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Blackstock founder responds to Social Housing Green Paper
14 Aug 2018
08 Oct 2018
Responding to the Social Housing Green Paper, published today, Andrew Teacher, managing director at Blackstock, said: “What we needed was an overhaul of funding and...
5 Housing Things Hammond Won't Say
21 Nov 2017
08 Oct 2018
We’ve been here a few times before: a chancellor with his face pinned against the wall pushing back with a slurry of promises on housing....
FACT CHECK: Government telling porkies over rates
20 Feb 2017
08 Oct 2018
FACT CHECK: Government telling porkies over rates The Government finally responded to growing anger over its business rates reforms trying to justify them using misleading...
Snoopers’ Charter: Turning coders into coppers isn’t the answer
06 Jul 2016
08 Oct 2018
A plotline in the last season of House of Cards sees the dashing Republican presidential nominee, Will Conway, lambasted for manipulating voters’ internet searches using...
15 things Brexit may mean for property
24 Jun 2016
08 Oct 2018
Blackstock have put out some initial views on what may happen now in the UK real estate market following Brexit. Please contact us for more...
Sadiq shock horror: another housing manifesto from an opportunistic politician
09 Mar 2016
08 Oct 2018
Sadiq Khan’s housing manifesto is the political equivalent of a cover band: it hits all the right notes but with something sadly vapid about its...
While Google and Amazon are given a free pass, small businesses are cornered by HMRC
08 Feb 2016
08 Oct 2018
Last week’s media circus may have shed light on the shady relationship between HMRC and corporate giants such as Google and Amazon, but while big...
If Cameron wanted to fix our housing crisis, he’d get councils building again
15 Oct 2015
08 Oct 2018
David Cameron’s party conference speech will be best remembered for his pledge to turn ‘Generation Rent’ into ‘Generation Buy’. By allowing house builders to offer...
Launderette-to-home conversions won’t wash away the housing crisis
13 Oct 2015
08 Oct 2018
A new housing bill published today will allow developers to convert laundrettes to homes without planning permission. Liverpool, Manchester and Hackney in east London are...
Why Tube saga could be the death rattle for unions as driverless vehicles emerge
12 Oct 2015
08 Oct 2018
This summer London was plagued by strikes on its transport network. These could potentially carry on into the winter as union staff continue to bang...
Why Cameron’s housing ‘crusade’ is more like a paper boat in the bath
07 Oct 2015
08 Oct 2018
The prime minister has promised a crusade to build 200,000 cheap homes before 2020. Here are six reasons why the proposals won’t help. 1. It...
Sadiq Khan’s housing policies would make crisis worse
30 Sep 2015
08 Oct 2018
On Wednesday morning, Labour’s Tooting MP Sadiq Khan kicked off the next stage of the London mayoral race by delivering a speech at the Labour...
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