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About Capstone - Leading International Property Recruitment Consultants Capstone was established in 2009 by experienced recruiters and industry professionals who have worked within the property and construction market since 1997. Our team recruits all types of professionals spanning the property life cycle including all real estate functions, construction & engineering and infrastructure. We recruit at all levels from recently qualified professionals through to Director level. Capstone’s success is a result of strong partnering relationships built over many years within the sector representing candidates and clients from all backgrounds. Capstone’s deep industry knowledge coupled with a drive for quality and living and breathing the industry sets us apart.

Friday, 31 October 2014

Thursday, 30 October 2014

Lend Lease Hosted the 2014 Americas Employee Excellence Awards


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Senior Commercial Property Manager


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Kier and Enfield Council to secure first council housing for 30 years


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Kier and Enfield Council to secure first council housing for 30 years



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Land Securities completes sale of Bristol Partnership stake



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Stelios' latest wheeze easyProperty smashes crowdfunding target by 30pc


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Stelios' latest wheeze easyProperty smashes crowdfunding target by 30pc



CBRE Acquires PSM Center Management To Expand Retail Real Estate Capabilities In Switzerland


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CBRE Acquires PSM Center Management To Expand Retail Real Estate Capabilities In Switzerland



Wednesday, 29 October 2014

Hannah McNamara wins 'Women of the Future' award


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Hannah McNamara wins 'Women of the Future' award



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GOVERNMENT REVEALS 2017 BUSINESS RATES REVALUATION DATE


Gerald Eve

GOVERNMENT REVEALS 2017 BUSINESS RATES REVALUATION DATE

• April 1st 2015 laid before Parliament as date for next revaluation

• Leading expert criticises two-year delay before new values will affect rates bills


 


April 1st 2015 has been revealed as the valuation date for business rates assessments from 2017 onwards, with the necessary statutory instrument laid before Parliament yesterday (28th October, link). Responding to the announcement, Jerry Schurder, head of business rates at Gerald Eve, said:


“Having been critical of the postponement by two years of the 2015 revaluation, business will welcome this tangible commitment from the Government to finally bring rates bills more into line with current economic realities.


“The business rates burden will be more fairly split from 2017 onwards and struggling Rochdale retailers will no longer be subsidising the luxury brands of Regent Street.


“But with modern technology, it should no longer be necessary for there to be two years between the valuation date and the issuing of updated business rates bills.


“The whole point of a revaluation is to ensure rates bills reflect the property rental market and the wider economic climate – a gap of two years between valuation and implementation only reduces the chances that the bills will represent businesses’ ability to pay.


“The overwhelming business response to the Government’s ongoing review of business rates administration was that the gap should be shortened to one year and revaluations should occur more frequently.


“By announcing the valuation date as April 1st 2015, the Government has missed its first opportunity to deliver on the administration review’s commitment to ‘strengthen the system’s responsiveness to changes in property values’ and ‘to enable tax assessments to be based on up-to-date property values’.”




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Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Tuesday, 21 October 2014

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Industrial Sector Leads Yield Improvements Across European Commercial Property Market



Nine ways to protect your home against flooding


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GVA gears up for cycle challenge on LandAid Day


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Monday, 20 October 2014

Thursday, 16 October 2014

AECOM awarded contract for Newtown Creek Renewable Natural Gas Project


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AECOM wins key advisory role on third consecutive Olympics


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Oxford struck by housing shortfalls, top prices and rising rents


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Oxford struck by housing shortfalls, top prices and rising rents



Kier Property and Investec partner for £75m hub at Reading Gateway


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AECOM awarded contract for Newtown Creek Renewable Natural Gas Project


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Wednesday, 15 October 2014

AECOM wins key advisory role on third consecutive Olympics


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AECOM wins key advisory role on third consecutive Olympics



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LATEST RPI FIGURES ADD £500m TO BUSINESS RATES BILLS


Gerald Eve

LATEST RPI FIGURES ADD £500m TO BUSINESS RATES BILLS

Today’s official Retail Price Index (RPI) figures will add further pressure to the UK’s soaring business rates bills. Firms in England face a £500 million rise in business rates for 2015/16 following the announcement that RPI in September was 2.3%.


Last year, for the first time ever, the Government capped the UBR increase at 2% rather than adopt the full RPI rise of 3.2% and businesses will hope that the Chancellor will again provide some business rates relief in his forthcoming Autumn Statement.


Jerry Schurder, head of rating at Gerald Eve said: “As the only national tax linked to inflation rather than prevailing market conditions, business rates are in urgent need of reform. At the very least, pegging business rates to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) – currently 1.1% – would provide welcome relief to UK businesses and halve next year’s rates increases.”


Even a 2.3% rise will pale into insignificance for tens of thousands of businesses whose business rates bills will leap due to the ending of transitional relief in April 2015. This scheme, introduced with the 2010 rating revaluation, was designed to assist firms facing large increases in their rates liabilities, phasing in rises over the five-year revaluation period. However, the Government’s controversial decision to postpone the 2015 revaluation, while neglecting to continue the transitional relief programme, has left the most-impacted firms exposed to sudden jumps in their rates bills in April 2015.


Research from Gerald Eve reveals that tens of thousands of small business in England face inflation-busting hikes in their business rates bills when transitional relief is removed in April 2015.


Some 67,000 small properties – including 19,000 shops, 2,500 pubs and cafes and 4,700 workshops – will face rate bill rises well above inflation, with 6,500 hit with increases of at least a third and 600 businesses having to come to terms with hikes of 100% or more. At their most extreme, the increases will be crippling: Gerald Eve has identified a newsagent’s kiosk in Bristol that faces an eye-watering rise of 534%.


With small properties typically occupied by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) it is such businesses that will bear the brunt of the increases, although over 4,000 larger properties – including landmarks such as The Oval cricket ground, London Zoo and Castle Howard in Yorkshire – will also attract significant hikes.


Examples identified by Gerald Eve include a high school in West Yorkshire whose rates bill will surge by over £61,000 from £22,249 to £83,328 and a Liverpool hostel which faces a £49,000 rise from £9,719 to £58,032.


Jerry Schurder, head of rating at Gerald Eve, said: “The end of transitional relief and the two-year deferment of the 2015 revaluation have created a perfect storm that will see huge rises in business rates bills hitting the smallest firms hardest.”


“I call on George Osborne to use December’s Autumn Statement to address this urgent issue, with any rises in business rates limited to no more than inflation. Longer term, the rating system needs overhaul to avoid radical leaps in bills and reduce SME’s exposure to such significant costs.”



SMALL FIRMS FACE INFLATION-BUSTING HIKE IN BUSINESS RATES AS TRANSITIONAL RELIEF ENDS

• Nearly 67,000 small properties in England face big increases from April 2015

• 5,000 properties will see rates bills being hiked by at least 33%

• One Bristol newsagent faces eye-watering 534% rise in annual rates bill


 


Thousands of small firms in England face inflation-busting hikes in their business rates bills when transitional relief is removed in April 2015, according to the latest research from property consultancy and business rates experts Gerald Eve.


Some 67,000 small properties – including 19,000 shops, 2,500 pubs and cafes and 4,700 workshops – will face rate bill rises well above inflation, with 6,500 hit with increases of at least a third and 600 businesses having to come to terms with hikes of 100% or more. At their most extreme, the increases will be crippling: Gerald Eve has identified a newsagent’s kiosk in Bristol that faces an eye-watering rise of 534%.


With small properties typically occupied by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) it is such businesses that will bear the brunt of the increases, although over 4,000 larger properties – including landmarks such as The Oval cricket ground, London Zoo and Castle Howard in Yorkshire – will also attract significant hikes. Examples identified by Gerald Eve include a high school in West Yorkshire whose rates bill will surge by over £61,000 from £22,249 to £83,328 and a Liverpool hostel which faces a £49,000 rise from £9,719 to £58,032.


Introduced following the 2010 revaluation, transitional relief was designed to assist firms facing large increases in their rates liabilities, phasing in rises over a five-year period. However, the Government’s controversial decision to postpone the 2015 revaluation, while neglecting to continue the transitional relief programme, has left the most-impacted firms exposed to sudden jumps in their rates bills in April 2015.


Jerry Schurder, head of rating at Gerald Eve, said: “The end of transitional relief and the two-year deferment of the 2015 revaluation have created a perfect storm that will see huge rises in business rates bills hitting the smallest firms hardest.


“Transitional relief was introduced to support those firms least able to cope with large rises in their rates liabilities, but Government policy will impose a double-whammy on many thousands. Not only will they not benefit from the adjustment that a revaluation would have brought by aligning values with the market, but they will also face inflation-busting increases in their bills.


“We call on George Osborne to use December’s Autumn Statement to address this urgent issue, with any rises in business rates limited to no more than inflation. Longer term, the rating system needs overhaul to avoid radical leaps in bills and reduce SME’s exposure to such significant costs.”


 


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Tuesday, 14 October 2014

David Roberts discusses on China's position


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David Roberts discusses on China's position



AECOM awarded contract for Newtown Creek Renewable Natural Gas Project


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AECOM awarded contract for Newtown Creek Renewable Natural Gas Project



Singapore development company snaps up historic Royal Mail site


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Singapore development company snaps up historic Royal Mail site



CEE Commercial Real Estate Investment Volume Up 11% Year-On-Year


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CEE Commercial Real Estate Investment Volume Up 11% Year-On-Year



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Gloucester’s ‘Fort Knox’ on the market through Alder King



Friday, 10 October 2014

House prices: which EU countries have performed best?


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House prices: which EU countries have performed best?



Pi Labs Estates Gazette Interview


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Housebuilding falls for first time in 18 months, ONS says


A sad loss for Blackpool as unprofitable airport to close


Balfour Beatty shares plunge 15% after forecast profits dive by £75m


Construction competition: Lodha plans £3bn push into London property



Housebuilding falls for first time 18 months, ONS says


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Housebuilding falls for first time 18 months, ONS says



Opening London Borough of Bexley's New Civic Offices


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Opening London Borough of Bexley's New Civic Offices



Land Securities exits Princesshay, Exeter and takes full control of Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow


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Land Securities exits Princesshay, Exeter and takes full control of Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow



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Thursday, 9 October 2014

Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Questor share tip: Buy Unite for student property investment


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Questor share tip: Buy Unite for student property investment


What's going so wrong in the UK's property market?



A sad loss for Blackpool as unprofitable airport to close


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A sad loss for Blackpool as unprofitable airport to close



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AECOM awarded contract for Newtown Creek Renewable Natural Gas Project



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AECOM wins key advisory role on third consecutive Olympics


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Alder King achieves investment sale of Gloucester retail warehouse


Rare opportunity to acquire rural Gloucestershire manufacturing facility



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Monday, 6 October 2014

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BPF and GVA urge investors to focus on UK’s major cities at Expo Real


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House prices: Homeowners buy cars rather than pay off their mortgage



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C&W teams with dragon for property accelerator



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Friday, 3 October 2014

Kier launches £100m Manor Kingsway housing scheme


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Wednesday, 1 October 2014

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GVA backs consultation over expanded TfL Cycle Superhighway network


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GVA backs consultation over expanded TfL Cycle Superhighway network



Monumental budget busters: when the cost of infrastructure projects spirals out of control


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Monumental budget busters: when the cost of infrastructure projects spirals out of control



Monumental budget busters: when the cost of infrastructure projects spirals out of control


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Monumental budget busters: when the cost of infrastructure projects spirals out of control



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Why are Chinese investors buying Australian property?



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