In the Industry News category you can expect to find articles relating to all aspects of the UK commercial property market. These can be humorous as well as serious giving readers a wide variety of material to choose from.
The Standard Life Investments Heritage With Profits Fund has secured deals with supercomputer company Cray UK Ltd and online food ordering service JUST EAT, to take a combined total of 18,000 sq ft at Bristol’s Broad Quay House. Cray UK, a global... Read More
Rents for older office buildings in Manchester have risen by more than a third as businesses compete to secure city centre space. According to one leading commercial agent the trend has driven up rents for older floorspace in the 10,000 sq ft-plus... Read More
Regeneration specialist Urban Splash has secured a wave of lettings totalling 9,000 sq ft in the past month alone. The award winning firm, which controls a commercial property portfolio of more than 1 million sq ft, has closed new lease agreements with a... Read More
Despite recently being described as the most active city for property development outside London, Brighton & Hove faces a severe commercial shortage that threatens to put the brakes on the local economy. The warning comes from national property... Read More
Hortons’ Estate has today confirmed that its newly refurbished Enterprise House (pictured below) is now fully let, as office market activity accelerates in Birmingham city centre. The family owned company, which recently appointed a new chairman, has... Read More
Global commercial property services company DTZ, has named Ryan Perryman as its Director of Property Management, Digital and Information Systems, for the European, Middle East and Asian (EMEA) markets. Perryman joins from Hammerson, where he was the... Read More
Peter Horton has taken over as chairman of property company Hortons’ Estate. He is the fifth generation Horton and the sixth member of the family to become chairman of the Birmingham-based business. A qualified chartered surveyor, he joined the... Read More
Commercial property investment in the UK remained buoyant in the run-up to the General Election. However, according to a new report by Cushman & Wakefield, the levels seen so far will be nothing compared to the activity expected during the summer months,... Read More
Landowners seeking to convert agricultural buildings into residential accommodation under Permitted Development Rights (PDR) are accustomed to having the odds stacked against them - but, according to Bruton Knowles, this could be about to... Read More
Vacancy rates within the office market served by the M25 motorway are at their lowest since 2001 — driving rents to an all-time high. Announced this morning by Knight Frank at its annual M25 breakfast presentation, the number of empty offices in the... Read More
In this section we carry articles covering a diversity of topics. You will find news about supermarket commercial property expansions alongside the results of customer service surveys.
We also take a look at how businesses can benefit from sporting events, public holidays and spells of good weather. On the other hand we ask how they might cope with transport problems or industrial action.
Together with these stories you will find articles on dogs in the workplace, the stress reducing qualities of office plants and the reasons for our expanding waistlines. So if you want your commercial property news to contain a little variety, this is the page for you.
