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Insights 16.07.26

Upward-only rent review clauses are a common feature of commercial leases. They allow rent to increase, or remain the same, at review, but do not allow rent to fall even where market rents have reduced.

Upward-only rent reviews: ban on the statute book, but not yet in force

Insights 06.07.26

Buying a listed building is always exciting – they are beautiful, unique and full of character and history. However, they may come with more than a few skeletons in the cupboard as a result of past owners having undertaken works without listed building consent.

Don't Let Your Dream Listed Building Become a Legal Nightmare

Insights 29.06.26

The residential land market entered 2026 with improving sentiment, supported by expectations of lower inflation, an easing interest rate cycle, and a gradual recovery in buyer confidence.

Summer 2026 Market Update: Land Market Remains Selective

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Insights 21.06.26

England is heading towards an unprecedented concentration of Local Plan submissions before the end of 2026. For developers and promoters, the issue is not just whether a plan is submitted, but whether it can withstand the scrutiny of examination.

The Great 2026 Local Plan Rush

Insights 10.06.26

The Government has recently confirmed that Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) will apply to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) from 2 November 2026.

BNG Updates for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects

Insights 21.05.26

Yesterday’s Scottish Land & Estates Conference in Edinburgh took place at an interesting moment for rural Scotland.

Building Rural Scotland: investment, resilience and backing long-term value

Insights 21.05.26

Our latest Todd Talk – held on Day 3 of UKREiiF 2026 - brought together Bidwells’ Head of Built Environment, Richard Todd, and Tilo Guenther, Director at the award‑winning Niall McLaughlin Architects, for a conversation that revealed the craft, curiosity and collaboration behind some of Oxford’s most admired buildings.

Todd Talk: A Fireside Chat with Tilo Guenther, Niall McLaughlin Architects

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Insights 21.05.26

In the built environment, we often speak confidently about social value, wellbeing, and community impact. Yet when it comes to measuring these concepts in a way that stands up to scrutiny, the sector still hesitates. At UKREiiF, a panel hosted by Bidwells brought together voices from government, the charity sector, and community‑focused organisations to explore how we can move from good intentions to credible evidence.

Measuring What Matters: Turning Social Impact Into Real Evidence

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Insights 20.05.26

For years, the UK’s innovation story has been told through the lens of the Golden Triangle. Oxford, Cambridge, and London have dominated headlines, investment flows, and political attention.

UK Investment Hotspots: The Rise of a Distributed Innovation Economy

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Insights 20.05.26

For the past few years, the commercial property world has been debating the same question: will AI shrink the need for office space? It’s an understandable fear. If automation replaces tasks, and in some cases whole roles, shouldn’t we expect a smaller footprint?

Rethinking Office Space for the AI Era: Demand Isn’t Falling. It’s Moving

Insights 20.05.26

The UK’s single‑family rental (SFR) market is expanding at a pace few predicted. In 2025, half of all build‑to‑rent investment flowed into single‑family homes - a dramatic rise from just 5% three years earlier. The Building Safety Act, rising construction costs for high‑rise schemes, and a growing appetite for stable, inflation‑linked income have all pushed investors toward suburban housing.

Single‑Family Housing: Why the UK Still Hasn’t Found the Right Model

Insights 19.05.26

The UK’s technology economy is expanding at extraordinary speed. AI superclusters, quantum labs, advanced manufacturing facilities and hyperscale data centres are no longer speculative ideas, they are becoming the defining infrastructure of the next industrial era.

Powering the Technology Boom: Why Clean Energy Must Evolve as Fast as the Innovation It Fuels

Capital, clusters and the scale-up gap

The UK produces world-class science, research and innovation, but is it capturing enough of the value created by its most promising businesses?

16.07.26

UK Economy & Real Estate Outlook - June 2026

The UK economy and real estate markets have entered the second half of 2026 against a backdrop of significant political and geopolitical change. With the resignation of Sir Keir Starmer and a truce in the Middle East, the outlook for inflation, interest rates and property markets has shifted once again, creating both risks and opportunities for investors.

01.07.26

Cambridge Residential Rental Market Report, Spring 2026

The Cambridge residential rental market is entering 2026 with renewed momentum and a clearer sense of direction. Following a period of stabilisation, demand is strengthening, rents are edging upwards, and a new regulatory framework is bringing much-needed certainty for both landlords and tenants.

15.04.26

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Cambridge Industrial Databook March 2026

Cambridgeshire Industrial Market 2025: Renewed Demand from Knowledge Industries.

18.03.26

Oxfordshire Industrial Databook - March 2026

Oxfordshire Industrial Market Shifts to SME Demand as Rents Climb.

18.03.26

M1 South Industrial Databook - March 2026

M1 South Industrial Market 2025: Milton Keynes Leads Take-Up as Rents Rise.

18.03.26

Norfolk & Suffolk Industrial Databook - March 2026

Norfolk & Suffolk Industrial Market Growth Driven by Energy Investment.

18.03.26

The Biggest Reset in F1 History with the UK Motorsport Cluster at its centre.

A follow-up to our Driving Innovation at Speed report, published to coincide with the start of the 2026 Formula 1 season.

13.03.26

Rural Outlook 2026

Rural businesses, landowners and energy investors are operating in a landscape shaped by continued reform, environmental ambition and shifting market dynamics as we head in to 2026.

10.03.26

M1 South Offices & Labs Databook - February 2026

The Milton Keynes office market continues to benefit from business relocations and plans for a new Warner Brothers theme park has given a further boost to demand. Prime office rents rose by 11% in 2025 and the shortage of Grade A space in the city centre is likely to support further rental growth.

25.02.26

Norfolk & Suffolk Offices & Labs Databook - February 2026

The Norwich office market continues to see steady demand and requirements rose to their highest level in three years at end-2025. The main issue now facing the market is a shortage of Grade A space, reflecting the lack of new development in the city.

25.02.26

RE-N-GAGE Economic and Social Value Assessment 2026

Every £1 invested in early intervention programmes supporting at-risk young people generates up to £4.52 in savings to the public purse, according to a new independent study by real estate adviser Bidwells and youth charity RE N-GAGE.

17.02.26

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Feb 2022

How the knowledge economy in the Arc can help with levelling up across the UK

Following the fantastic response to our Future of Life Sciences webinar last year, the Arc Universities Group, CBI and Bidwells teamed up again to discuss how the Oxford-Cambridge Arc’s knowledge economy can help to drive the Government’s levelling-up agenda.

17.02.22

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Feb 2022

Managing the Environmental Impacts of Development

The development and construction industry has a responsibility to consider its impact on the environment throughout the development process with Environment Act 2021 now passing into law.

07.02.22

Feb 2022

Offices & Labs Databook webinar - Jan 2022

Find out how the offices & labs market is performing across the Arc at our latest Arc Market Databook webinar.

03.02.22

Nov 2021

Landowner-Led Development - part 1

Part 1 of our "Landowner-led Development" series with Farmers Weekly

09.11.21

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Oct 2021

'Landowner-Led Development' - three-part series

This three-part webinar series with Farmers Weekly, 'Landowner-Led Development', explores the opportunities available for landowners in building a legacy through development. In case you missed it, you can watch all of the recordings below.

12.10.21

Sep 2021

London Real Estate Forum 2021

The London Real Estate Forum is an annual thought-leadership conference held at the Barbican Centre, 29–30 September 2021, bringing together key decision-makers from the industry, government, investment and business communities to drive sustainable investment and development in cities.

29.09.21

Jun 2021

Royal Highland Show - breakfast briefing

In partnership with Shepherd and Wedderburn, we are bringing together rural leaders to share their unique perspectives on key issues, opportunities and challenges facing the rural sector in Scotland.

18.06.21

Apr 2021

Under the microscope: Lab design for the future

As the science & technology sector evolves, so too must its real estate. The utilisation of AI, robotics and cloud-based research data is changing the way scientists work and the spaces they occupy. Demand and pace of start-ups and spin-outs is rapidly changing the market.

14.04.21

Feb 2021

Unleashing the Arc: Spatial Framework

With MHCLG set to launch plans for the much anticipated Arc Spatial Framework, what does the development industry and local leaders expect to see in the framework and how can government ensure that it is a success?

19.02.21

Jan 2021

Unleashing the Arc: Academia, Science and Tech

The Arc is home to world-leading Science and tech companies. But how can we ensure they attract the best talent, from top universities, to enable this sector to flourish? And can we provide the development and infrastructure needed to retain them?

14.01.21

Dec 2020

Under the microscope: Booming Science and Tech clusters

Over the last 12 months, our research has built up a unique database of science and tech businesses and the floorspace they occupy across the clusters, which tells a myriad of stories about future advances.

03.12.20

Nov 2020

Unleashing the Arc: Build, Build, Build

With central Government proposing an Arc-wide spatial strategy and four development corporations for the Arc, is MHCLG now striking the right balance with local policy-making to Build, Build, Build at the pace required?

25.11.20

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