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.
Global chocolate café phenomenon dip ‘n dip has chosen London as its next expansion target, and executives have already appointed property consultants to source central locations. Following the celebration of the brand’s sixth birthday in... Read More
Following last week’s strong results from British Land, the UK’s largest commercial property company Land Securities has reported a doubling of its pre-tax profits in 2014/15 to £2,416.5m. The company also said its total business return to 31... Read More
Plans unveiled this week by Ipswich Central, a Business Improvement District (BID) established in 2007, aim to safeguard the long-term future of the town centre by ensuring that it has a mixture of property uses. Ipswich Central’s “Vision” places... Read More
As Tesco continues to suffer from the fallout created by the supermarket price war and the write down in value of its UK property values, Chief Executive Dave Lewis has to make a series of increasingly tough decisions to return group finances to the black.... Read More
UBCUK has announced that it is set to double its workspace accommodation by taking on a newly refurbished property at Ancells Business Park in Hampshire. The serviced office provider already operates the successful Sentinel House business centre on the... Read More
British Land has published its annual results, revealing an exceptionally good performance for the past financial year. During the year to the 31st March 2015, British Land garnered a total accounting return of 24.5 per cent, a 4.5 per cent increase on... Read More
New legislation allowing tenants to buy their beer from any supplier has prompted Britain’s biggest pub landlord, Enterprise Inns, to radically rethink its approach to estate management. Nearly half of the UK’s 50,000 publicans are already free to... Read More
The trend for novelty cafés has become hugely popular in London, with everything from crisp sandwiches to imported cereals making a splash in the local market. At the centre of this boom lies Shoreditch, where Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has now... Read More
Global logistics and distribution space owner, Prologis, has confirmed it has let a 310,000 sq ft Bedfordshire warehouse it speculatively built last year to Amazon. The internet giant is expected to have its latest UK distribution centre at Prologis... Read More
Business Improvement Districts and enterprise zones are becoming increasingly important aspects of regional growth, with the majority providing the premises and scope for small businesses to expand and thereby contribute strongly towards their local economy.... 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.
