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23 Jun 2025
In a recent webinar, a panel of experts examined the challenges to securing appropriate skills for construction projects, as well as the measures necessary to improve productivity and labour supply in future.
22 Apr 2025
Following the release of the RICS Global Commercial Property Monitor, a recent webinar looked at the outlook for commercial property in 2025 across the UK, German, the Gulf and US markets.
01 Apr 2025
Climate contracting integrates decarbonisation and sustainability goals into legal agreements. In a recent webinar, in partnership with The Chancery Lane Project, a panel of experts discuss how climate clauses can be effectively implemented into contracts.
25 Mar 2025
Could professionals consider the time-value of carbon when making project-specific decisions? Anil Sawhney, head of sustainability at RICS, and Will Wild, Senior Engineer at Arup, examine the principle that emissions today should be valued differently from those emitted tomorrow.
24 Mar 2025
Does improving sentiment from the RICS Global Commercial Property Monitor signal an early upturn for the UK real estate market? Patrick Scanlon, Senior Director of Market Analytics, CoStar, examines the evidence.
13 Feb 2025
In a period of global uncertainty, the European Union is taking decisive steps to shape its economic and regulatory landscape.
07 Feb 2025
As the demand for data centres grows, how can their environmental impacts be mitigated? In the second of this two-part series, Tarrant Parsons, RICS head of market analytics, examines the innovations that could help reduce the carbon and water intensity of this real estate sector.
31 Jan 2025
Is this asset class set to outperform all others over the next decade? In the first of this two-part series, Tarrant Parsons, RICS head of market analytics, examines the rise of data centres and considers if growth can continue at such a pace given intensive energy requirements.
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