Monthly Archives: December 2014



Land Securities Continues Retail Centre Slimdown

Posted on 13 December, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News, Commercial Sales and Lets

HSBC's private client investment division has paid almost a quarter-of-a-billion pounds for Scotland's second largest retail complex. The Centre and Almondvale West Retail Park in Livingston were sold on by Land Securities as part of the property... Read More

Investors looking to Increase UK Property Prices

Posted on 12 December, 2014 by Chris Grigorovsky under Business News, Economy

At MPIPM Asia 2014 - the international real estate show for professionals, which took place in Hong Kong, one of the popular topics discussed was the UK and London property price growth due to high demand from Taiwanese and Chinese investors. Managing... Read More

Buccleuch Enters “Buoyant” Cambridge Office Market

Buccleuch Enters Buoyant Cambridge Office Market
Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

Edinburgh-based Buccleuch Property has invested in the buoyant Cambridge office market with the £6.3m acquisition of a distressed business park. Mill Court, which currently has 15 tenants, is situated next to Shelford railway station on the south side... Read More

One Fifth of Suppliers face Bullying from Retailers

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Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

This time last year the retail industry was thrown into controversy when it emerged that some retailers, including department store chain Debenhams, had put pressure on suppliers to cut their prices as a means of “investing” in the bigger business. A year... Read More

Mayor Defends Scotland Yard Sale to Overseas Investor

Metropolitan Police HQ New Scotland Yard Broadway London SW1
Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

New Scotland Yard — the home of the Metropolitan Police since 1967 — has been sold to an Abu Dhabi developer for £120m more than the guide price. The Westminster office complex was put on the market by the London Mayor’s Office for Policing and... Read More

Morrison’s Loyalty Card Controversy

Posted on by Chris Grigorovsky under Business News

Supermarket giant, Morrisons, has caused fifteen complaints since it aired their new price matching campaign, Match & More. The scheme, launched in October 2014 by Morrisons chief executive Dallon Philips, claims that they can price match with rival stores,... Read More

GVA to Lead Ashington Regeneration Project

Posted on 11 December, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News, Commercial Developments

Commercial property advisors GVA has been named as the design team leader to mastermind a £74m investment plan for a Northumberland town. Heading a consortium appointed by the Arch, the Northumberland Development Company, GVA will act as team managers... Read More

Pub Chain Praised For Coaching Yard Scheme

Photograph of the Quayside at Newcastle/Gateshead taken at night time.
Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

A pub and leisure group which pumped more than a million pounds into rejuvenating Newcastle Quayside has unveiled a new scheme to transform an historic corner of the city. The family-owned Ladhar Group's investment in the Quayside involved the opening... Read More

Shipping Line ACL Building New Liverpool Head Office

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Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

A Merseyside-based shipping line is about to become the first in more than a century to get its own purpose-built Liverpool headquarters. The last was built for the Blue Funnel Line in 1924. Atlantic Container Lines (ACL) will move into its new... Read More

Controversial M42 Services Plan Would Create 300 Jobs

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Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Business News, Commercial Developments

Five years after they were abandoned under a barrage of opposition, plans have been revived for a new motorway services station on the M42 near Solihull. A similar but smaller scheme stalled in 2009 after it was faced with bitter opposition from... Read More