Monthly Archives: April 2013



Dundee Urged to Maintain Standards in Waterfront Development

Posted on 7 April, 2013 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments

The body responsible for the £1 billion redevelopment of Dundee’s waterfront has been urged to ensure the project lives up to the design standards set by the outpost of the V&A Museum which will form its centrepiece. The regeneration project... Read More

City Lettings Market Warming Up

Posted on 6 April, 2013 by Neil Bird under Industry News

The temperatures may still feel more like January than April but in the City lettings market there are signs that things are warming up. This week an international company took two floors of the 17 storey 200 Aldersgate building close to St Paul’s.... Read More

Scottish Commercial Property Markets Surge

Posted on by MOVEHUT under Industry News

England, Wales and Northern Ireland are at risk of being left behind as two Scottish cities outperform them in the commercial property market according to a report by Deloitte Real Estate. Edinburgh skyline Glasgow and Edinburgh have seen both a... Read More

The Modern Office and Productivity

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

As technology has progressed and the service sector has slowly but surely usurped manufacturing as the top dog in industry terms, more and more of us have found ourselves tethered to a desk in an open plan office. This has allowed businesses to cut back on... Read More

Who Works in a Place Like This?

Posted on 5 April, 2013 by Kirsten Kennedy under Top Properties

Southampton IT Firm Installs Office Playground Many of us will be worrying about money, relationships and our jobs in the current economic climate, so much so that returning to the stress-free days of our childhood may seem like an attractive prospect.... Read More

Museums Battle for Art Fund Prize

Posted on by MOVEHUT under Top Properties

A small Pembrokeshire museum that reopened in 2012 after being shut for nine years is among 10 venues battling it out to be named the UK's museum of the year. Narberth Museum closed in 2003 when its building was sold. Since relocating to a converted... Read More

More Demand than Supply for Market Building in Sheffield

Posted on by MOVEHUT under Commercial Developments

A £17.5 million market building is currently under construction in the centre of Sheffield, which will be the home to a new indoor market in November 2013. Sheffield City Council opened the door to applications earlier this year, but it seemed that supply... Read More

UK Manufacturing Sector Continues to Struggle

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Economy

Economic research firm Markit Economics has revealed that the UK manufacturing industry has failed to recover from a shockingly low Purchasing Managers Index in February. The four-month low result released last month read only 47.9, with March’s results... Read More

Campaigners Toast Sale of Popular Chelsea Pub

Posted on by Neil Bird under Commercial Sales and Lets

Campaigners who have fought to save a popular Chelsea pub from closure are toasting success this week after its future was finally secured. Last October we reported that owner Robert Bourne had submitted a planning application to convert the Phene Arms... Read More

Efforts to Save Historic Textile Mill Fail

Posted on 4 April, 2013 by Kirsten Kennedy under Economy

The liquidators of Caerlee Mills in Innerleithen, KPMG, have announced that Scotland’s oldest continually-operating textile mill has officially closed after efforts to find a buyer proved futile. Dating back to 1788, the mill employed over 400 workers from... Read More