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Occupier demand in big sheds market jumped in H2 of 2012
Occupier demand in the UK big sheds industrial market grew over the course of 2012, with Grade A take-up twice as high in the second half of the year compared with the first.That's according to the la...
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Primark owner confident high street will 'regenerate'
The finance director of Associated British Foods (ABF) - the organisation which owns discount clothing chain Primark - has said he is confident the nation's high streets will "regenerate" in the comin...
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Service sector sees drop in activity, says CBI
Despite recent figures revealing a fall in unemployment levels, the latest quarterly survey conducted by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) found a decline in service sector activity over the...
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Legal and General underlines attraction of commercial property market
Now could be a good time to invest with UK commercial property agents, according to a new report by Legal and General. A study released by the firm has revealed that commercial property returns were f...
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Unemployment falls to 2.5m
UK unemployment fell to 2.5 million in the three months to December 2012, while the number of people in work jumped to a record high as the jobs market began to pick up.As figures released by the Offi...
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CIPD forecasts continued rise in employment
Following the news that the jobless total fell to 2.5 million in December, the latest Labour Market Outlook (LMO) report published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Succe...
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Land values on the rise as demand intensifies
Demand for building land in the UK appears to be on the increase after the latest index from Savills revealed a rise in values throughout 2012.According to the property firm's figures, Greenfield land...
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Overseas investors 'dominate' central London market
Central London continues to be a hotbed of activity for foreign investors, with overseas buyers accounting for the majority of overall transactions in the City and West End last year.That's according ...
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Aberdeen leads commercial property sector recovery in Scotland
Scotland's commercial property sector enjoyed a strong 2012 as Aberdeen and Edinburgh led a continued recovery in the market, research conducted by CBRE has revealed.The figures show that the take-up ...
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Commercial property returns increased in January, says report
The commercial property market saw promising signs in January, with the Investment Property Databank (IPD) UK Monthly Property Index revealing a 0.4 per cent increase in total returns throughout the s...
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Prime London property market continues to flourish
London has been a favoured destination among property investors for many years now, and new figures released by Chesterton Humberts have shown why. The organisation confirmed that prime property in Lo...
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Economic recovery 'unlikely to be smooth'
Bank of England (BoE) governor Mervyn King believes the UK's economy will mount a recovery in the coming years, but there will be plenty of challenges along the way. Mr King suggested there is cause f...
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Energy efficiency in commercial properties
With energy efficiency high on the agenda and much being made of the potential of the government's Green Deal to affect both households and businesses, it's important that commercial property investor...
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CBI predicts modest growth for UK economy in 2013
The UK economy is expected to enjoy a stronger 12-month period in 2013 than it did last year, with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) predicting modest growth of one per cent.John Cridland, t...
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UK commercial property performance stable, says CBRE
The UK's commercial property market appears to be in a relatively stable condition, the latest CBRE Monthly Index has indicated.Figures to the end of January were largely unchanged from December as th...