Investment Strategies

When people talk about investment strategies, we tend to think there’s only one way to invest. Usually the one that escapes us. The truth, as

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June 6, 2022
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Investment Strategies

May 30, 2022
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Patience

May 15, 2020
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How COVID-19 is Changing Construction

COVID-19 has forced the construction industry to examine carefully, how it conducts business. As a result of coronavirus, construction was left in lockdown limbo, with ambiguous and unclear advice on what was or was not safe.

March 30, 2020
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COVID-19 – Impact on Business & Property

The last month has seen a significant change to the short-term outlook for the UK and the world as a result of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. [...........]

March 2, 2020
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The Reinvention of High St Retail – Opportunity or Threat

The inexorable rise of the internet over the last 30 years has had a major effect on society and business. It has transformed the way that we communicate with one another, disrupted industries out of existence, created new ways of generating wealth and fundamentally altered our social fabric. Most people now meet their partners online. Social and economic relationships have become more transient, as it has become easier to connect and transact.

February 12, 2020
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Aparthotels: A Brexit-Proof Property Development Strategy?

There’s no refuting the effect of Brexit on the UK. It’s created turbulent waters for developers and investors alike. Those who wish to ride the wave of uncertainty unscathed must move in the direction of certainty. At the moment the residential market in London and the South East is flat. Prime Central London has seen a precipitous decline, losing 20-30% in the last few years, though there is one sector showing a lot of opportunities. [............]

January 18, 2020
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How to Become a Property Developer

A lot of people ask me how to become a property developer. Given that I have been doing it for the last 16 years, built over 100 properties with a total value of over £20m and accumulated an investment portfolio of over 50 residential and commercial properties, I should know something about that by now.