Overview: The Commercial Property Industry in 2017

In a year that saw Article 50 being triggered, business rates re-evaluated, and one of the UK's most controversial elections triggered, commercial property agents and businesses have had a wealth of factors to contemplate in 2017. Here's a selection ... Read more

The Location Vocation: The Dawn of Location-Based Services

For the social media addict, they’re a way to share the fun places they’re going. For advertisers, they’re a way to target services with pinpoint relevance. However you use them, Location-Based Services are one of the fastest and most efficient ways ... Read more

Which Scottish Property Sectors are Experiencing the Highest Demand?

This month we looked at the proportion of Scottish property listings on NovaLoca within each of the different sectors. We compared this to the proportion of email enquiries so far in 2017 for these same sectors. These figures suggest more demand than ... Read more

More Reasons to Invest in Scotland

2017 is being celebrated as Scotland's Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology, and even with so much as a cursory glance, there's no questioning why. Synonymous with landmark historical influences and distinguished traditions, Scotland's pride has ... Read more

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Half a Year On, What is Happening with Business Rates?

In February, we took a look into 2017’s new business rates, a controversial new reform which attracted the ire of most independent business owners and now, half a year later, is yet to leave the collective conscience. The reason, unfortunately, is ... Read more

Streets Ahead – The High Street Shops Taking Britain by Storm

Though there’s still uncertainty in the British retail market – with retail sales climbing and collapsing on what seems to be a month-to-month basis – there’s still some noticeable trends in the types of stores that are raking in the customers. ... Read more

Could London Be a World-Leading ‘Smart City’?

Speaking earlier this week at London Tech Week, London mayor Sadiq Khan ambitiously pledged to turn London into the world’s leading smart city; running its systems and services through the use of data, connectivity and information technology, it’s ... Read more

5 of the World’s Most Stunning Concept Stores

We’re all familiar with concept albums; Green Day sang of a disillusioned America; Frank Zappa chronicled a teen’s journey through the music industry; David Bowie went to Mars and bothered some spiders. Yet the concept store remains comparatively ... Read more

Are We Ready for the Internet of Things?

Constant connectivity, once an enthusiastic pipe dream, is now so prevalent that we treat this technical marvel with practical nonchalance. It’s perhaps testament to this revolutionary success that we’ve become so accustomed and accepting of it, and ... Read more