COMMERCIAL PROPERTY 2008

Management

Recession will empower managers: skills in demand

Occupiers demand better deal: agents slow to respond

Energy challenge: 'shocking complacency' on running costs

Residential flaws resurface: management 'beyond a joke'

Managed Business Space

Business rates: blunderbuss policies could hit operators

Green revolution: leading the charge into sustainable future

Fasset challenges experts: new model for surplus space

Serviced space defies downturn: best ever market

Avanta moves into India and China: preparation for market float

Basepoint builds on charitable foundations: regeneration focus

MLS clears decks with cut-price deals: bargains galore

Refuge in times of economic turmoil: crisis brings in tenants

Green Icon: landmark scheme attacks energy bills

UK Planning

Community charge: if you think you understand it, you're wrong

Wildlife protection: location, location, squelch

Delays: how to speed up decisions

Family homes not the answer: storing up future problems

Skills in short supply: staff problems will slow reforms