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.
Consumers continue to prioritise cost when shopping, meaning discount brands are now performing extremely strongly in the UK. This has particularly benefited Liverpool based discount chain B&M Bargains, which has just revealed an extremely strong first... Read More
As the pressure on supermarkets continues to mount, it seems that the Big Four are caught in a never-ending downward spiral which is leeching profits, cutting sales and forcing them to halt ambitious store opening programmes. Unfortunately, the latest... Read More
For the past few years, retailers have headed the drive for the business rates system in the UK to be reformed, claiming the current method of judging how much tax businesses should pay based on their commercial property is unfair. However,... Read More
British Land, which announced its half year results today, has confirmed that the Broadgate Circle redevelopment is almost fully let ahead of its re-opening in the spring. The City of London destination is undergoing a £20 million revamp to provide... Read More
After recently claiming that supermarket estates are 20 years out of date, Waitrose managing director Mark Price has now warned that Britain’s ‘Big Four’ grocery chains may soon be forced to implement a programme of wide scale store... Read More
Each year, cities around the UK strive to put on the best Christmas celebrations possible as a means of attracting consumers from out of town retail parks, encouraging a higher level of spending and supporting local businesses of all sizes. This year, the... Read More
A specialist developer — which earlier this year snapped up Birmingham's historic Assay Office — has now completed South Yorkshire's largest property investment deal in decades. TCN UK, dedicated to creating unique and innovative workspaces for small... Read More
Property auction specialist Allsop Space has set a guide price of €13.5m (£10.7m) for a package of 24 Irish industrial units spread across the country. The assets will be sold as a single lot in a straight sale. The Project Steel portfolio —... Read More
With Tesco’s financial issues growing more prominent by each passing quarter, executives have made the decision to cut back on non-essential spending as a means of patching the large black hole discovered in the group’s finances last month. However, it... Read More
As shopping centre owners nationwide attempt to capitalise upon the gradually improving consumer mood, a wave of expansions for developments around the country are being announced. One of the most significant expansion deals agreed of late is the Touchwood... 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.
