UK agriculture – challenge, confusion, opportunity by John Moverley The past year has seen unprecedented change as all have faced up to the challenge of the pandemic. It has created challenge and not a little confusion, but it has also provided time and space to evaluate what really matters in life and the importance to us of our essential services and industries, not least
London’s Amazon river: using the Thames for logistics by Matthew Leonard In 1929, when an American congressman compared England’s longest river unfavourably with the Mississippi, the MP for Battersea, John Burns, quipped: “The Mississippi is muddy water, but the Thames is liquid history.” Burns was not one for hyperbole. The Thames, which flows from the Cotswolds in the west to the North Sea in the east,
Manufacturing beyond China, part 2 by Martin Schwarzburg China’s position on the world stage is changing rapidly as it moves to become a strategic competitor to incumbent economic powerhouses. Not least because of the recent trade conflict between the US and China and its long-term fallout as well as the covid-19 outbreak, it is imperative for companies to recalibrate their manufacturing relationships with
The experiments of youth: unpacking the complexities of China’s real estate market by Bing Wang This article was originally published in Summer 2019. With so many factors to consider, the division between doomsayers and optimists has never been so large. There seems to have always been two starkly different perspectives about China’s real estate market. For years, doomsayers have warned of an impending ‘burst of the bubble’ and ‘hard landing’,
Green infrastructure means business by Yolande Barnes This article was originally published in August 2019. Why we need to encourage innovation and holistic solutions to the challenges facing real estate. “Silo busters unite!” is becoming a slogan here at the Real Estate Institute. We contest that few, if any, of the major problems that face real estate in the 21st century can be
All change in the countryside by Michael Walton This article was originally published in Summer 2019. Farming in the UK is changing faster than anyone realises. There will be winners – and losers… The UK farming industry is facing a period of radical change that most farmers are underestimating both in extent and speed. There will be winners and losers, with the split