All articles by Stephen Killick
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Markets
Mind your Manors
Leisure operators are queuing up to get into Oxford but where is there for them to go?
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Markets
Ivory towers in Sussex
Few outsiders would suspect that East Sussex harbours one of the worst areas for child abuse and deprivation in the south-east of England. Hastings is the owner of this shocking title, although many other Sussex towns have areas of urban poverty and despair. Parts of once-genteel Eastbourne have been taken ...
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Markets
Turning up the Heath
Haywards Heath s biggest selling point, the easy commute into London, has also been the greatest stumbling block for developers. We find businesses bemoaning the lack of determination to raise the town s profile
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Boot finds south-eastern foothold on Safeway site
Henry Boot Developments has paid Safeway around £1m for a 3.6ha (9 acre) retail and business development at Hailsham, East Sussex, following the supermarket s failure to secure planning permission for food retail. Contracts have been exchanged with Great Mills DIY at a rent just under £107/sq m (£10/sq ft) ...
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Brighton block
Sainsbury s has stumbled into a minefield in Brighton, where the council has rejected plans for a town-centre supermarket. But, developers in Hove seem to be enjoying better fortune
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Markets
Change of heart
After winning the ATCM national award for town management, Hemel Hempstead's retail sector is well placed to meet the challenges ahead.
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Markets
Essex appeal
Essex was hit hard during the last recession, but Terry Conder and David Crozier are on a crusade to revitalise the county's economy.
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Markets
Checking in
Hotel and leisure operators are scrambling to pick up prime sites at affordable prices in Norfolk and Suffolk.