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Towards the Circular Economy through Urban Innovation

November 16, 2018/in Insights /by Jon Lovell

In an article featured by PLACETECH, Lucy Matchett, Senior Consultant at Hillbreak, shares lessons from Amsterdam on ways in which innovative design and technology are being deployed to advance the circular economy. The Netherlands is renowned for innovation and creative responses to global megatrends. For example, and despite geographic constraints, The Netherlands has recently become […]

Perfect Storm for Managing Agents

November 2, 2018/in Insights /by Timia Berthomé

Consultants Howard Morgan & Jon Lovell offer a six-point solution to the problems of the property industry’s managing agents Managing agents caught in the ever-increasing whirlwind of client demands and occupier expectations must embrace risk and innovation if they are to survive. This is the view of two independent experts, operating in complementary spheres of […]

The trouble with Science Based Targets

May 9, 2018/in Insights /by Jon Lovell

Background Formally-approved Science Based Targets (SBTs) are a scheme of the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), a venture of the UN Global Compact, CDP, World Resources Institute and WWF. They have been gaining much attention and some traction amongst corporates and institutional investors; at the time of writing, 105 companies have in place targets formally […]

Responsible Property Investing with M&G Real Estate

March 16, 2018/in Insights /by Jon Lovell

M&G Real Estate is the property investment unit of M&G Investments and has £29.5 billion of assets under management globally (as at 30th of September 2017). It has had an active Responsible Property Investment (RPI) programme for over a decade and is widely regarded by industry stakeholders, with whom it engages regularly on a range […]

Hillbreak comments on Building Regulations & Fire Safety review

December 19, 2017/in Insights /by Miles Keeping

Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017, a review of Building Regulations & Fire Safety (separate from The Grenfell Tower Inquiry) is underway and led by Dame Judith Hackitt. Her interim report stresses the need for “a new intelligent system of regulation and enforcement for high-rise and complex buildings which will encourage […]

Strategic Foresight: Stage 6 – Acting on an Agreed Agenda

July 20, 2017/in Insights /by John Ratcliffe

Acting on an Agreed Agenda Given that strategic foresight inherently has a long and broad horizon, the challenge to those concerned with taking action today to secure a better future tomorrow lies largely in forging the link between the vision ahead and the bottom-line now. This final phase of “Acting” is primarily about communication – […]

Strategic Foresight: Stage 5 – Planning Strategic Options

July 4, 2017/in Insights /by John Ratcliffe

Planning Strategic Options Strategic planning options are the policy pathways that transport the realm of long-term, big-picture vision to the reality of the need for a set of actionable tactics to tackle present circumstances. Such planning thus provides an organisation with a roadmap showing how it can get from where it is, to where it […]

Strategic Foresight: Stage 4 – Visioning a Preferred Future

June 15, 2017/in Insights /by John Ratcliffe

Visioning a Preferred Future The essential purpose of Strategic Foresight is to make better, and more informed decisions in the present. All organisations, however, need to ask the basic questions about their future: “Where are we going? What do we want to be? And how do we know what we want to be doing?” In achieving […]

The Age of #PropTech Dawns!

June 13, 2017/in Insights /by John Ratcliffe

Contrary to ‘populist’ opinion, ‘globalisation’ has not stopped. Digital convergence, oblivious of boundaries, has moved it ascendantly to the clouds. Vast streams of information and data constantly wash around our communication systems connecting everything, everywhere to everyone. This onslaught of the ‘Internet of Things’ is transforming the very way we live, work and play. So […]

Towards the Circular Economy through Urban Innovation

Perfect Storm for Managing Agents

The trouble with Science Based Targets

Responsible Property Investing with M&G Real Estate

Hillbreak comments on Building Regulations & Fire Safety review

Strategic Foresight: Stage 6 – Acting on an Agreed Agenda

Strategic Foresight: Stage 5 – Planning Strategic Options

Strategic Foresight: Stage 4 – Visioning a Preferred Future

The Age of #PropTech Dawns!

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