South West commercial property consultant, Vickery Holman, has recently concluded the letting of Chough House in St Austell, Cornwall. The property was previously used as offices but has now been let to a funeral director for use as a chapel of rest. The single-storey property, measuring 1,178 sq ft, was offered at an asking rent of... Read More
Auction House is anticipating a record breaking 2014 after passing the 2,000 lots sold milestone. The award winning property auctioneer passed the milestone at the end of September, by which time 2,069 lots had been sold at its regional auctions. Auction House became the first UK auctioneer to reach the figure this year and,... Read More
With seven major contracts underway a Yorkshire developer has persuaded architect Philip Lees to end his four-year retirement and manage the design and build of its commercial and leisure projects. The Leeds-based Gregory Property Group (GPG) — whose portfolio includes the £40m mixed-use scheme at Broad Street Plaza in Halifax and... Read More
Following Colliers International’s recent upbeat assessment of the Bristol commercial market, the local office of a national property consultancy reports that demand for out of town offices in the city is on the rise. Paul Williams, of Bruton Knowles, believes that this renewed appetite is being driven by a combination of rising... Read More
Bristol business chiefs have been given an upbeat report on the state of the city’s commercial property market. The account was delivered at Colliers International’s annual Breakfast Briefing, which was attended by over fifty leading figures from the city’s banking and legal sectors. Organiser Abby Pugh, head of Colliers’... Read More
COMPETITION NOW CLOSED Want to be in with the chance of winning tickets to Scarefest 2014 at Alton Towers Resort? Then you’ll want to find our hidden Halloween object in the Movehut website. Simply find the creepy icon and this will take you to an entry form where we will ask you for your basic details. To get you started here are some... Read More
A rating specialist who remains the youngest person ever to receive a Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors’ diploma in rating has joined the Birmingham office of property consultancy Colliers International. During his 40 year career Gordon Garnett was the former leader of the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) specialist rating unit for... Read More
The upturn in the regional markets has accelerated during 2014, with reports from around the country confirming the recovery. Among the latest to report a busy year are Bracknell and Maidenhead based commercial property agents Page Hardy Harris and Fryer Commercial who have both enjoyed high levels of activity during the last 12... Read More
The global management and consultancy services company WSP — recently named “Best Commissioning Provider” in the United States — has confirmed its UK expansion with a number of appointments in its Yorkshire office. Based in Leeds the consultancy’s environment team is currently working on a number of high-profile projects... Read More
A business park development on the site of a former RAF base is set to re-energise Gloucester’s commercial sector and provide hundreds of jobs, says a local property professional. Commercial property consultants Bruton Knowles has been appointed, alongside Alder King, to market the Kingsway Business Park scheme which is being... Read More
To help it deliver its £70m turnover target by 2020 a Midlands property and construction consultancy has announced a series of new appointments. Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) — which employs almost 100 staff at its Cathedral Court offices on Birmingham’s Colmore Row — has named Stephen Coppin as a partner to head its expanding... Read More
Moveut’s new homepage, launched last week, has received an overwhelmingly positive response. Our homepage provides all the features visitors to the site are familiar with, wrapped in a sleek new design from one of our own junior developers. Agents can register and login in the usual way and users are able to search for commercial... Read More
After three years of mergers and acquisitions Birmingham-based CPBigwood has appointed Brett Williams as its new managing partner. A chartered surveyor and past chairman of the Association of Residential Managing Agents, Williams is also a Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors management committee member. He takes over from Nigel... Read More
Less than six weeks after Co-operative Estates appointed Kris Nayak to oversee future planning of the 8,000 properties in its portfolio, the Co-operative Group has named Jason McEwen as head of its project delivery and programmes. The Co-operative recently confirmed it intends to open more than 100 new high street and community... Read More
As autumn approaches, Auction House is midway through a busy month of sales. By the end of September 20 property auctions will have taken place throughout the country featuring over 500 lots. This week sees sales taking place in the North East, South East Wales and Devon & Cornwall. Next week the action continues in... Read More
Seven years after it acquired a former Northamptonshire scrap yard, developer St Francis Group and its agents have opened talks with potential tenants. Unveiling plans for 32-acre Cransley Park — adjacent to Junction 8 of the A14 near Kettering — the company has appointed Northampton-based commercial agents Prop-Search and... Read More
Scottish legal services provider Millar and Brice has named Fiona Morton as its new managing director. Her appointment comes as the firm announces a drive to increase its commercial and infrastructure-related property transactions. Describing the current property market as “very exciting” Morton, the former managing partner and... Read More
South West property consultants Vickery Holman are keen to raise awareness of the implications of the Energy Act 2011 on landlords and tenants. From April 2018, the legislation will make it illegal to let a property with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of F or G. Although it will be possible to obtain exemption from... Read More
Palmer Capital — the London-based real estate investment and asset management group — has appointed a new deputy chairman to oversee its continued growth. The business currently manages more than £550m worth of property. Nick Cooper, who has also been appointed a director, is leaving his post as a senior member of the Townsend... Read More
Growing public confidence in the merits of buying and selling property at auction led to record monthly sales for Auction House during July. While temperatures soared the award winning national franchise sold 379 lots, an improvement of over 8% on its previous best, raising a total of £38.5 million. Among the many highlights of the... Read More
Independent chartered survey Sanderson Weatherall has emerged from the “commercial property turmoil” of the past few years with a clutch of new appointments and promotions at its Tyneside office. The business — which has offices in Leeds, London, Manchester, Teesside and Bristol as well as Newcastle — has recruited experienced... Read More
Following a nationwide reorganisation of its UK office network, GVA has promoted two of its Scottish-based property consultants. Richard Slipper is now a senior director within the country’s planning development and regeneration team and Mark Napier, a member of the Glasgow property management department, has been made an associate... Read More
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