A combination of improved letting activity and taking surplus stock out to market has started to show signs of rental growth in some locations and sectors, according to commercial property agent, Prop-Search. One of the main factors to these findings... Read More
Retail Logistics giant, Seko Synergy, has recently agreed a ten year lease renewal on its 126,000 sq ft Northampton based facility at the Distribution Centre on Crow Lane. Seko is an owner run business which has 30 years experience in fulfillment,... Read More
This week the government has confirmed that Permitted Development Rights (PDR), allowing the conversion of office space to residential use without full planning permission, will no longer expire on the 30th of May 2016 but are here to stay. Here two... Read More
With the latest round of property valuations for business rates purposes underway, businesses are being urged to take care filling in the forms if they want to avoid incurring unnecessary costs. The Valuations Office Agency (VOA) began issuing... Read More
With seven of the world’s ten Formula One teams based in Britain — pumping £10bn each year into the economy — the UK’s motorsport industry has survived the recession relatively unscathed. More than 4,000 smaller commercial and manufacturing... Read More
As Benjamin Franklin famously said, nothing is as certain as death and taxes. But avoiding the pitfalls between the first and the second can be complex and time consuming, according to a leading property expert. “After a death, inheritance tax issues... Read More
The Government has been forced to delay plans to extend the scheme which makes it easier to convert offices to residential use, amid fears that the permitted development rights legislation is depleting office stock and driving up rents, says commercial... Read More
Although it failed to deliver the hoped for root-and-branch reform of the business rates system, last week’s Budget did hint at a badly needed update. Within hours of the Chancellor speaking, the Government published details of the progress on action... Read More
A combination of diminishing supply, robust occupier demand and a strong investment market has led to a growing appetite for speculative distribution warehouse development in Northampton. And its arrival will ensure the town retains its ‘Mecca status’ in... Read More
The acute shortage of industrial units in a Northamptonshire town has triggered a race-for-space, one of the county’s leading commercial property specialists has reported. The severe shortage is also speeding up transaction times as occupiers compete... Read More
