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.
A campaign spearheaded by the National Farmers Union (NFU) and the Country Landowners’ Association has persuaded the Government to ease newly introduced planning regulations to allow agricultural buildings to be converted for residential use. Amended... Read More
A Midland’s property and development company has reported a record start to 2014 with lettings and commercial take-up back to pre-recessions levels. So far this year Birmingham-based Calthorpe Estates has secured more new tenants than any first... Read More
While the London commercial property market may be in robust health, until the beginning of this year the regional markets had struggled to recover. However, a new survey conducted by RICS indicates that the West Midlands is in the midst of a resurgence which... Read More
Several European commercial property markets are reporting rental growth and growing investor appetite across all property sectors in the first quarter of 2014. There has been a strong increase in investment activity across Europe in the past six months,... Read More
American International Group (AIG) is thought to be the first company in the world to offer cyber insurance cover that includes damage to commercial property. In a unique move, the global insurer has also expanded its protection to compensate for security... Read More
A Manchester-based developer has opened a London office in a bid to generate interest and attract more investors to the region. Real Estate Developments (RED) will also use its new branch to target deals in the capital. “A lot of the bigger funding... Read More
Commercial property buyers could be losing thousands of pounds in capital allowances and need to take a more pro-active approach when acquiring plant and machinery with buildings. The warning comes after this month’s Inland Revenue reform of the pooling... Read More
Canada’s fastest growing commercial property service provider has bought one of its UK-based competitors for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition by Avison Young will also see the opening of its first office outside North America. Seen as another... Read More
A bankruptcy order against property developer Jan Fletcher has been officially dropped after a last minute agreement with Leeds City Council. The former boss of Montpelier Estates Ltd (MEL) had refused to pay £2m in court costs awarded against her company... Read More
UK commercial property values continued to grow during March according to the latest data. The IPD Monthly Property Index reveals that the steady growth seen earlier in the year was followed by a further rise of 1 per cent. This was the tenth month of... 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.
