Following his recent pledge to oppose a further extension of permitted development rights, London Mayor Boris Johnson has joined property groups and planners in calling for continued protection for key business districts. Under the government’s... Read More
Fire damage is a significant cost for insurers with companies paying out more than £3.6m every single day. It can be even more expensive for businesses with the Association of British Insurers predicting that as much as £10bn will be lost due to commercial... Read More
Muse Developments has revealed details of the second stage of Swindon’s Kimmerfields scheme — the town’s biggest makeover in more than half-a-century. The company, backed by landowner Homes and Communities Agency, has already completed the first... Read More
Supermarkets have experienced a poor run in 2014 so far, with all of the Big Four reporting consistently falling sales as consumers turn to discount brands for their weekly shop. Unfortunately, it appears that this negative fortune is set to continue as... Read More
BAM Properties — which claims to be the first developer to return to Glasgow after the recession — has sold its CONNECT11ONS office block in the city for £70m. In a statement, issued from BAM’s Bunnik, Netherlands, headquarters, the company... Read More
As confidence in the Irish property market continues to grow the German insurance giant Allianz has confirmed it is investing €140m (£109m) in Irish investment vehicle IPUT. In the Munich-based firm’s first venture into the Irish commercial... Read More
More than 3,000 property professionals hoping to corner or close deals will gather in London next month for the first MIPIM event to be held in the UK. The three-day inaugural exhibition — modelled on the international MIPIM conference held annually... Read More
Demand for commercial property in the North-East has become so critical that even a 200,000sq ft development underway on the region’s biggest industrial estate will do little to ease the pressure, a senior agent has claimed. After four years of... Read More
The North-East’s biggest property investment and development company has started the next phase of the multi-million refurbishment of its Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate. So far UK Land Estates — which owns more 1,300 units across 40 regional industrial... Read More
In what is being seen as the most outspoken criticism of the business rates system so far, more than 100 of the country’s biggest companies have condemned the tax as a “critical problem” to recovery and future investment. Demanding that all the... Read More
