North Staffordshire is known throughout the world as a centre of pottery production, with many of the most celebrated manufacturers emerging from Stoke-on-Trent. However one of the most iconic of these firms, Wedgwood, has confirmed that it has sold part of... Read More
Investors searching for rural land may be interested in taking advantage of a unique opportunity – a Lake District mountain is on the market for £1.75m. And if, if that is not enough to tempt potential buyers, the successful bidder will be entitled to use... Read More
A Tyneside laboratory site — opened in 1970 by technology minister Tony Benn — is being evaluated for sale by the engineering and electronics giant Siemens. The 25.3-acre plot, off Victoria Road West, Hebburn, was once occupied by a huge grey cube... Read More
The Crown Estate — which manages almost £9bn worth of property — has halved its Windsor Estate and its rural coastal portfolio legal panels by re-appointing just two of the law firms its uses to advise on its vast holdings. As part of a... Read More
According to figures released by RICS, the price of Scottish farmland remained steady throughout the second half of 2013. The average price of land averaged £3,750 per acre. Furthermore, more than 80 per cent of surveyors anticipated a rise in prices during... Read More
A new report released by international real estate adviser, Savills, indicates that land prices are being boosted by demand from developers. Price growth is continuing to be led by the South East, but overall growth is improving across the UK. The... Read More
Less than three months after it received more than £8m in extra funding, the Clyde Gateway agency — Scotland’s biggest and most ambitious regeneration programme — has written off £45m from its property assets. In November the agency, which has... Read More
Prologis — which recently posted a fourth-quarter profit of $61m — has confirmed its second UK industrial development in as many weeks. In January the San Francisco-based company announced it was adding an extra 262,500sq ft of logistics... Read More
Google has started 2014 by adding to its Palo Alto holdings. The new property, located at 1076 East Meadow Circle, is situated on about an acre of land. The company paid approximately $6.5 million for the 19,700 square-foot building. The search engine... Read More
As the development drought eases one town has found itself facing a different kind of shortage — a serious lack of industrial property and warehouse space. “Driven by strong levels of investment, take-up of space has risen and there is now a... Read More
