Situated just four miles from the historic Watford Gap, Daventry is a town working hard to close a gap of its own — with commercial and industrial development attempting to keep pass with a record breaking 56 per cent rise in new house sales. As well as the year-on-year increase of residential properties the Northamptonshire town and... Read More
One of the South West’s biggest property consultancies has added two more surveyors to its valuation team. Vickery Holman is crediting the appointments to a surge in business and an “exceptionally high workload”. The addition of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors accredited Jane Falkner and Alex Woodward to its staff... Read More
Commercial property consultants Bruton Knowles have been appointed to market one of the last remaining development opportunities provided by the regeneration of Gloucester Docks. Gloucester City Council is seeking a developer or occupier to refurbish 27-29 Commercial Road overlooking the Victoria Basin and William Matthews, of Bruton... Read More
A property tax expert who set up the Valuation Office Agency’s London-based specialist rating unit — which handles some of Britain’s iconic sites and landmark developments — has joined Deloitte Real Estate as a senior specialist business rates consultant. Gerry Biddle who, as head of the unit’s utilities, transport and... Read More
If you’re a multi-property landlord it’s vital to adopt a strategic approach to the management of your portfolio to maximise both your rental income and capital growth. And with the last 12 months seeing a rise in market confidence and returns, landlords need to ensure that lease events — such as rent reviews, lease renewals and... Read More
Although shopping centres remain popular investment choices, the gradually dwindling supply in the UK has seen the number of true bargains on the market drop noticeably in the past two years. However, those keen to add a retail asset to their portfolios may be interested to learn that one of Grantham’s top shopping centres will soon... Read More
Two directors of a Plymouth based property firm are looking forward to enjoying this year’s Monaco Grand Prix after winning a competition with Movehut. Ifan Rhys-Jones and Annemarie Rhys-Jones, of Listers Property Consultants – pictured with their tickets to the annual motor racing event – have booked their flights and hotel and... Read More
Property services company, DTZ, has named Catherine Lambert (pictured) as the new head of its retail management team. She will be joining DTZ in September from her current position as chairman of a similar department at Jones Lang LaSalle. With almost two decades of experience in shopping centre management, Lambert will spearhead... Read More
Plymouth based Listers Property Consultants have completed the letting of the former Floors-2-Go shop at 55-57 Exeter Street, on behalf of a private family trust. Expanding bathroom product suppliers, Bathroom Village have agreed terms on a 9 year lease, adding to their existing outlets in Bristol, Exeter, Taunton and... Read More
On Sunday 10th of May 2015, Movehut will be entering the Great Manchester Run under the team name #TheMovehutTeam. Since its creation in 2003, the run has attracted over half a million runners in the past 11 years. Movehut is extremely conscious about what a business can do for charity. The company is raising money for two charities;... Read More
A development company with one of the biggest project pipelines in the north of England has appointed a new managing director and group finance director. Myles Hartley — who has been a director with Wetherby-headquartered Caddick Developments since 1997 — will now oversee the company’s continued expansion. Its £1bn development... Read More
After a quarter-of-a-century of steering his company to success, the founder of the biggest independent property consultancy in the North-East has announced his retirement. Retiring: Bill Naylor, founder of Naylors Chartered Surveyors Bill Naylor — who opened the doors of his Tyne and Wear office in 1990 with one assistant and his... Read More
Lloyds Bank has fielded a former professional rugby player as part of its campaign to provide smaller businesses with commercial property advice. The annual turnover limit for each company is £25m. Glen Wilson — who was a professional with Doncaster Knights before he entered banking — has been appointed head of property for small... Read More
An historic Liverpool office building — whose interior and exterior have both featured in popular television dramas — is being offered for sale with a near one-million pound guide price. The Grade II-listed Rodney Street property, located in the city’s Georgian Quarter, is believed to have been the street’s first inhabited... Read More
The Queens Hotel in Newtown Abbot has been successfully sold by commercial property specialists Charles Darrow for an undisclosed figure. The South Devon hotel, which dates back to the mid-nineteenth century, has been operated by Lynda Katz – who now plans to pursue other business interests - for the past decade The property boasts 24... Read More
A giant underground water tank capable of holding up to a million litres has been installed on the Strand in Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Commercial property specialists Burton Knowles helped to secure the necessary permissions allowing Southern Water to complete the flood alleviation measures on a key memorial garden in the town. Steven... Read More
Urban regeneration specialist, Muse, has strengthened its London development and management teams with a series of senior promotions and appointments in line with a growing order book across the capital. Part of the Morgan Sindall Group, Muse Developments is currently in the middle of a pipeline of major projects across London,... Read More
One of Savills’ senior London directors has accepted a new role 5,500 miles away in Seoul. Callum Young — the firm’s International and Central London director — will take charge of attracting investors to the South Korean market. In 2007, Young joined Savills’ Scottish investment team and gained extensive investment and asset... Read More
Three of the North-East’s most experienced commercial professionals have joined forces to form what they claim is the region’s largest specialist niche commercial agency. Connect Property North East (CPNE) — covering the Tees Valley, County Durham and North Yorkshire — was created when Jonathan Simpson and Andrew Wilkinson... Read More
A triple award winning office building — designed to reflect its first occupant’s nautical business connections — is being offered to the market following the merger of its commissioning company. Salvus House was constructed in 2005 for Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance from a design by architect Nicholson Nairn. Since then the... Read More
The Bristol office of property consultancy Bruton Knowles is coordinating a nationwide search for new regional bases on behalf of care group Helping Hands. Helping Hands works with members of the community to provide domiciliary care for people who are elderly and in vulnerable positions, and first started its operations in Alcester,... Read More
Property service provider DTZ has confirmed a raft of appointments across it Yorkshire and Midlands offices — including two new agency heads. Senior DTZ director Keith Hardman (pictured above) — currently advising local authorities on eight development projects with a combined value of more than £500m — has been promoted as the... Read More
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