Archive

Consultants find scope to stay focused in economic downturn

By Huw Morris

21 November 2008

Nobody can keep breaking records year on year indefinitely, and planning consultancies are not immune from this rule of economics.

Business graveyard

By Tim Williams

3 October 2008

The great business model extinction

Richards on ... dealing with the downturn

8 August 2008

Credit crunch, economic slowdown, recession, "Wall Street got drunk".

Whatever MPs think, councillors must be up to speed on planning

By Huw Morris

25 July 2008

It may not be a best-seller, but this week's Commons communities and local government select committee report on planning skills should be required reading for ministers, officials, councillors, planners, developers, lobbyists and indeed anyone with a stake in how this country functions.

Price problems

By Richard Garlick

18 January 2008

Thoughts are turning to the implications of a long-term property slump

Power predicament

By Anthony Fyson

18 January 2008

There are some disadvantages to decentralising power generation.

Slump scope

By Tim Williams

18 January 2008

A downturn in property prices presents opportunities for the sector.

Easy wins

By Huw Morris

11 January 2008

Call-in reforms are hardly top of the must-fix list.

Tariff tribulations

By Anthony Fyson

11 January 2008

The community infrastructure levy must be seen to be as equitable as planning gain supplement.

You cannot escape from the economy

By Sir Peter Hall

30 November 2007

Fifty years in the academic trade teach you one lesson: there's no substitute for students.