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Well, we can’t accuse the second half of
2016 of being uneventful!
Bookmakers and pollsters have proven
themselves to be entirely inadequate at
making political predictions, and they’re not
the only ones!
Having written a paper in June describing
the unlikelihood of Brexit, I felt much more
wary as we approached the US elections,
and seemingly with good cause. From time-
to-time the world changes, issuing in a new
era. There is a sense that now is such a time.
As a predominantly anti-Brexit city,
London must now grapple with a situation
that it did not invite. But the vote is in the
past. There are bigger challenges (and
opportunities) than Brexit, and it is important
that we remain focussed on these.
Fittingly, in this issue of Capital Watch,
our focus is on the future of our capital. We
start by taking a look at the next five years’
worth of events and developments, before
moving onto our feature set on the Future
of Work.
For those of you that missed it, we ran
a Future of Work conference in September
where we brought thought-leading
experts from around the world together to
examine emerging trends from a number of
unconventional standpoints. We’ve picked
three of these strands here for a bit of
further discussion.
Also in this edition: Richard Howard visits
Mercato Metropolitano, Candice Matthews
interviews Taylor Wimpey’s Ingrid Osborne,
we talk to A.I. guru Dr Chlump Chatkupt,
and we provide an obligatory run-down of
some post-referendum stats.
We hope that you find this of interest.
If you’d like to get involved in the debate,
as ever please drop me a line:
richard.pickering@cushwake.com.
Enjoy!
Richard
THE HOT ISSUE
ROUND-UP
COVER STORY
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FUTURE OF WORK
PAGE 14
PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
PAGE 32
The Wall, The Fire
and the Big Bang
SPOTLIGHT ON...
PAGE 12
Rates Increase in London
Winners and Losers
LONDON IN FIGURES
PAGE 23
Post Brexit Britain
LONDON DNA
PAGE 21
The Power of a Market
Richard Howard visits
Mercato Metropolitano
10 of London’s
Biggest Schemes
VILLAGE LIFE
PAGE 35
We showcase the best
of Bloomsbury
IN CONVERSATION
PAGE 27
with Taylor Wimpey’s
Ingrid Osborne
A snapshot of London
real estate stories from
the last quarter
London in Five Years’ Time
#TRENDING
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The Place Maker
with Dr Chlump Chatkupt
• Work Anywhere
• The Links that Bind us
• Digital Automation
Welcome
What’s Inside
Richard Pickering
Head of Insight & Research, UK & Ireland,
Editor of Capital Watch
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD