All Property Week articles in 29 October 2010 – Page 7
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News
BNP Paribas Real Estate poaches Allsop pair
BNP Paribas Real Estate has poached two West End investment agents from rival Allsop
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Online
Calling all property hotshots
Property Week and Drivers Jonas Deloitte have teamed up again this year for our property industry photography competition
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Professional
Need to know: OFT land agreements
Earlier this month, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) produced draft guidance for businesses in property and retail about the land agreements that could be affected by competition law changes next April
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News
LandSecs doubles agents in Corby
Land Securities has appointed MMX Retail as joint agents on its Corby town centre scheme, joining Rowley Hughes Thompson
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Markets
Carsberg calls for agents to be regulated
Cuts in social housing are likely to place more strain on a private-rented sector that is already subject to unprecedented tenant demand and shows signs of growing malpractice by rogue letting agents
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Markets
Quango faces race against time to secure its legacy
Earlier this month, Communities and Local Government announced that five London boroughs will take back the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation’s planning powers, while the Mayoral Development Corporation will take over the quango’s other work
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Professional
Retailers rally against business rate hikes
The business rates of more than 50,000 occupiers in England will rise by a quarter next year ^23% after two rating changes
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Markets
Republic in South Africa
Coffee Republic has signed its first international agreement with niche retail operator Specialty Branded Retail to expand the coffee chain in South Africa
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News
Targetfollow falls as High Court sends in administrators
Subsidiaries of private property company Targetfollow have been placed into administration after a High Court hearing this week
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News
‘Absentee landlords’ risk damaging property’s reputation
The property industry is in danger of creating a new breed of absentee landlord
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Professional
Q-Park takes over at Aberdeen's Trinity
Q-Park has taken over a 408-space car park at the Trinity Centre in Aberdeen, Scotland, which is owned by Rockspring.
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News
Revealed: 24 local agencies
The government has approved the creation of 24 bodies to take over regeneration and economic development from regional development agencies (RDAs)
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Insight
20-30-40-50: PiMS Workspace managing director Martin Atkinson
Every week, we meet a property person from a different age group. This week, Hardeep Sandher meets 50-year-old Martin Atkinson, DIY perfectionist, good listener and managing director of PiMS Workspace
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News
MEPC assets suffer £12m value fall
Business park developer and owner MEPC suffered a 2% fall in the value of its debt-backed portfolio in the three months to 30 September
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News
All-American line-up for $1bn sale of ING Real Estate
The world’s largest property fund manager, ING Real Estate Investment Management, will be sold to an American firm, as all three bidders on the final shortlist all based in the US
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News
£1bn West End deal-fest
The West End investment and development market caught fire this week with hundreds of millions of pounds of deals going under offer or being agreed
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Online
Westfield Stratford City 75% let
Westfield London, Westfield ‘s London shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush, is on track to achieve sales of more than £800m in its second year - up from over £700m in year one. Footfall is also growing at over 22% on last year.
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Online
CLS to expand in Munich
CLS is to develop 17,674 sq ft of space at its office and light industrial property, Gräfelfing, in Munich.
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Online
Government to legislate for tax increment finance
The government will introduce new primary legislation to implement tax increment financing (TIF), allowing local authorities to kick start developments by borrowing against future business rate increases.
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Online
Government approves 24 local enterprise partnerships
The government has given the green light to 24 partnerships between local businesses and councils to replace regional development agencies (RDAs).