Property body calls for forum to spark revival
The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) will today call upon the Scottish government to create a cross-departmental 'real estate forum' that it claims could provide momentum to restore jobs and economic clout to the sector to pre-2008 levels.
SPF chairman Chris Stewart will say at the trade body’s annual conference in Edinburgh that commercial property “cuts across a number of different departmental portfolios”. but that a forum would bring each together to consider how to attract global investment in Scotland.
Stewart is expected to say: “A new real estate forum that brings together the finance and economy briefs, alongside communities, planning, housing, heritage and the environment will be of huge benefit.
“It will allow government and industry a direct means of communication; one that ensures policy decisions are made with an informed view of the markets and in line with the country’s ambition.”