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.
Office take-up in Leeds has soared this year with the city recording record results, according to The Leeds Office Agents' Forum (LOAF). During the second quarter of this year, 23 offices were filled in the city, taking up 203,145 sq ft of office... Read More
250,000 summonses for business rates arrears have been issued by magistrates’ courts in England over the past twelve months, the Grimsey Review has discovered. This equates to roughly one in seven commercial properties, highlighting the burden of the tax on... Read More
Newcastle's commercial property market is showing clear signs of improvement in some sectors, which is providing cause for cautious optimism. The city's retail market is quite diverse and its city centre shopping district is continuously evolving with... Read More
A new survey by Savills reveals that the pace of recovery in the commercial property market increased sharply last month. The Total Commercial Development Activity Index, which monitors the overall performance of the UK’s commercial property... Read More
High street guru Mary Portas has come up with another plan to reduce town centre vacancy rates and increase footfall. The latest review of the Portas Pilots scheme reveals that a consultation will take place over the next six months to examine the benefits of... Read More
The UK has been ranked as the world’s most developed online retail market and landlords and developers must adapt to this new world, says Cushman & Wakefield (C&W). The warning follows a comprehensive analysis of online retailing carried out... Read More
Global property consultancy CBRE has released figures showing that take-up of Central London office space increased by 32 per cent in the second quarter of 2013. The total take-up in Central London was 3.4 million sq ft, which brings the total for the... Read More
Now that the worst of the economy’s problems appear to be behind us, the government can once more begin to address issues which were temporarily pushed to the bottom of the pile whist battling an altogether more immediate threat. One of the most prominent... Read More
A sharp fall in retail rents has been recorded in all regions except London over the past five years according to Colliers International. However the commercial property advisers’ Midsummer Retail Report also contains the encouraging forecast that the... Read More
Japan's public pension fund is the largest pool in the world and with huge amounts of capital to work with, it may start buying real estate in a bid to boost returns. This move could pour tens of billions of dollars into international centers like London and... 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.
