For five years, developer Skelwith Leisure has been negotiating the construction of a 300 bedroom hotel and leisure complex in the quiet North Yorkshire village of Flaxby, near Knaresborough. This week, it has emerged that the time spent planning the project... Read More
On Monday evening a landmark building hosted a landmark event. As the sun set over London, dozens of invited stars headed to the top of the Shard to get an exclusive first listen to the feverishly anticipated new album by chart topping French duo Daft... Read More
Sheffield may be famous for its steel, but it’s Meadowhall that is doing all the shining at the moment. The shopping centre, which is the eighth largest in the country, has continued to attract record numbers of visitors and keep vacancy rates to a... Read More
British Land, which posted its full year results this week, has placed its mainland European retail portfolio up for sale in order to concentrate on expanding its core UK interests. However chief executive, Chris Grigg, is not expecting the disposal to be a... Read More
The results of research conducted by Deloitte show that office construction in Central London has hit a four year high. The London Office Crane Survey, one of the leading monitors of office development in the capital, reports that 9.7 million sq ft is... Read More
A 20 per cent tax on hot pasties was introduced in October 2012, but even now some businesses are still charging it when they shouldn’t and not charging it when they should. But when should Value Added Tax (VAT) be added to pasties? If a pasty has... Read More
But are the returns worth the gamble? The commercial property market in Las Vegas has a definite perk for investors: low prices. Office buildings, strip malls, warehouses and other commercial properties are being offered for sale at approximately 20 per cent... Read More
Three weeks after a garments factory collapsed in Bangladesh resulting in the death of 1,100 people, European retailers including Zara, H&M and Primark have signed an accord aimed at improving overall health and safety for all workers. The military rescue... Read More
Jones Lang LaSalle says that confidence is returning to the regional commercial property market and that it is "stronger now than at any point since the financial crisis." Tim Luckman, of the North West valuation advisory team, made the comment at the... Read More
In the past few years, many proposals have been put forward as “miracle” cures for the economic situation. However, it has become increasingly apparent that growth is reliant on the businesses which operate in the UK – and this, of course, includes SMEs... Read More
