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.
But significant regional variations persist The high street faced its fair share of problems during the recession contributing to the number of vacant town centre properties. However, since the economy began to pick up last year there has been an upturn in... Read More
DTZ has published its European all-property Fair Value Index results for Q4 2013. The Index, which provides insight into the attractiveness of current pricing in European property markets, remained stable in the fourth quarter of last year at 72, although the... Read More
Office space in Central London continues to be in high demand. As a result property agent Carter Jonas predicts widespread rental growth as the supply begins to dwindle. Carter Jonas has forecast an average rental increase of between 5 per cent and 9... Read More
Commercial landlords are being warned to beware of the risk posed by drug gangs renting properties for the cultivation of cannabis. The damage caused by cannabis farming tenants can be extensive, warns David Robbins Earlier this month, a man was jailed... Read More
The number of Scottish business looking for premises continued to rise during the final quarter of 2013, a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) survey has shown. Increasing optimism about the economy and a greater willingness to lend by the... Read More
With commercial landlords forced to offer greater incentives to attract tenants during the financial crisis, lease lengths have fallen to an historic low Prop-Search reports. Prop-Search surveyor Samantha Jones More than 80 per cent of leases signed in... Read More
Over the past nine months, the commercial property market has seen a marked rise in demand. UK property is very attractive to investors right now, with annualised returns of about 8.7 per cent forecast over the next three years. As the economy improves... Read More
One of the North-West’s biggest commercial property groups has reported a 42 per cent surge in its pre-tax profits. The family-owned Bruntwood group credited last year’s record £16.8m profit to the ongoing “recovery in the Liverpool property... Read More
The Prime Minster yesterday hinted at radical changes to the business rate system. The Government has already announced a £1,000 discount, which will benefit 300,000 retail properties, along with a wide range of investments designed to boost high streets and... Read More
London’s feel-good effect is at last spreading to the regions with domestic and international retail chains scrambling to open new stores, according to Britain’s second biggest property company. London office space continues to be in high demand, British... 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.
