The weather may not be perfect — windy, cold and above average rainfall — but the Dutch city of Eindhoven is fast becoming Europe’s ideal location for high-tech start-ups. Okay, in a recent Financial Times survey of European cities of the future... Read More
The real estate market in the U.S. provides an insight into the health of that country's economy and, according to Lawrence Yun the chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, the fundamentals are on an upward curve. Growth is continuing... Read More
Investor competition is being blamed for a 50 per cent rise in supermarket property deals last year. Between them the big five food retailers set a new record by clinching £1.8bn in land and building transactions. A report by property consultants and... Read More
Since the advent of online shopping, retail destinations have had to evaluate their place in the retail industry and take steps to make themselves more appealing to consumers. The majority of shoppers now seek a lot more from their local shopping centre, and... Read More
Newcastle is to get its first start-up hub devoted exclusively to high-tech businesses — and which will rely on worldwide crowdfunding to keep it running. The project is being launched by Ignite, one of Europe’s top accelerator programmes for... Read More
Birmingham City Council has announced that it has put the NEC Group up for sale. The asset has an annual income of £2 billion per year and supports around 29,000 jobs within the city. Birmingham City Council leader Sir Albert Bore The sale will help... Read More
The UK’s commercial property market has seen huge improvements recently, with growth in demand for a wide range of properties including office, industrial and retail. However, much of the recovery has been centred around London and the South East, with the... Read More
Low disposable income and the rising cost of living has pushed consumers to the brink in recent years, with figures from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation revealing that around 3 in 5 families lived in poverty for at least one year during the recession. However,... Read More
Returns from investments in Scottish commercial property continued to improve in Q4 of 2013. Total returns in the market increased to 3.3 per cent over the period, compared with 2.3 per cent in Q3, according to the latest figures contained in the Scotland... Read More
Coffee shop chains have become major features of high streets, shopping centres and motorway service stations in the UK, with brands such as Costa Coffee and Starbucks continually raising profits even while other retail businesses failed during the recession.... Read More
