All Property Week articles in Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

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  • Insight

    The clock is ticking for HGV drivers...

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    Changes to the EU Working Time Directive mean that from March 2005 HGV drivers will be subject to a maximum 48-hour working week, rather than the 70-plus hours many of them work now

  • Mike Cameron thanks supporters, including Property Week, at the IAS dinner in December
    Insight

    IAS raises £100,000 for MS charity

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    After a phenomenal year of campaigning, the Industrial Agents Society is close to raising £100,000 for its adopted charity, Multiple Sclerosis Research.

  • Online

    Tip from the top

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    Kevin Storey, partner (and head of industrial) at Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker, describes his ideal interviewee:

  • News

    Sheds

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

  • Online

    This way out...

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    Industrial agents don’t face a massive cut in salary if they move away from London – so does it really pay to cut your teeth in the Big Smoke?

  • Ground force: Gladman is speculatively developing two supersheds in Leeds
    Markets

    Where size matters

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    Demand is surging and the big sheds are filling up but, reports Claer Barrett, developers are still fighting shy of speculative work

  • Markets

    Slow off the mark

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    Developers have been dragging their heels in the crucial logistics sector

  • On spec: the Quadrant at Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, still has speculative space
    Markets

    Steady as she goes

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    Stuart Watson checks out a cautious return to speculative development in the south-west of the UK

  • Gear change: the toll road has rekindled interest in sites bordering the M6
    Markets

    Fasten your seatbelts

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    The opening of the M6 toll road and an increasing scarcity of space along the M1 are among the factors that are transforming the Midlands sheds landscape

  • Paul Graham
    Insight

    Developers: treat occupiers as customers and Europe is yours

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    The UK benefits from both a highly sophisticated logistics industry and a mature industrial property market.

  • Feel the force: Sainsbury's warehouse staff staged a successful strike over pay during last month
    Markets

    Force for change

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    Round-the-clock logistics operations demand a plentiful – and cheap– supply of labour. And that has sent distribution companies to the far reaches of the UK

  • Insight

    Sheds are the new black

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    Shed shifters of the world have long endured taunts about the grimy nature of their chosen sector, compared with the glamour of office complexes or shopping centres.

  • Markets

    Developers: beware

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    Occupiers are bypassing the traditional design-and-build route by cutting out developers and building their own sheds

  • Way forward: Westway in Renfrewshire has secured two key lettings this year
    Markets

    Ready and available

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    The Scottish market is picking itself up from a difficult two years

  • Markets

    All eyes on Trafford

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    Burford says it is still taking in the implications of its purchase of Green Property’s UK portfolio. Polly Mackenzie finds out more from directors Mike Forster (pictured) and Keith Rodwell

  • Prime number: ProLogis Park, Bromley by Bow, was one of 15 ProLogis sales in 2003
    Markets

    Alive and kicking

    Sheds Supplement Febuary 2004

    A plethora of sheds deals in the region has intensified fierce competition for sites