All articles by Aditi Shah – Page 3
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Markets
Put your rethinking cap on
Property Week and the British Council for Offices launch a competition today to find the office of the future for a media or technology company
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Professional
Lack of jobs in property raises fears of 2020 skills gap
The lack of jobs in the property and construction industry has raised fears about the loss of a generation of talent as graduates are forced to look at alternative professions
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Online
Sainsbury’s reports strong third-quarter sales
Sainsbury’s, UK’s second largest food retailer, revealed its best-ever Christmas trading “in a challenging consumer environment”.
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Online
Greggs plans new store openings
Bakery retailer Greggs plans to open 80 new stores this year in order to expand its portfolio of 1,487 outlets.
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Online
The Restaurant Group plans expansion as sales rise
The Restaurant Group, owner of British food chain Garfunkel’s, plans to expand its portfolio of 350 restaurants as it revealed a 7% increase in turnover in 2010.
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Markets
Online’s fine but it’s last orders for pubs
Online retailers and budget operators will rise and rise this year, but the outlook is bleak for pub groups, car manufacturers and the government. Aditi Shah predicts the winners and losers for 2011
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Online
Next loses £22m of sales and predicts uncertain outlook for 2011
Fashion retailer Next revealed it lost £22m of sales, representing 2.2% of the season’s total sales, due to bad weather in the run up to Christmas.
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Online
Barry Varcoe joins Swiss insurer
Barry Varcoe, former group property director at the Royal Bank of Scotland, has been appointed global head of corporate real estate and facilities management at Zurich Financial Services.
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Online
Loch Lomond golf club to be bought by members
Loch Lomond Golf Club in Scotland, whose members include Prince Andrew and Sir Sean Connery, is close to being bought out of administration by its 800 members.
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Online
Two leave BNPPRE to join King Sturge
King Sturge has poached two people from BNP Paribas Real Estate’s client solutions team in order to expand its international corporate real estate business.
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Professional
Reorganise your desks to save money
Cellular offices cost 50% more than an open-plan design
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Markets
Asics starts run-up to global expansion in Europe
Sports shoe retailer opens in Amsterdam as start of European-wide growth
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Markets
No end to retail sector's nightmare after Christmas
Cotton price, VAT rises and belt-tightening consumers are thwarting retailers
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Online
Berkeley Group profits up nearly 20%
Housebuilder Berkeley Group revealed an 18.5% increase in pre-tax profit over the past six months during an ‘elusive sustained recovery’.
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Markets
Microsoft’s ex-property chief opens windows for SMEs
Nigel Baker sets up consultancy for small firms with a view to development
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Markets
BAM puts on specs and looks for opportunities
Developer specs in Chiswick and eyes old shopping centre
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Insight
What to know MAPIC
Aditi Shah gives the lowdown on last week’s retail industry show in Cannes
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Markets
MAPIC special: Debenhams progresses global plans
Department store chain targets developing countries for global expansion
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News
Freeport freewheels into Chinese outlet rollout
Beijing Capital and Singapore government back plans to develop 30 Palette-branded centres
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Online
PWTV: Asics to open more than 100 stores across Europe over the next five years
Sports and fashion chain Asics is planning to open more than 100 stores in every major European capital city over the next five years, the retailer’s retail operations manager Fernando Pina told Property Week today.