Haslams Chartered Surveyors has announced the letting of 5,500 sq ft of office space in Reading, at ‘The Blade’ in the town centre, to recruitment consultancy Roc Search. The company will move its head office into the seventh-floor offices in ... Read more
There is no shortage of viable development sites in Manchester, but the key issue will be the level of occupational demand in the city in the next decade. So says Lambert Smith Hampton in its new research into the market for Manchester office ... Read more
DTZ says take-up of office space in the UK regional office market increased in Q3 to 930,000 sq ft, compared with the 10-year quarterly average of 1m sq ft. But the firm expects the full-year figure to be subdued at around 3.5m sq ft – the lowest ... Read more
In its quarterly review of major UK regional office markets, GVA says the out-of-town market is generally performing better than city-centre markets at the moment, but that this could change as larger deals complete towards the end of 2013. While ... Read more
The Docklands office of sbh Page & Read has let a 12,550 sq ft industrial property in Barking to Kailo Fashions on a five-year lease. The annual rent on Units 1 & 2 at 75 River Road is £67,000. The firm has also let the office space at Unit ... Read more
The latest Drivers Jonas Deloitte UK Cities Crane Survey for 2012 shows that activity levels remain low across all UK property sectors. The survey, which monitors development levels of property in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh, ... Read more
Drew Watkins, associate director in DTZ’s Project and Building Consultancy team in Birmingham, says landlords, investors and occupiers need to act now in order to find out whether properties will meet new standards for energy efficiency. The ... Read more
Bowyer Bryce has let premises at The Glover Centre in Hitchin to Care Rooms Ltd on a seven-year lease at £15,000 per year. The let property comprises 2,200 sq ft, forming part of the ground floor of the property, which was previously used as a ... Read more
There are attractive opportunities for investment in UK commercial property thanks to rising yields, says DTZ in its latest Fair Value Index report. The index reading for Q1 2012 rose to 65 from 53 in the previous quarter, indicating that the market ... Read more
As a business owner, are you aware that there is a range of government financial assistance available for companies of all sizes in the UK? Lambert Smith Hampton’s guide to government funding for businesses says that while the lack of funding from ... Read more
