Property Direct November 2006
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Property Direct November 2006
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Aberdeen launches €1bn shopping fund
23 November 2006
Aberdeen Property Investors has launched a €1bn (£675m) European shopping fund for international institutional investors.
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Brixton appoints Mike Andrews as head of leasing
22 November 2006
Brixton has appointed Mike Andrews as head of the company’s leasing team following the resignation of director John Pocock
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Cooper sets out reforms for affordable family homes
29 November 2006
Housing Minister Yvette Cooper today set out reforms to deliver more and better affordable and family homes in the UK.
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Eurostar timetables turn from Ashford to Ebbsfleet
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European rail services are to be diverted. Heather Greig-Smith and Doug Morrison report
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Farnborough’s Fowlers join the bubbling Hub
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Slough Estates opens two more buildings at Farnborough Business Park. Richard Heap reports
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ING Real Estate launches Eurosiris
24 November 2006
ING Real Estate today launched its first continental European property fund of funds
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Irish buy Battersea Power Station for £400m
30 November 2006
A company backed by Irish group Treasury Holdings has bought London’s landmark development Battersea Power Station for £400m
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LaSalle sells Edinburgh offices
21 November 2006
A syndicate of private investors has bought two office buildings in north Edinburgh from LaSalle Investment Management, on behalf of BAE Systems Pension Funds Trustees, for £94 million.
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Liberty to raise £350m from share placing
21 November 2006
The FTSE 100 company announced this afternoon that it was placing up to 25m new shares through Merrill Lynch and UBS, which represents 7.4% of its share capital.
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Mortgage market
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Many small businesses could boost long-term profitability by buying their commercial premises rather than renting, according to property website Publicangel.com.
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New life for Terry's of York
22 November 2006
York’s former Terry’s chocolate factory is set for a complete redevelopment following a planning application submission by new owner Grantside this week.
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Partnership aims to help Heathrow wannabes take off
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Heathrow City Partnership is helping small businesses swing into action. Hannah Emanuel reports
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Road rage at transport tax hikes
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If you want to incentivise someone to buy your product, service or, in this case set up business in a new location, you would expect to see the offer of a 50% discount not a 50% price rise.
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Stern guidance on aviation will tax small business minds
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Climate change report demands change in thinking about air travel. Hannah Emanuel reports
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Sue Satchell, property litigation partner at Withers, responds
Property Direct November 2006
QUESTION: I am involved in a dispute with my landlord who has suggested we go to mediation. What is involved?
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Tchenguiz pays A$138m for stake in infrastructure fund
29 November 2006
Property tycoon, Vincent Tchenguiz has acquired a 16.3% stake in an Australian-run infrastructure fund.
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Thames Gateway hit by 50% Dartford toll rise
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Fee for crucial business link to rise in blow to regeneration efforts
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The charge of the rights-of-light brigade
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Homeowner halts development in case that could give new rights to occupiers
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UK Ltd is increasingly open for business
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The number of businesses in the UK went up 1.4% in 2005, according to figures from the Department of Trade and Industry’s Small Business Service.
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Westminster council builds bridges for ethnic business
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Council forum set to strengthen links between large and small businesses
