A controversial £140m shopping and leisure development — sold earlier this year to The Crown Estate — will breath new economic life into East Northamptonshire, an expert has claimed. The Rushden Lakes scheme was approved by Eric Pickles, the... Read More
The acute shortage of industrial units in a Northamptonshire town has triggered a race-for-space, one of the county’s leading commercial property specialists has reported. The severe shortage is also speeding up transaction times as occupiers compete... Read More
LondonMetric Property PLC has sold the 170,000 sq ft Travis Perkins distribution facility in Brackmills, Northamptonshire to CBRE Global Investors for £14.4 million. The facility was acquired in November 2013 for £9 million, with four months remaining on... Read More
Silverstone — better known as the home of the British Grand Prix — is proving a different sort winner for dozens of cutting edge engineering and technology firms. The area’s high-energy economy is also benefiting residents, with a recent Halifax... Read More
After 18 months of arguments and a three-week planning inquiry, the Secretary of State has finally given the green light to a £50m retail and leisure development in Northamptonshire. Allowing work to start on the Rushden complex, the Minister ruled... Read More
An MP has claimed the go-ahead for an eight-million sq ft Northamptonshire logistics terminal could wipe out unemployment in his constituency. The developers of the DIRFT III site at Daventry say it will create at least 9,000 jobs. After three months... Read More
Despite this week’s encouraging fall in unemployment levels, it is clear the UK still has a long way to go towards economic recovery.... Read More
