Lambert Smith Hampton says occupiers in multi-storey office buildings could benefit from a recent court ruling on rating assessments. The decision, made in relation to Tower Bridge House in London, “has opened up the opportunity to merge rating ... Read more
Central London retail property will continue to outperform the rest of the UK this year, says Savills. An Olympics-related bounce in spending is possible in the capital, but the outlook for the rest of the year remains mixed – nevertheless, “Central ... Read more
Ahead of the inauguration on Thursday of The Shard, speculation is building as to the identity of the first tenant of the available office space in this, the newest and tallest building in London. The Telegraph has quoted Irvine Sellar, chairman of ... 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
Jones Lang LaSalle has revised down its forecasts for UK property for 2012, with All Property returns now at 2.0% compared with a historic average of 9.0%, as a sluggish economic recovery continues to take its toll on UK commercial property ... Read more
With the eurozone crisis becoming such a dominant topic for discussion, Knight Frank has considered the scenarios for UK commercial property. In the case of a so-called ‘messy’ (i.e unmanaged) Greek exit from the euro, the firm says a look at the ... 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
Jones Lang LaSalle’s recent research into the market for industrial units of below 100,000 sq ft shows that occupier demand remains fragile. Take-up of all industrial and logistics property fell 24% in Q1 2012 to 17.7m sq ft compared with the ... 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
The government announced this week that listed companies will have to report their greenhouse gas emissions from next year – a move that will affect more than 50 UK property companies, says the British Property Federation. The data must be ... Read more
