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Reaching the emerging middle classes beyond BRIC
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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Many companies are beginning to look beyond BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China), into emerging markets that have a lot of untapped potential and seem poised for increased growth, year over year. This paper discusses the appeal of emerging markets beyond BRIC, examines why a focus on the middle class is mostly justified, finds out more about what this group of consumers is buying and why, and then closes with a brief overview of other factors not to be forgotten in any complete market-entry strategy.
Amadeus Travel Insights: The 21st century traveller
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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Amadeus, in partnership with World travel Market, recently commissioned a report to unearth insight that will better connect travel sellers and providers with the changing needs of the 21st century traveller. The report was compiled following a series of in-depth industry expert-led roundtable discussions that took place in London during 2013.
Priority Estates Project
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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The Priority Estates Project (PEP) has launched a new website. PEP is an independent not-for-profit organisation that provides training and consultancy to the social housing sector and has been doing so for nearly 30 years. PEP works with residents, social landlords, councils, local government, tenant management organisations, regeneration organisations and other service providers and with communities as a whole. PEP is committed to creating cohesive, sustainable communities and tackling social and economic exclusion.
DTZ Research Institute 2013: Presentations
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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These presentations were made at the inaugural seminar of the newly formed DTZ Research Institute on 6 November 2013. The Institute aims to promote innovation in commercial real estate market research by making DTZ Research data available to leading academic researchers. Three presentations cover: Cross border capital flows in real estate; Real estate holding periods across Europe; Panel modelling of European office market rent dynamics and asymmetries.
CASCADE: Cities exchanging on local energy leadership
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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The CASCADE project on local energy leadership has published its peer-to-peer toolkit on local energy leadership. The toolkit offers guidance and support on how to use the four CASCADE peer-to-peer learning and networking methods (peer review, mentoring, work shadowing and study visits) as a tool for improving the implementation of climate and energy policies in cities. It explains what peer-to–peer learning is, what the benefits are of using each of the four CASCADE learning methods, and how to organise successful peer-to-peer learning visits.
European seaports: The growing logistics opportunity
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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Renewed growth of world trade is increasing the need for container ports to handle higher volumes of cargo. In Europe, ports are competing fiercely to attract business and an increasingly critical source of competitive differentiation is port-centric logistics that can drive supply chain performance improvements by locating warehousing and cargo handling at or close to the port. A new report from Jones Lang Lasalle looks at the potential for growth offered by port-centric logistics and the associated opportunities for developers and investors.
Funding transport
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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The International Transport Forum’s Summit, held in Leipzig on 22-24 May 2013, brought together Ministers from ITF member countries and many business leaders in total 1 000 delegates from 79 nations to test ideas, to engage with experts, to align perceptions on the funding issue and explore ways to address it. A publication presents the essence of this substantive debate.
Institute of Risk and Uncertainty
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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The University of Liverpool has launched a research institute to develop understanding of risk and resilience in building design, materials science and other key areas.
Help to Buy (equity loan) scheme and NewBuy statistics: April 2013 to September 2013
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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This statistical release presents official statistics on the number of home purchases and the value of equity loans under the government Help to Buy equity loan scheme, as well as the number of purchases under the government’s NewBuy scheme. It does not cover statistics regarding the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme. This is the first release concerning Help to Buy equity loan statistics. The figures presented in this release cover the first 6 months of the scheme, from the launch of the scheme on 1 April 2013 until 30 September 2013.
Meeting the sustainability challenge in the post-2015 era – A vision for resilient nations, large and small. Geneva, 15 November 2013
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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This talk was organised by UNISDR and the embassy of New Zealand. A video of the event is available online.
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