Monthly Archives: May 2011



Possibility For Knock Down Commercial Retail Property As Focus DIY Remains On The Brink

Posted on 28 May, 2011 by MOVEHUT under Industry News

During the past few years we have seen more and more British household names disappear and earlier this month we found out we could lose yet another. Focus DIY, the do it yourself and garden retailer, with 178 stores across the UK, announced on the 4th May,... Read More

Birmingham On A Bumpy Commercial Property Road In Quarter 1

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There are new concerns over the commercial property market in the UK, as two of the UK's biggest property companies have provided fresh warnings about the health of the economy after reporting that business demand for new commercial space remains... Read More

Leeds To Challenge Manchester For Commercial Retail Property Dominance

Posted on 27 May, 2011 by MOVEHUT under Industry News

It is hoped in Yorkshire, that Leeds will soon be challenging the North’s traditional commercial property heavyweight, Manchester, following completion of the Trinity Leeds Scheme. Trinity Leeds is a £350 million development which will offer over 120... Read More

The Queen Of Shops Takes To The High Street

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The Royal Wedding may have slipped from the news but in commercial property a new royal story has surfaced. Mary Portas, retail marketing consultant and star of TV programme ‘The Queen of Shops’, has been appointed by Prime Minister David Cameron to head... Read More

Land Securities Leads The Commercial Property Recovery

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Land Securities is sitting pretty, on top of a gleaming, fully operational commercial property portfolio. It is gazing up at the sky, seeing clouds spelling out the phrase ‘pre-tax profits of £1.24bn’. These are the full-year figures posted by the... Read More

Jostling To Get Served At The Commercial Property Bar

Posted on 26 May, 2011 by MOVEHUT under Industry News

‘Time ladies and gentlemen please!’ is the call from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), as it announces plans to offload the 900 pubs in its impressive commercial property portfolio. Among those it is asking to pass back their empties and vacate the... Read More

Questions Asked Over Stobart Commercial Property Deal

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A story involving the Daily Telegraph newspaper, haulage company the Stobart Group and a £140m commercial property deal has been doing the rounds, raising a number of questions and eyebrows and receiving few answers. Four years ago, Stobart Group chairman... Read More

A Serviced Office In A Bedroom?

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I am sure that we have all thought of working from home as opposed to in a serviced office or commercial property of some sort but what if we don’t have an extra room to turn into a serviced office? Well, then we could look at using the bedroom as a... Read More

How The Ash Cloud Could Effect Commercial Property Owners And Tenants

Posted on 25 May, 2011 by MOVEHUT under Industry News

The news arrived on Tuesday, that Iceland (the country not the supermarket chain) has once again brought Europe to a standstill. Okay, perhaps that is a little over dramatic, but the fresh ash cloud is sure to have a knock on effect on the UK’s commercial... Read More

Will The Olympic Flame Bring Warmth To Londons Commercial Property

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The Olympic games in London, will it help or hinder our property woes? Will the prices of commerecial property and serviced offices leap ahead like a long jumper or drop like a shot put. Well, it’s difficult to find agreement over this. There are so many... Read More