The retail industry seems set on a path of recovery, with nationwide results indicating an improvement in consumer confidence and a leap in footfall in high street shops up and down the country. However, with Easter falling in March rather than April this... Read More
Universities in England are to receive a £50m cash boost intended to drive economic growth through “cutting-edge innovation and research projects”. The funding, shared between 16 projects, aims to create 500 new businesses and 3,000 jobs, says... Read More
London’s Midtown district has been named as one of the leading office investment markets in Europe. Returns in Midtown hit 8.7 per cent in 2012, edging closer to the West End’s 10.6 per cent and, for the first time in three years, topping those recorded... Read More
Marks and Spencer has revealed a new clothing collection and a strategy that it hopes will reverse declining sales. The High Street chain said that its new autumn/winter collection will put “quality and style back” into M&S clothing. With... Read More
Thanks to the technology boom of the early 2000s, a number of specialist electronics companies saturated the market, making the sector one of the most challenging in retail. However, due to a number of high profile administrations including Comet, HMV and... Read More
An historic Yorkshire town could soon be gaining a unique addition to its high street attractions – a refurbished subterranean Victorian shopping street hidden underneath a present-day development. Manager of the ground-level property, Nick Holroyd, is... Read More
As New Jersey emerges from the recession the retail property market is shifting, with the emphasis now on variety rather than large holdings. Furthermore it is now a tenant’s market. In 2002, vacant stores accounted for only about 2 per cent of... Read More
Unemployment is once more a hot topic due to a number of high profile companies shedding staff. These redundancies have been especially prevalent in the banking sector and this is perhaps one of the reasons that the unemployment rate in the UK is once more... Read More
Research shows that smaller businesses are still overlooking the growing need to be accessible to mobile users. At the same time, large enterprises are snapping up neglected mobile customers . The research shows that 37% of small and medium sized... Read More
Jim Flaherty, the Canadian Finance Minister, says he is not concerned about the recent increase in businesses spinning off real estate holdings into tax-preferred trusts. He stated recently, "We have seen an uptick in commercial real estate certainly in... Read More
