Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King believes that today’s customers demand ethical values along with value for money. He also insists that supermarkets are not responsible for the run down state of many town centres and that they have done more than anyone in recent years to “reinvigorate the high streets in the UK.” Speaking to the... Read More
Hundreds of new jobs will be created on the South Coast thanks to a £25 million investment in the Solent Enterprise Zone. This was announced last week by Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary. The investment will help unlock the area’s economic potential and deliver 1,200 local jobs on the site of the former HMS Daedalus... Read More
Since the advent of social networking, businesses have been coming up with increasingly inventive ways of utilising them to their advantage. Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr are now some of the most lucrative advertising platforms on the market, with companies using them to connect with consumers and receive feedback on their... Read More
The past year has not been easy for anyone. Rising food, fuel and utilities prices have caused further problems for families struggling to keep their households running, with luxuries like foreign holidays and new household items but a distant memory for many Brits. Largely contributing to the nation’s woes is the... Read More
CLS Holdings Plc, a UK investment company with $1.5 billion in real estate holdings, recently ended a bond sale four days early due to strong demand from potential investors. The company, which currently holds properties in France, Germany, and Sweden, as well the United Kingdom, increased the size of the sale by a full 30 per cent to £65... Read More
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) is forecasting a 12 per cent reduction in U.S. commercial real estate sales to the year 2014 due to lower projections for economic growth. Figures released by the organization now predict sales of $748 billion in the period. Sales of warehouses, office buildings, and shopping centers are expected to reach... Read More
Japan's largest developer by market value, Mitsubishi Estate Co., has raised 11.2 billion yen ($143 billion) to purchase four properties in Tokyo. The real estate will form part of its private real estate investment trust. The properties were bought by its asset management arm, Mitsubishi Jisho Investment Advisors Inc., and the... Read More
Petrol prices are a massive sticking point in the UK at the moment, with filling stations in this country posting some of the highest prices in Europe. And with petrol prices having risen by 38 per cent, and diesel having risen 43 per cent, in the past five years alone, it is hardly a surprise that angry consumers are now demanding that... Read More
Staff in workplaces the world over can often find themselves falling into a routine at work, with everyday tasks only broken up by office gossip around the water cooler. However, far from reducing productivity, recent research has proven that the benefits of casual chatter can improve output and put staff in a more positive mind set about... Read More
Over the past few years, Britain has seen a dramatic turn of events in the car manufacturing industry. Rather than foreign imports being brought into the country from developing nations such as China and India, now the UK is exporting to these countries instead, with respected companies such as Honda and Jaguar Land Rover pouring investment... Read More
Thanks to The Legal Services Act, businesses outside of the legal profession can now offer a legal advice service - once they have been granted an alternative business structure (ABS) status. One of the first to utilise this change in law is The Co-operative which launched their family law service last week. The company will offer... Read More
The Scottish Government is proposing business rates discounts as an incentive to bring unoccupied shops and offices back into use. Under the ‘Fresh Start’ scheme new occupants of properties that have been empty for 12 months or more will be entitled to a 50 per cent business rates discount for the first year of occupancy. The proposal... Read More
Coolray Field in Georgia was approved for construction by Gwinnett County commissioners in 2008.... Read More
Although people have less disposable income and the UK is still currently in the middle of a double-dip recession, it seems that people still have enough money to spend on takeaway food.... Read More
Costs for businesses in Manchester are among the lowest in the world when compared to other large industrialised cities, a new report from KPMG reveals.... Read More
CBRE Group, Inc. has recently announced that it is launching the Real Green Research Challenge (RGRC), which is a four-year, US $1 million commitment from the commercial real estate services firm to fund sustainability research and innovation.... Read More
With the benefit of hindsight, the Olympics were not the saving grace of British retailing that Lord Seb Coe et al. promised they would be.... Read More
Florida has asked NASA to transfer 150 acres of land located north of the shuttle launch pads and the shuttle runway to the state's aerospace development agency, Space Florida.... Read More
With disposable income at an all-time low, workers are trying to find ways of making every penny count... Read More
A recent report has revealed that town centres will need to advertise themselves as convenient hubs for picking up products ordered online if they are to flourish into the next decade.... Read More
Anyone who regularly shops in Tesco will be familiar with the blue and white striped packages synonymous with the brand’s “Tesco Value” range.... Read More
Last week, we reported that Home Retail Group, which owns Argos, was not having the best of times.... Read More
