Taking a random sample of recent press reports it seems that there is still no consensus about what is happening in the market: Savills, usually the darling of property performers, posted annual losses of £7.7m and cut its dividend. It reports a "very cautious" outlook for 2009. Sir John Ritblat Read More
Brandz Top 100 Most Valuable Brands report indicates that Google is the world's first $100 bn brand. The league table is now: 1. Google (£68.5bn) 2. Microsoft (£52.2bn) 3. Coca-Cola (£46.3bn) 4. IBM (£45.6bn) 5. McDonalds (£45.5bn) 6. Apple (£43.2bn) 7. China Mobile (£42bn) 8. General Electric (£40.9bn) 9. Vodafone Read More
Graham Norwood, with whom I co-wrote the book “Media relations in property” (EG Books) a couple of years ago has just had his latest book published. In the book, he sets out the signals that were appearing from 2005 and asks questions about why so few people spoke out as Read More
Accountancy Age magazine carried the following story yesterday: “PwC says business services sector will emerge in the best shape following the recession Accountants, lawyers and property management companies will be among those to benefit early from an economic recovery, a PricewaterhouseCoopers index has found. Firms in the business services sector, Read More
Accountancy Age magazine carried the following story yesterday: “PwC says business services sector will emerge in the best shape following the recession Accountants, lawyers and property management companies will be among those to benefit early from an economic recovery, a PricewaterhouseCoopers index has found. Firms in the business services sector, Read More