Just when it seemed as though the housing market was beginning to calm down, the multinational pharmaceutical corporation, Pfizer, announces that their coronavirus vaccine is more than 90% per cent effective.

The pandemic has highlighted community spirit and localism. People have taken to shopping where they live and local retailers have come to the fore - as a result, a sense of loyalty has emerged. 

While the offline-versus-online shopping debate rages, the reality is that it shouldn’t be a debate at all. The two can not only coexist, but directly benefit from each other’s existence.

The traditional methods of building new partnerships and enforcing current relationships simply won’t work in the pandemic - therefore it is important that businesses look toward new digital practices when marketing to potential clients.

To help transform ‘generation rent’ into ‘generation buy’, Boris Johnson announced his plans to help young homebuyers by offering 95 per cent mortgages.

The faint murmur of a saxophone accompanied by the rhythmic crash of a cymbal, echoes through the historic streets of Royal Tunbridge Wells. It’s clear to everyone in the know - jazz has officially returned to The Pantiles!

Now is the time to turn disruption into opportunity and bring new vision to towns and high streets.

At Targetfollow, we’ve noted this rise in demand for property, and to fund our plans for future acquisitions, we've decided to sell several assets from our portfolio. This includes housing in the desirable town of Royal Tunbridge Wells.  

The resurgent property market has been credited to chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday.

It has been an uncertain time for all businesses, and while the pandemic is far from over - Great Britain’s retail sector is already seeing clear signs of recovery.

Remember, as of today - everyone will have to wear a mask when browsing shops.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced a temporary holiday on stamp duty on the first £500,000 of all property sales in England and Northern Ireland.

With urban areas falling out of favour - where are the UK’s 2020 hotspots?

After last month’s successful reopening of the retail sector - all eyes are now on the hospitality industry, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s big announcement that hotels, pubs and restaurants would be permitted to reopen on July 4. 

With the reopening of non-essential retail paired with the wonderful summer sun; last week marked a significant rebound for Peterborough One Retail Park!

Due to the nature of the crisis, the situation is constantly evolving. One week a ghost town - the next a bustling hub for trade; these dramatic daily changes have brought a key question everyone’s lips - what will our high streets look like in the weeks to come? 

As lockdown is slowly eased - can we use this opportunity to reinvent and ensure that the changes forced upon metropolitan conurbations in the last few months are not squandered?

Flexible working was on course to revolutionise the entire industry - that’s until it faced the existential threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. How will the business model adapt to a post-lockdown world?

As business continues to weather the economic storm - a recent announcement from the government has enabled the industry to glimpse hope on the horizon; it has been declared that non-essential shops can reopen in England from 15 June.

After years of uncertainty surrounding Brexit – it appeared as though property markets had stabilised in effect of the ‘Boris bounce’. Despite this; the COVID-19 epidemic has caused disruption to an industry in a state of fragile recovery.

In effort to limit the spread of coronavirus – thousands of companies have allowed their staff to operate from the sanctuary of their own home.

A 2016 survey conducted by HSBC, revealed that 59% of business owners under the age of 35 were female – a sizable number of which were choosing to invest in property.

Since the discovery of the Chalybeate Spring in 1606 by Dudley North, 3rd Baron North - Tunbridge Wells has been a hugely popular location in England.

With 260 million monthly active users on LinkedIn, 316 million on Twitter and more than 2 billion on Facebook; the impact a social media presence can have on your asset management business is indisputable.

With over 4.8 million freelancers, contributing over £250bn to the UK economy – it is clear that the self-employed nomad is the future of the British workforce.