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Public sector experts give their views on the big property issues

How a decision in Cambridge affects councils nationwide
10/03/10 1:17 pm

I am writing this piece with a certain sense of self-satisfaction!
Many will have read reports in the press of the decision following an appeal by Countryside Properties about their Southern Fringe site in Cambridge.  I appeared as an expert on viability in the case, appointed by the City Council.
To familiarise …

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We need innovation to meet school targets
5/03/10 5:24 pm

Emma Cleugh, head of institutional consultancy at Knight Frank, gives her view on UK schools:
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With such a vast disparity between the quality of education delivered by schools throughout the UK, something clearly needs to be done.
One of the main strands of recent attempts to improve education has been for academies, …

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25/02/10 2:33 pm

I first found out last December that I was going to be putting together a website for people working in public sector property. There’s been a lot of work done in the two months since – not all by me, by the way – and it’s great that you’re finally …

Why funding for the Olympics confuses me
8/02/10 4:09 pm

I have been following the Olympic development with interest.
It seems that all is well in terms of the build programme and the readiness of the project for a spectacular Games in 2012. I am, however, puzzled by the wranglings over responsibility for the £800m debt accrued on the site and …

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