RAPID RESPONSES
Agile office space
[Re: London’s developers have a prime role in ensuring its future success, Tuesday]
I couldn’t agree more with George Iacobescu’s assessment. It is vital for property developers to respond to changing business needs. However, greater property market flexibility could also be achieved by owners being open to new ways of making space available. More flexible ways of occupying offices would make businesses more agile and efficient. This could be in managed offices, where third party suppliers provide the total package for occupiers, in serviced offices, or even co-working spaces. Gone should be the days of one-size-fits-all, where firms have no choice but to take long and inflexible leases.
Patrick Elliott, chief executive of Instant Offices
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Private solutions
[Re: Cheap money and more debt won’t help the young, Tuesday]
Syed Kamall [Rapid Responses, yesterday] is wrong to criticise Philip Salter. Kamall completely ignores why entrepreneurs are not getting loans from the private sector – that their proposals do not warrant the risk involved. Does government know better than private investors?
Andrew Bates
[Re: Surging labour costs are keeping UK unemployment high, yesterday]
Easy hire, easy fire would free up the employment market. Relationships can go sour at any point. Unemployment insurance policies are a far better solution to all this.
Alex Wild