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.
Mayfair Capital Investment Management has announced an increase in the investment portfolio of its flagship fund, Property Income Trust for Charities (PITCH), after three acquisitions totalling £31.4 million, putting the portfolio value at £404 million.... Read More
Thanks to a strong uplift in consumer confidence, the number of shopping centre developments in the UK has skyrocketed in recent years, with many developers choosing to capitalise on the expansion plans of numerous High Street retailers. According to... Read More
Legal & General Property (LGP) has spent almost £160m in less than 24 hours to acquire a regional shopping centre and a west London office block. Adding the Grafton Centre in Cambridge and the capital’s First Central 200 (FC200) office complex to... Read More
LondonMetric Property Plc has announced the disposal of its 341,000 sq ft Wellingborough distribution facility in Northamptonshire for £29.2 million to an institutional investor, which reflects a net initial yield of 5.%. It was acquired back in June... Read More
Axa Real Estate Investment Managers has announced that the final close of its most recent pan-European real estate debt fund saw the firm raise a total of €2.9 billion, making it one of the largest Commercial Real Estate (CRE) senior loan funds in... Read More
intu Properties has today issued its first half interim statement in which the group reveals a significant boost in net rental income and underlying earnings, bringing profit for the period to £262 million including a £162 million property revaluation... Read More
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has today announced the launch of a £20 million fund designed to re-energise the capital’s high streets through creativity and technological innovation – and he has called for more affordable workspace to help small... Read More
The second phase of a Wolverhampton business park which bucked the recession is underway with the completion of a build-to-suit commercial vehicle dealership. And the owners of the speculative development claim it is “fast heading towards being fully... Read More
In what is describes as an “exciting addition to the world of business”, Canary Wharf Group has attracted a world-beating university to its docklands estate. During the next 12 months University College London (UCL) will wind down its existing... Read More
Capital & Counties Properties (Capco) has seen the value of its London estates rise by 9 per cent to £3.4 billion during the six months ending 30 June 2015. Much of this growth has taken place at Capco’s Covent Garden estate which, during the... 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.
