Property Management: Volume 11 Issue 1

Licensed Premises: part 2 Opportunities for Property management

V. Edwards, K. Chapman

Analyses the effect of changes in the brewing industry on the workof property managers, particularly the increased number of diverseproperty interests generated. Considers…

Not us, surely? Disaster recovery planning for premises

B. J. Varcoe

Examines some of the issue involved in premises‐related disasters,and seeks to identify what can be done before the event to minimize theafter‐effects. Considers three aspects of…

Managing change in the organisation and layout of Employment Service Jobcentres

P. Stansall

Reports on a study undertaken to explore the implications ofplanned changes to the way client services are organized in EmploymentService Jobcentres (ESJs). Surmises that space…

The emergence of facilities management in the United Kingdom National Health Service

Keith Alexander

Summarizes developments in estate management in the NHS in thelight of the reforms and advances in medical and information technology,and catalogues the events leading to the…

The grim reaper: a brief survey of bankruptcy and its effects

G.W.M. Dodds

States the two factors affecting how much a creditor can recover tobe: the size of the state; and how that estate is distributed. Considersthe status of secured debts, costs of…

Distress and forfeiture as the property manager′s options

P. Pennicott

Considers the use of distress as an effective and efficient meansof resolving non‐payment of commercial property rent. Asserts thatdistress is rarely used because it is not…

New European and UK health and safety requirements

M. Tyler

Discusses the origins in European law of the health and safetyrequirements introduced on 1 January 1993. Considers the introduction ofthe new measures into UK law by the…

Geographic information systems in commercial property

P. Thirlby

Considers the increasing use of GIS (geographic informationsystems) as a part of mainstream IT, particularly in the field ofcommercial property. Presents a case study…