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#Week40 saw the Innesco team travel to Munich for Expo Real, one of Europe’s biggest investment and real estate trade fairs.

#Week39 saw offices back in the headlines as lower occupier requirements continued to impact the market.

#Week38 saw the real estate world’s attention turn once again to retail, with two events that were both realistic about the challenges the sector faces while being optimistic about the opportunities that the future holds.

#Week 37’s Paperclip comes to you from Riyadh, where many of the Innesco team have been busy as the official PR partner of the inaugural Cityscape Global event in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, having previously been held in Dubai since 2002. 

It might still feel like summer in London, but just as autumn rolls around, the annual Conference of the Parties—otherwise known as COP—comes squarely into view.

Week #35 saw renewed discussion over how changes in regulation might bolster #housing provision in the UK—with the government announcing that it would be scrapping water pollution restrictions to enable the construction of 100,000 new homes.

With #Week34 behind us – and, according to the Met Office, the last sunny days of what has been a distinctively average UK summer – football fans everywhere are waiting to see if their clubs will pull any rabbits out of hats before the transfer window closes on September 1st.

For those that found themselves working, #Week33 was a tricky time of trying to avoid the envy-inducing holiday pics of colleagues on social media.

#Week32 was a tricky one for the retail sector, with discounter Wilko collapsing into administration and putting 12,000 jobs at risk.

It’s #week31 at Paperclip and despite typically British skies, summer holiday season is here. For many this offers a chance to relax and reflect on the state of the market, perhaps from the comfort of a (hopefully dry) sun lounger.

#Week30 was a busy one for lots of people, getting those last bits of work done before heading off on holiday. But perhaps nobody got quite so much done as the UK’s housing and levelling up minister Michael Gove.

#Week29 saw the exciting news that Oxford University Development (OUD), a JV between Legal & General and Oxford University, will bring seven new research and residential development sites to the ‘city of dreaming spires’.

#Week28 saw the latest chapter in the saga that is Gatwick Airport’s attempt to open a second runway, with the news that it has applied for planning permission to increase its passenger numbers to 75 million a year.

#Week27 saw Meta – the company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – launch Threads, a new app designed to take on the microblogging might of Twitter. Pitched as a ‘friendly’ version of the Elon Musk owned social network, Threads claim that over 30 million people have signed up since its launch.

#Week26 saw yet more turmoil at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), with the resignation of the entire Standards & Regulation Board at the professional body.

This week saw Innesco return to Saudi Arabia — this time on behalf of MAPIC — for the conference’s inaugural Middle East pre-event launch hosted at the French Ambassador’s residence in Riyadh.