This week sees two significant dates that will affect planning and housebuilding in England for at least the next two years.
Today, the Comprehensive Spending Review set out the future for government and local government expenditure for the term of this Parliament.
And on Friday, CALA Group’s challenge to the government’s decision …

Tony Reeves, chief executive of Bradford City Council, explains how today’s Comprehensive Spending Review will affect his city, including job cuts of up to 3,000 and £1bn being taken out of the local economy.
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Bradford City Council has 20,000 employees. We can expect to have 3,000 fewer by the end of …

Ian Ellis, exec chairman of property outsourcing giant Telereal Trillium, explains how the Comprehensive Spending Review will affect his company, including an anticipate 20% drop in profits from the public sector side of its business.
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There is no way you can have an order book shrunk and not have a drop …

Kate Wansbrough-Jones, associate in construction and engineering at law firm Taylor Wessing, says she thinks the Comprehensive Spending Review could be good for public procurement:

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How will the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review affect public procurement?
The obvious answer is that there will be less work to pitch for and competition …

Stephen Hollowood, executive director and head of public sector at GVA Grimley, looks at which parts of the UK will be hit hardest by next Wednesday’s comprehensive spending review:
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The much-anticipated comprehensive spending review will announce funding cuts across all parts of the public sector, although more so for some …

Gerry Hughes, executive director and head of consultancy & delivery at GVA Grimley, gives his view on the limitations of local authority asset sales and why sale-and-leaseback deals could be the answer for the public sector:
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The Total Place initiative put forward by the previous Labour government is emerging as …

There are ten days than three weeks left to register for the government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency scheme. Here, Knight Frank head of sustainability David Goatman gives his view on what you should be doing now:
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You’ve registered right? No? Oh dear.
If you are one of the many property companies …

There is less than three weeks left to register for the government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency scheme. Here, Knight Frank head of sustainability David Goatman gives his view on what you should be doing now:

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The final countdown really is upon us.
Based on current guidance it is taking the …

Congratulations are in order for Sir Bob Kerslake after he landed himself a very senior role in Whitehall.
The position of permanent secretary is a prestigious one. While his profile will be more subdued than was required of him at the Homes and Communities Agency, his influence should be significant.
His announcement …

There is officially one month left to register for the government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency scheme. Here, Knight Frank head of sustainability David Goatman gives his view on what you should be doing now:
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I’ve got good news and bad news.
The good news is that for those of us who …