Agent News


From time to time we produce articles focusing on specific agents and properties. These stories may highlight a successful marketing campaign or encouraging auction results, for example. In addition you may find articles about properties we feel are of particular interest.


Growth drives Demand for Northamptonshire Retail Space

Posted on 16 March, 2015 by admin under Agent News

The buoyant economy is continuing to fuel the demand for commercial space, claims a new Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) report, with the retail sector powering ahead in the final months of 2014. The latest RICS figures show that the... Read More

Taylor Weaver negotiates Three-Way Deals

Posted on 13 March, 2015 by admin under Agent News

A Blackburn-based agency has simultaneously pulled off a trio interlinked commercial deals along the M65 corridor in Lancashire. Taylor Weaver, an independent firm of chartered surveyors and commercial property agents, negotiated all three transactions... Read More

Exciting future ahead for historic Exeter Quayside building

Posted on 12 March, 2015 by admin under Agent News

An historic Exeter building is to undergo redevelopment, following the announcement that the property is under offer to local private property company EIC Ltd. The report comes from commercial property specialists Vickery Holman, who say they now... Read More

Naylors lands Second Deal for Online Retailer

Posted on 6 March, 2015 by admin under Agent News

Online kitchen and appliance supplier, Andrew James, has kept pace with a tripling of its turnover in as many years by spending almost £1m on a new County Durham head office. The fast-growing retailer has acquired Lighthouse View, a 73,418 sq ft,... Read More

Expanding Businesses alerted to availability of 75,000 sq ft Gloucester Warehouse

Posted on 5 March, 2015 by admin under Agent News

Commercial property specialist Bruton Knowles is currently marketing one of the biggest warehouse units left in Gloucester on behalf of Robert Hitchins Limited. The 75,000 sq ft Unit A, at Mill Place on the Bristol Road, is available as a major warehouse... Read More

New Report provides boost for South West Hotel Market

Posted on 2 March, 2015 by admin under Agent News

Activity in the South West hotel market is set to increase, according to Devon based commercial property specialists Charles Darrow. The annual European Hotel Transaction Report, which was published last week by HVS, found that the UK is now Europe’s... Read More

Towngate Business Centre lettings are a ‘Sign of the Times’ for North West

Posted on 25 February, 2015 by admin under Agent News

One of the North of England’s leading industrial property providers, Towngate PLC, has completed the lettings of two warehouse/industrial units in Widnes. Both units are at the firm’s thriving Towngate Business Centre on Everite Road, which... Read More

Shift in Creative Axis drives Commercial Property demand in South Bristol

Posted on 24 February, 2015 by admin under Agent News

A shift in Bristol’s creative axis is having a beneficial impact on an area of the city which has spent decades in the doldrums. It is also driving demand for commercial property, says Bruton Knowles’ Paul Williams. “South Bristol is enjoying... Read More

Charles Darrow adds to Team following ‘phenomenally successful’ First Year

Posted on 19 February, 2015 by admin under Agent News

Following a ‘phenomenally successful’ first year in business, Newton Abbot based commercial property specialist Charles Darrow has expanded its team with the addition of graduate trainee James Sanders (pictured). James, who has recently returned to... Read More

Buoyant Market leads to ‘brisk interest’ in Gloucestershire Farm sale

Posted on 17 February, 2015 by admin under Agent News

With agricultural land in Gloucestershire in high demand, rural property specialists Bruton Knowles report ‘brisk interest’ in Rock Farm near the popular village of Westbury-on-Severn. Rock Farm comprises the Grade II listed, nineteenth-century... Read More

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