In the Business News category you will find a wide selection of articles on businesses and their UK commercial properties. These include corporate news stories featuring companies ranging from established market leaders to SMEs and recent start-ups.
Eight years after the first symptoms of the global recession the West Midlands economy has at last returned to "rude health", according to Lambert Smith Hampton's (LSH). In the agency’s latest Industrial and Logistics Market Review it highlights at... Read More
As consumers continue to increase their disposable income spending upon leisure pursuits, numerous destinations throughout the UK are investing in upgrading their facilities as a means of offering a more rounded experience. This has been the case in... Read More
Global leader in commercial real estate services, Cushman & Wakefield, has announced the triumphant completion of its merger with DTZ in “game-changing event in commercial real estate.” This new Cushman & Wakefield, will bring the best from both... Read More
EnQuest — the UK’s largest independent petroleum exploration and production company — has sold Annan House in Aberdeen to Rockspring Property Investment Managers for £45.1m. Acquired on behalf of Rockspring’s Hanover Property Unit Trust the... Read More
One of Europe’s biggest commercial developers looks set to receive the go-ahead for its plan to relocate Birmingham’s city centre wholesale markets. Coleshill-based IM Properties, which lodged plans for the regeneration of 17-acres close to Witton... Read More
Speculation is rising that property company, Corbo, is about to buy back Fairhill Shopping Centre — the Ballymena retail park its developer, Sam Morrison, lost control of during the financial crisis. Following the disposal of two other retail assets... Read More
Aseana Properties — the Channel Islands based developer focused on Vietnam and Malaysia — has blamed its deepening half-year losses on “poor Far East trading conditions”. The London Stock Exchange-listed company reported a pretax loss in the... Read More
Future generations of chartered surveyors from a South West branch of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Matrics have helped raise money for one of the region’s largest children’s hospices. Meeting at Bristol Zoo for its annual dinner the... Read More
Just days after it announced it was buying into Manchester’s St Michael’s scheme, Singapore-based Rowsley has acquired a 75 per cent stake in Hotel Football — the leisure complex developed by former Manchester United players Gary and Phil Neville,... Read More
Following recent industrial acquisitions in The Netherlands and Germany, Henley has stepped up its international expansion with its first transatlantic deal. The UK private equity property investor, which this week signed a sponsorship deal with... Read More
Business News covers more than company results. Of course you will find these stories in this category alongside news of the latest business deals, mergers and administrations. You can also read about director’s bonuses, supermarket price wars and current retail promotions.
We also carry features covering topical issues affecting businesses like the increasing use of smart phones and the impact of social media. And because business involves people we also report on both serious and light hearted issues facing the staff of offices and other commercial properties.
So if this is the kind of news that interests you, you’ll find it here together with regular updates, analysis and background features.
