The market for Manchester office space to let has begun the year quietly, and the city will not be immune to the effects of local and national government austerity, but its strength in sectors other than finance and the public sector will deliver ... Read more
The robust Central London property market continued in May to bolster the overall performance of the CBRE Monthly Index. Capital growth on property in Central London was 0.4% last month, with total returns at 0.7%, up from 0.1% and 0.5% in April. At ... Read more
IPD, in association with Acuitus and EIG, last week launched a new Retail Auctions Index, showing that values for retail property sold at auction during the first quarter of 2012 rose by 1%, compared with a 1.3% fall in values for commercial retail ... Read more
Bowyer Bryce has let office space in St Albans at the New Barnes Mill – a 19th century mill building that has been redeveloped to provide modern offices. Situated next to the Sopworth House Hotel, the leased offices on the first floor of the building ... Read more
Worries about the future of the eurozone have escalated again this week, with investors taking to safe havens as the situation in Spain and Italy deteriorates and the crisis in Greece continues. Against this backdrop, CBRE has argued in a new paper ... Read more
The recent Portas Review made a number of recommendations to help to revive UK town centres, most of which have been adopted by ministers. But GVA argues in a new report that these palliative measures “do not address the reasons why so many town ... Read more
A recent office leasing deal in Mayfair and St James's has reminded James Roberts at Knight Frank of the ongoing popularity of this area and its exclusive status. Writing in the Knight Frank Global Briefing blog, he says the letting of the top floor ... Read more
With many of the leases signed at the height of the market in 2007 coming up for their first rent review this year, in a noticeably different market, GVA has looked at the best rent review options for different sectors – and considers the case for ... Read more
Andrew Carter, chief executive of the Centre for Cities, which launched a new report entitled ‘Making the Grade’ at the The British Council for Offices annual conference in Manchester this week, says smaller UK cities are sometimes turning down ... Read more
A new Scottish property database, which benefits from advanced search and reporting functionality as well as mobile applications, has been procured by Scottish Enterprise to help companies to find properties in Scotland that support their growth ... Read more
