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Property world’s reactions to Queen’s Speech, Property

Property world’s reactions to Queen’s Speech

Government proposals “will impose more red tape on all landlords”

By | Property | Wednesday, 8 May 2013 at 1:45 pm

The rise of community cooperative ownership in Wales: I’ll drink to that…, Notebook

The rise of community cooperative ownership in Wales: I’ll drink to that…

David Cameron believes ‘we’re all Thatcherites now’. In one North Wales town battered by her policies they beg to differ and community cooperatives are on the rise…

By | Notebook | Wednesday, 8 May 2013 at 1:35 pm

Your chance to live in a Grand Design, Property

Your chance to live in a Grand Design

Plus, how much does a house cost to buy and the case for a land value tax

By | Property | Wednesday, 8 May 2013 at 11:28 am

The Road to the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc: Rat Race Road Trip London to Edinburgh cycle, Notebook

The Road to the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc: Rat Race Road Trip London to Edinburgh cycle

When I signed up for the two-day Rat Race Road Trip, London to Edinburgh cycle ride, I thought, how hard can that be? I clearly didn’t think hard enough. This weekend, three months on from that decision, I found out.

By | Notebook | Wednesday, 8 May 2013 at 9:00 am

How retail technology could save the record, Bytesize

How retail technology could save the record

Did you go to your local record shop on Record Store Day? It was a nationwide series of events aimed at saving the nation’s independent record shops. Come on, these are the keepers of the flame. If we don’t support them they’re gone and the world will belong to the likes of Simon Cowell. So did you go and buy something from your local record shop?

By | Bytesize, Digital Digest | Wednesday, 8 May 2013 at 5:00 am

Has someone famous lived in your house?, Property

Has someone famous lived in your house?

Plus less red tape, more Garden Cities, and keeping up with the Joneses

By | Property | Tuesday, 7 May 2013 at 11:25 am

Barking Blondes: Do you remember your first pet?, Notebook

Barking Blondes: Do you remember your first pet?

The London Pet Show opens in Earls Court next weekend and yours truly have been asked to open it. Our two bull breeds, Molly and Matilda, have only seven more days of peace before they are paraded out to the public for much patting and pawing.

By | Notebook | Sunday, 5 May 2013 at 5:00 am

Property values at central Crossrail stations, Property

Property values at central Crossrail stations

Plus youngsters saving for homes

By | Property | Friday, 3 May 2013 at 2:16 pm

Interview with SoundCloud’s Alexander Ljung, Bytesize

Interview with SoundCloud’s Alexander Ljung

I was recently fortunate enough to get the chance to sit down with Alexander Ljung, founder and CEO of SoundCloud. For those of you not familiar with the service, SoundCloud is the web’s largest online audio distribution platform with over 30 million registered users, hosting content that reaches more than 180 million people per month.

By | Bytesize, Digital Digest | Friday, 3 May 2013 at 1:00 pm

Where to buy a houseboat, Property

Where to buy a houseboat

Plus the effect of longer tenancies on rent arrears and record levels of building society mortgage approvals

By | Property | Thursday, 2 May 2013 at 1:20 pm

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