All Property Week articles in 10 October 2003 – Page 2

  • News

    Interview

    10 October 2003

  • Markets

    Too much information

    10 October 2003

    Information provider Experian has outgrown its Nottingham headquarters and is investing £50m in a new HQ and data centre.

  • News

    Property industry submits REIT review to Treasury

    10 October 2003

    BPF, IPF and RICS 'highly optimistic' that chancellor will be convinced of benefits

  • Markets

    Moving house

    10 October 2003

    All traffic was brought to a standstill on Wednesday 20 August, when Miller Construction put Pescod Hall on two trailers, moved it 70 yards from where it had stood in the centre of Boston since 1450, swivelled it round 180° and put it down. The way was thus cleared for ...

  • News

    RICS presses for rate guidance

    10 October 2003

    The RICS is to introduce strict guidelines in January for rating consultants when dealing with small businesses. The practice statement is designed to tackle business concerns about firms making misleading or inaccurate claims to clients about the possibility of obtaining business rate reductions to win their business. Key points ...

  • Insight

    The full Monte

    10 October 2003

    Martin Landau may live in Monte Carlo, but he is throwing his full weight behind his latest property venture in the UK. Helen Thomas talks to Dutch developer MAB's UK chairman

  • Markets

    Forward Rolls

    10 October 2003

    Rolls-Royce is moving out of the home it has occupied since World War II, and buyers are queuing up to grab the site and develop a huge new industrial scheme.

  • Markets

    Street fighters

    10 October 2003

    Selfridges' plans to build a flagship store in Glasgow with Frogmore started out amicably. But things have gone sour

  • News

    Wellcome Trust sells Knightsbridge Estate

    10 October 2003

    The Wellcome Trust has sold its Knightsbridge Estate in London to locally-based private property company Brompton Estates. Brompton Estates has paid around £75m, £10m above expectations, for the four adjacent blocks on Brompton Road. The portfolio was put on the market in June, and includes 32 shop and restaurant units, ...

  • News

    Tenant sues Portman Estate for trespass

    10 October 2003

    The Portman Estate is being sued by one of its long-leasehold tenants which claims the estate is trespassing on a property destroyed by fire. The claim, by a British Virgin Islands-based company called Fieldspur, concerns a building at 2 and 3 Montagu Place, London W1, which was wrecked by a ...

  • News

    East Midlands

    10 October 2003

  • News

    DTZ's Parker takes over as Mucklow MD

    10 October 2003

    A&J Mucklow , the West Midlands industrial specialist, has appointed top DTZ agent Justin Parker as managing director in a management reshuffle. Parker, 38, is based in Birmingham and will take up his position in January. He will report to Rupert Mucklow, the company's current managing director and deputy ...

  • News

    Donaldsons reshuffles office and shed teams

    10 October 2003

    Donaldsons has restructured its office and industrial teams as part of its drive to increase its presence in the sectors. The firm, traditionally known for retail and corporate real estate, has appointed Paul Smith and Richard Harding as joint national heads of office agency, and Mark Trowell as head ...

  • News

    Regus finance director leaves

    10 October 2003

    Stephen Stamp has resigned as finance director of serviced office provider Regus . The company gave no details of his departure except to say that he was leaving to pursue other opportunities. Executive director Rudy Lobo will act as finance director on an interim basis.

  • Markets

    Resi development to play key role in Oldham plans

    10 October 2003

    Consultants' report claims housebuilding is feasible despite weak market

  • News

    Deutsche opts for Hughes

    10 October 2003

    Bill Hughes was this week appointed as CEO of Deutsche Property Asset Management . Hughes, currently deputy managing director of Schroder Property Investment Management, will fill the role vacated by Simon Cooke, who left to set up private investor vehicle Hotbed earlier this year. As well as being deputy ...

  • News

    Safeway to fight rent review decision

    10 October 2003

    Supermarket says £3m premium should not be treated as rent

  • News

    RICS dissidents set out deadline over EGM threat

    10 October 2003

    Renegade members give institution until end of October to lower 32% increase to 10%

  • Insight

    Members' revolt tells RICS it's time to make cuts

    10 October 2003

    Enough RICS members look set to come together to threaten the institution's sumptuous Great George Street headquarters in Westminster with an extraordinary general meeting. Its agenda will be a reversal of the increase in subscription fees and the appointment of an 'ombudsman' to keep the executive in line with members' ...

  • Markets

    Two's company

    10 October 2003

    Two of Standard Life's top fund managers have quit to set up their own property firm in Scotland.