fresh wave of high street casualties as the economic reality takes hold. Yet, for every genuine business failure for which the impact of Covid has proven too much to bear, there is another using current events as a smokescreen to run from liabilities and invoke...
Even before Covid struck, we knew that this new era of working required both agility and adaptability. But now, when evaluating not only how to make the right business decisions, but also how to communicate effectively in this brave digital-first world, we need to adapt our strategy towards modern, integrated campaigns. Now the world has gone digital-first, what makes a business stand out? And what is it that makes them attractive to potential clients (both today and in the...
Two weeks on from the moratorium on evictions being extended until the end of the year, we find ourselves at the latest flashpoint for relations between occupiers and landlords. Tuesday marked the latest quarter day, when the vast majority of rents become due, and the collection reports issued by managing agents to retail landlords...
Three days after Boris Johnson announced new restrictions for the UK, following a recent increase of Covid-19 cases, we are all wondering what our lives will look like in the upcoming winter season. Will we be able to go back to our office in October as planned, or must we, given the advice to...
