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.
Great Britain is well known for having its local boozers but due to business rates soaring, this is putting many at risk of having call their last orders and close for good. Since the 1970s Britain has seen almost 30,000 pubs close all because of... Read More
It has been reported by Oxford Economics, the number of self-employment in the UK has been increased by 27 per cent between 2007 and 2017, which brings the total number of self-employed to 4.8 million. In particular, the number of female self-employed... Read More
The world’s largest online based retailer, Amazon, has opened its newest bookstore in New York at the end of May this year, which makes it the company’s first brick and mortar shop in the city and seventh nationally. Amazon originally opened as an... Read More
Joy, a fashion retailer, has been rescued by its owner Louche London in a pre-pack deal, despite falling into administration for the seconds time in the last ten years. The pre-packaged sales result in the company to reduce the number of their stores... Read More
Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket, has announced its plans to sell its optician business to Vision Express, as it prepares for a £3.7 billion Booker takeover. First established in Peterborough in 1999, the supermarket currently has a total of 206... Read More
A German global banking and financial services company, Deutsche Bank, has become the largest commercial real estate lender in New York city for the first time in 2016. Deutsche Bank is a global banking and financial services company from Germany. The... Read More
The recent revaluation at the beginning of April this year meant over half a million firms had to start paying higher business rates. However, what is not known is the Government’s new £300 million business relief scheme, which many firms could benefit... Read More
With several buyers from Hong Kong including CC Land and Emperor Group, London’s West End commercial property investment has significantly increased to £1.93 billion in 2017’s first quarter. The previous record for the City’s West End area was £1.8... Read More
For a second consecutive month, the London commercial property market slowed in growth, despite signs of recovery after the EU referendum vote in June 2016. It was reported that he Brexit vote last year led the businesses in the city to take more... Read More
It has been reported that the importance of Investment from outside the UK, such as China and South Africa, will further increase for the commercial property market in Scotland in 2017. The figures from 2016 show nearly two thirds of the commercial... 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.
