Insights & Reports

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.