Many High Street names are enjoying a return to fortune of late, with an improved consumer environment encouraging growth throughout the retail industry. Optician chain Vision Express is just one of the high street’s success stories of the past year, having... Read More
Deepening cracks in China's housing market mean the country's major investors are looking elsewhere for new opportunities. Property investment has slowed down as bank funding tightens up. It accounted for around 12 per cent of China's gross domestic... Read More
After scrapping designs for its new £650m UK headquarters, Google has confirmed work on its Kings Cross offices are unlikely to start until at least 2017. News of the delay was first revealed by the boss of the contractor chosen to build the... Read More
Back in February, it was announced that merger talks were taking place between Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse. Now, these talks have concluded successfully, with each of the retail powerhouses agreeing to merge in a deal worth £3.8... Read More
In the past year-and-a-half Apple has bought 24 companies with boss Tim Cook admitting his company is “on the prowl” for potential acquisitions. Now the world's second-largest information technology company has turned its attention grabbing chunks of... Read More
A former Belfast prison, which has undergone extensive restoration, has been named RICS Northern Ireland Project of the Year. Crumlin Road Gaol closed its doors in 1996 and stood derelict until a scheme to bring it back into use began in 2012. Today it... Read More
Work is scheduled to begin this month to fix the ‘death-ray’ effect at the City’s Walkie-Talkie skyscraper, the developers have announced. Planning permission has been granted for the installation of sun-shades on the building which will prevent... Read More
Shopping centres have become key acquisitions for large investment portfolios, with a growing number of retailers seeking to expand reducing vacancy rates and raising returns throughout the country. This has seen demand for shopping centre assets in the UK... Read More
Since the end of the recession, a number of sectors within the British economy have shown marked improvements as a result of increased investment into growth. However, arguably the most positive impact the upturn in the economy has yielded is the national... Read More
The architectural watchdog, the Twentieth Century Society, has suffered another setback in its long running campaign to have London’s Euston Station protected as a listed building. In its latest ruling the Department for Culture Media and Sport... Read More
