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Momentum needed on City Deal
Cooke & Arkwright is looking forward to another decade of growth after passing a landmark 115 years in the commercial property sector in 2015, a year in which Cardiff increasingly…
Climate Change Treaty to affect investors and developers
The international treaty on Climate Change, which was signed in Paris on 13 December, is the first to commit all countries to cutting carbon emissions. As well as national and…
IPMS to address inconsistent global property data
The World Bank estimates that 70% of global wealth is in property, but these valuations are based on inconsistent measurement data. These anomalies have made it very difficult to compare…
Cardiff City Deal takes step forward
Chancellor George Osborne announced an ‘in principle commitment’ to help fund the Cardiff City Deal in his Comprehensive Spending Review on Wednesday 25 November 2015, which set out the government…
Business Rates to be devolved in England
In his Comprehensive Spending Review on Wednesday 25 November 2015, Chancellor George Osborne announced that local authorities in England will be allowed to keep the rates they collect from business…
New law affects all landlords, with a single property or a portfolio
The new Rent Smart Scheme under the Welsh Government's Housing (Wales) Act 2014 came into force on 23 November 2015. All landlords in Wales who rent out property to other…