A 48-acre Edinburgh development site has sold for 50 per cent over estimate, reflecting the strength of Scotland’s recovering property market. Jones Lang Lasalle had valued the 48-acre plot and an adjacent 60,000sq ft building at £10m in response to... Read More
Demand for shops, offices and industrial space in the North-East has seen its first real rise since 2011. According to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors around nine per cent more of its regional members reported rises rather than falls in... Read More
Manufacturing has once more become one of Britain’s largest sources of income, with the industry behind only the services sector in terms of growth and employment. This has led some of the country’s largest manufacturers to seek rapid expansion in order... Read More
DHL has been confirmed as the first pre-let for Manchester’s £800m Airport City scheme. The delivery group has signed up to take a 37,000 sq ft building at the new world logistics hub. Company chief executive Phil Couchman says that DHL's investment... Read More
British manufacturing firms are enjoying a boom period following years of recession, with both domestic and overseas demand leading to strong job creation within the sector. In fact, growth in the manufacturing industry is only outstripped by that in the... Read More
Seventy jobs will be created when SIG opens its new distribution “supercentre” on Tyneside next month. SIG Distribution — a division of the FTSE-listed construction supplies firm SIG plc — has almost completed work on a £2m depot on the former... Read More
According to forecasters, the US recovery will continue into next year and investors will look beyond the traditional markets into secondary ones to get higher yields. The report was co-published by PwC US and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). San... Read More
Work has started on a £82m project to return train making to the birthplace of the railways. The workshop of the Stockton and Darlington Railway which opened in 1825 Hitachi Rail Europe eventually plans to deliver more than 860 carriages from its new... Read More
The manufacturing industry is currently experiencing an upturn in the UK, with a favourable export market and high demand within the Eurozone leaving many businesses with more custom than they have seen since the pre-recession years. This has led to a large... Read More
The manufacturing sector has become a powerhouse of British industry in the past year, with many firms choosing to rapidly expand thanks to a booming exports market. However, there are concerns that a shortage of skilled workers such as engineers may limit... Read More
