• Is Britain developing an anti-business agenda?
  This week's Estates Gazette Big Question wants to find out whether you think Britain is adopting an anti-business agenda. With the government's controversial move to strip Fred Goodwin of his knighthood last week and failure to support Stephen Hester over receiving his bonus, is "banker bashing" becoming a new public past time? Is the government doing enough to support British business at the time when it is most needed? And do we need to do more to stop Britain's bankers leaving the UK?
  
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For previous Big Questions, and the opinions that the UK property market has expressed so far, please click on the links below.

	Should Scotland become independent? 14 January 2012 The Big Question survey of more than 150 property professionals found 77% of those questioned were in favour of a referendum. However, the majority of respondents (47%) thought that, if Scotland did gain independence, the move would have no impact on the property industry. Nearly one-third (31%) said the move would have a negative impact and only 22.4% thought it would be positive.
	What should Santa bring the property industry this Christmas? 10 December 2011 The survey, which attracted responses from more than 100 property professionals, found that most predict that the sector’s recovery will feel like a marathon and that no-one is expecting a sprint.
	Is George Osborne’s Autumn Budget Statement a good thing for the property industry? 03 December 2011 Nearly two-thirds of respondents (63.6%) to this week’s Big Question said that they thought the Autumn Statement was a good thing for the property industry.
	Is the Government’s housing strategy enough? 26 November 2011 Nearly two-thirds of respondents (60.9%) said that housing was still not high enough on the government’s political agenda and even more (65.8%) said the cash was not enough to make a real difference.
	How much of a threat Eurozone crisis to UK economic recovery – and the property sector? 5 November 2011 The ongoing eurozone crisis is making the property industry increasingly jittery about the prospects for a UK economic recovery. Almost half the industry is less confident about prospects than they were, according to the latest Big Question.
	What's troubling occupiers right now and what matters most when it comes to picking the right building? 22 October 2011 Occupiers in central London are feeling the squeeze as a lack of grade A office supply is forcing them to make tough decisions. More than one-third of those questioned (37.5%) said they were braced for an increase in occupational costs as the lack of new supply forced rents up.
	Is the government putting enough emphasis on growing the economy? Are its measures the right ones? 08 October 2011 As the Conservative party conference drew to a close this week, and the eurozone crisis continued to worsen, the property industry has voiced its concern over the government’s economic policy. Nearly two-thirds (60%) of respondents to this week’s Big Question poll said they did not believe the government had a credible agenda for delivery of growth at the present time.
	Do property and politics mix? 24 September 2011 More than two-thirds of respondents (67.7%) to this week’s Big Question survey said that they thought the Tories offered the best policies to revive the industry. This compares with just 19.4% who thought that the Labour party had the best policies for property.
	Should the government reintroduce some form of rates relief? 10 September 2011 More than one-third (37.9%) of respondents said the government should go back to the previous system, where most landlords could claim 50% tax relief on empty shops and offices.
	After the recent UK riots, how can the property industry best contribute to ‘Building a Better Britain’? 20 August 2011 More than 70% of them said they believed that long-term thinking around urban renewal would be the most effective contribution that the property industry could make to prevent a recurrence of the recent disturbances.
	What do you think of the government’s new National Planning Policy Framework? 06 August 2011 Almost 60% of those polled in the latest Big Question survey said the new planning rules unveiled last week, which replace more than 1,000 pages of regulations with just 52, should be described as “a practical way to kick-start Britain’s stalled economy by using the planning system”.
	What offers the best legacy for the Olympic Park’s Media and Broadcast Centre? 23 July 2011 In the second Big Question poll of 2011, 47.5% of property professionals surveyed said they believed that the Wellcome bid for a life sciences centre was the best solution for the Olympic Park post-Games.
	Where should the Government have prioritised investment in recent years? 09 July 2011 The beginning of July saw the first Big Question topic unveiled to our UK property industry panel, which consists of occupiers, advisers, investors and developers.