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Andrew Somerville (Head of the CS&P Legal Team) to participate in Debate on Decision making Processes & Entrepreneurship
22 August, 2008Business leaders wrestle constantly with a big dilemma: how to encourage risk-taking and entrepreneurial flair without exposing the whole organisation to unquantifiable danger.
Andrew Somerville, head of the CS&P legal team, will be participating in a debate organized by the 'Managing Partners' Forum’ on the 4th September 2008 in London. The participants will be discussing the question whether 'Decision making processes stifle entrepreneurial spirit'. Andrew will be joining the debate, sharing preliminary insights of Cripps Sears's ongoing research into the topic of 'Entrepreneurship in the Workplace'.
Banks will be asking potential buyers of new and newly renovated properties what incentives they were offered by the housebuilders, in an attempt to understand more and more about their mortgage customers, it has been reported.
The housing correction has until now been seen as a disaster for all concerned but, with banks refusing to ease up their lending criteria owners are now finding ways to earn from the lack of buyers.
Total mortgage lending for 2008 will fall by 19.3 per cent year-on-year, it has been predicted by Datamonitor.
Homeowners in no rush to sell their homes are turning their properties over to the rental market to avoid selling at a low price during the housing correction, it has been found.
Recent research has found that the housing market is beginning to stabilise, it has been reported, as many factors connected to the buying process are now showing less symptoms of decline.