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Continued growth in commercial activity during January
Commercial activity rose for the fifth consecutive month in January, although expansion was at its slowest pace in the current sequence of growth.That's according to figures published by the Savills C...
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Regional office property markets saw 'improved' take up in 2012
Britain's regional office property markets enjoyed a positive 2012 in spite of the overall fall in take up last year, according to the latest Knight Frank research report.While the 4,930,430 square fe...
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'Improved' commercial property returns forecast for 2013
The commercial property sector is set to enjoy improved returns in 2013, Legal & General Property's director of research has claimed.As Rob Martin revealed in a Fundamentals briefing on Wednesday (Feb...
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BCC calls on government and Bank of England to boost business lending
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) should consider ways in which it could stimulate business lending by improving the efficiency of quantitative easing (QE) and looking at new methods for boosting th...
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'Extreme shortage' of Grade A office space in Cardiff
Cardiff city centre may find itself without any available Grade A office space by the end of 2013, a report released by Alder King has claimed.As Wales Online reports, the organisation's market monito...
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January saw 'highest retail sales growth in 13 months'
Last month saw the UK's retail sales grow by 1.9 per cent on a like-for-like basis from January 2012, figures released by the latest British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG Retail Sales Monitor have ...
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£40 million commercial property sale in Birmingham is a ‘turning point’
The Baskerville House office has been sold in Birmingham for £40 million in a landmark move within the city’s commercial property sector. The office, which brought in a series of 100 per cent equity b...
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Commercial property sales slump by £5 billion in Scotland
Commercial property sales have fallen by over £5 billion in Scotland, according to new reports.The Scottish market has seen sales drop by 80 per cent since 2007, when the sector saw new heights. It ha...
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Commercial sector expected to increase, according to Aviva
Investors from Aviva have doubled their estimates for the commercial property sector in 2013. By suggesting that there has been an increase in demand due to cheap valuations, the return forecast has b...
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British firms 'intend to hire more staff in 2013'
Despite the continuing difficult economic situation that exists in the UK, many companies have revealed they plan to push ahead with hiring programmes and talent retention schemes over the year ahead....
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SMEs procuring more government contracts, figures reveal
Britain's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are securing an increasing share of government contracts, official figures published yesterday (February 27th) have revealed. As the data shows, whi...