estatesgazette.com: Behind The Screen http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/ en-us Copyright 2010 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:37:02 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification New - Building Wikis - Read our selection or add your own Take a look at the new building wikis on esatesgazette.com. The first thirty or so entries are now live. We've got a whole host of information on these landmark London buildings including history of the site, development, architects and links to relevant articles published in the Estates Gazette.

You can comment on, correct, or add new entries simply by registering your details on the EG community - or simply share the links with friends or colleagues.

We regularly include new buildings, and the scope isn't limited to London - so if you've a suggestion for a building you'd like to see included, please let us know at info@estatesgazette.com or, if you like, create your own building wiki.

]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2010/02/new---building-wikis---read-ou.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2010/02/new---building-wikis---read-ou.html buildings london wikis landmarks Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:37:02 +0000 New: Editor's Picks on estatesgazette.com estatesgazette.com has just launched a new editor's picks section on the homepage of the site.

 
These news stories are handpicked by the Estates Gazette Editor Damian Wild and are free to all our users. Updated regularly they offer a professional insight into the property industry with latest news and features from EGi.

 
To keep up to date with breaking news and receive daily email alerts sign up to EGi
For in-depth features and news articles subscribe to Estates Gazette

 

]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2010/01/new-editors-picks-on-estatesga.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2010/01/new-editors-picks-on-estatesga.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:04:55 +0000 Focus events The Estates Gazette Focus team have announced the dates for next year's events, taking place throughout the UK.

 

The Focus events are an excellent opportunity to meet and network with other property professionals in your region as well as the estatesgazette.com team.

 

Take a look at the estatesgazette.com calendar to find out when each Focus event is taking place and join one of the regional Focus event groups to find out more information and chat with other people attending.

 

estatesgazette.com calendar

Focus event groups

]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/12/focus-events.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/12/focus-events.html Estates Gazette Focus events announced for 2010 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:41:38 +0000 estatesgazette.com now on Facebook & LinkedIn Join us on Facebook or LinkedIn (or both!) and stay up to date with everything that is happening on estatesgazette.com.


Our groups allow you to quickly and conveniently find out what is happening at estatesgazette.com and in the wider community. They are also another excellent opportunity to get in touch with the team and estatesgazette.com and to network with other commercial property professionals. Leave us comments, make connections, find out about upcoming developments and more; join today!

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]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/12/estatesgazettecom-now-on-faceb.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/12/estatesgazettecom-now-on-faceb.html Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:38:48 +0000 EG Moves estatesgazette.com has added theEG Moves newsletter to the site.


Stay up to date with what is happening in the commercial property community; who has been promoted, who is moving jobs, which companies are changing locations and details on new businesses starting up, EG Moves has it all.


Take a look at the latest EG Moves newsletter online or sign up to EG Moves and receive it directly into your mailbox every Wednesday.

]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/12/eg-moves.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/12/eg-moves.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:08:01 +0000 estatesagazette.com - updates What's new on etstatesgazette.com? Find out on the estategazette.com homepage.

 

A new section at the top of the homepage gives users a brief overview to any new content on the site, this will be updated regularly as the site continues to grow and develop.

Today we are shouting about the Estates Gazette Rich List 2009 which is now completely available online, both as web pages and as a pdf download.

 

]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/estatesagazettecom---updates.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/estatesagazettecom---updates.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:28:09 +0000 The community starts Twittering estatesgazette.com has a new Twitter feed; EGCommunity.

 

Sign up and start following our new community manager as she Tweets about everything that is happening with the estatesgazette.com community.

 

Join the estatesgazette.com community today and start chatting, sharing ideas and networking with other property professionals and enthusiasts.

]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/community-starts-twittering.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/community-starts-twittering.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:58:41 +0000 Estates Gazette Rich List 2009 If you haven't already seen who made this year's property rich list you can now find out at www.estatesgazette.com/rich-list-2009.

estatesgazette.com is putting the entire list and all the entries online, so far the top 20 have been added:

 

1. The Duke of Westminster

2. David Reuben & Simon Reuben

3. Sean Quinn & Family

4. Earl Cadogan

5. Mark Pears

5. Eddie & Sol Zakay

7. Ian Livingstone & Richard Livingstone 

8. John Whittaker

9. Baroness Howard de Walden & Family

10. Sir David & Sir Frederick Barclay

11. Viscount Portman & Family

12. Bernard Lewis & Family

13. Roger & Peter De Haan

14. Gerald Hines

15. Eddie Healey & Family

16. Lord Sugar

17. Jon Hunt

18. John Magnier

19. Peter Jones & Family

20. Paul Sykes

 

Keep an eye on estatesgazette.com as new entries will be added daily.

]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/estates-gazette-rich-list-2009.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/estates-gazette-rich-list-2009.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:36:27 +0000 Estatesgazette.com has a new Web Community Manager

Leila Gilley (aka Swanny) joined the estatesgazette.com team today as the new Web Community Manager.

Already well known in the online community world - check her out on Twitter - Leila has lots of interesting and exciting ideas for getting the commercial industry online.

 

Get in touch and share your ideas with Leila on the estategazette.com forum.

]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/estatesgazettecom-has-a-new-we.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/estatesgazettecom-has-a-new-we.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:14:59 +0000 EGi links property data into news articles Link from news articles to property data

Next time you read an EGi news article you may notice links to relevant property data. This will provide easy access to the following property data relevant to that news article:

·      Deals data

·      Occupiers data

·      Company Reports

·      London Offices - Building and Planning data

·      London Offices - Occupiers data

·      London Offices - Availability data

View an example news article

 

Please let us know what you think via this blog

]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/egi-links-property-data-into-n.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/egi-links-property-data-into-n.html EGi news data Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:14:43 +0000 Auto-complete on EGi Deals Search  

We're testing auto-complete on the town name field in EGi deals search. After typing 2 or more characters you will notice a list of corresponding towns or counties will appear in an auto-complete list. From here you can select the correct town and perform a search.

Try a deals search by town using auto-complete

 

Please let me know what you think - If you like it, we'll roll it out across other fields and across all of the EGi search forms.

]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/auto-complete-on-egi-deals-sea.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/auto-complete-on-egi-deals-sea.html auto-complete town EGI Deals Search Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:10:10 +0000 2010 Draft Rating Data now on EGi The 2010 Draft Rating List with summary valuations is now available on EGi for England and Wales.

Click here to search for the latest rateable values.

 

The VOA carries out a revaluation of all rateable values in England and Wales every five years. The next official list comes into force on 1 April 2010. In advance of this, a draft list of rateable values for all commercial properties in England and Wales, provided by the VOA, is now available on EGi. This draft list has been published in advance to allow 6 months for valuations to be checked by the occupiers before it comes into effect.

You can use the EGi ratings tool to:

·      Search for rateable values by location, property use type, range of values and effective dates.

·      Compare the changes to a property's rateable value between 1990 and 2010.

·      View valuation office details, property description and a breakdown summary in one report.

·      Download reports to Excel for easy comparison of assessments.

View a full sample ratings valuation.

]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/2010-draft-rating-data-now-on.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/11/2010-draft-rating-data-now-on.html 2010 rating data Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:06:37 +0000 Testing a new look for EGi We've developed this new look EGi homepage in response to a number of comments from our customers. Several of you told us it was difficult to find information such as town reports within EGi, and many customers said it was time to update the look and feel.

This new homepage beta.egi.co.uk which is running alongside the regular homepage allows you direct access to many of the core EGi databases from the homepage screen. It also incorporates the familar EGi section navigation in the tabs across the top.

I'd really like to hear yfrom you about both this new approach to navigationand the revised design so that we can incorporate your views into our forthcoming developments.

Please email me at feedback@estatesgazette.com or post your comments via this blog

 

]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/10/testing-a-new-look-for-egi.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/10/testing-a-new-look-for-egi.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:42:16 +0000 Introducing the EG Focus team blog! You may already be familiar with Lisa Pilkington's Midlands blog and David Quinn's North West blog but as Focus covers the whole of the country the team didn't want to miss out on bringing you interesting bits of information, pictures and videos of what is going on elsewhere.

The guys on the Focus desk have been contributing posts from their travels and biogs for some time now so check out the latest entries by visiting: http://www.estatesgazette.com/blogs/focus/

 

]]> http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/06/introducing-the-estates-gazett.html http://www.egi.co.uk/blogs/behind-the-screen/2009/06/introducing-the-estates-gazett.html Blogs blogging blogs editorial focus Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:17:33 +0000 Meet the news team After the great success of our 'Meet the team' page at the beginning of the year we thought we'd create a web page dedicated to showcasing the expertise of our very own EGi news team.

This page is packed full of information about our reporters, their blogs, podcasts and you can even watch them on video. So far there are two profiles on the page: Paul Norman (EGi news editor) and Helen Roxburgh (multimedia reporter) - we'll be adding more profiles, videos and useful links in the coming weeks and months so be sure to visit the page again soon.

To visit the EGi News Team page go here

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