All articles by George Hay
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Markets
Brighton's Guggenheim
Brighton and Hove City Council is to decide next month whether to approve a radical seafront development by the designer of Bilbao's Guggenheim museum. But, not all the locals are happy
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Markets
Screen test
Cinemas are doing their best trade for three decades but trouble may be around the corner
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Markets
Is your shed a Shearer or a Bellamy?
An old player in the market is facing competition from some new kids on the block
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Markets
Rich pickings
The departure of US firm Dynegy from Richmond has not shaken agents' confidence in the area
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Markets
The good, the bad and the ugly
Lewisham town centre is a mix of modern transport facilities, busy roads and outmoded shops. But things are about to change
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News
Why office fit-out can be a moving experience
Fit-out has moved on. These days, the design specialists aim to improve the way your business uses its space and lets you try before you buy
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News
Property industry lobbies for faster and fairer CPOs
A group of experts convened earlier this month to establish how to reform the bewildering compulsory purchase regime
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News
Compulsory purchase pill to be sweeter for occupiers
As the first Bill proceeds through the Commons, the Law Commission is working on proposals to further simplify the compulsory purchase system and offer fair compensation for all
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Social security provides jobs for the fit-out boys
Plush offices where the jobless can sign on and log on to look for work – this is the 21-century job centre and Gordon Brown has promised 500 of them by next April
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Markets
In a state of flux
Concerns over car parking, a new shopping centre and a series of independent schemes have unsettled the retail sector in Norwich
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Markets
Drive from Norwich
Occupiers are being driven out of town because of a lack of supply in Norwich town centre
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News
BPF slams Milton Keynes 106 tariffs
The British Property Federation has intervened in a dispute about planning gain between Milton Keynes Council and local developers
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Markets
The future's bright: the future's yellow
One of the UK's biggest self-storage operators has decided to appeal directly to the public by advertising on TV – and it hasn't forgotten that most enquiries are made by women.
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Markets
Occupiers' growing self-storage awareness
At last business and private users are waking up to the benefits of low-cost, flexible, accessible self-storage space.
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Online
Regus suffers heavy losses
Regus, the struggling serviced office provider, today announced worldwide pretax losses of £113.7m on a turnover of £435.6m in its results for the year ending 31 December 2002.
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Online
£21m London campus sale
Waltham Forest Friendly Society has joined forces with contractor RCT Construction to buy a 10-acre student campus in east London for £21m.
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Online
Kilmartin profit rise
Kilmartin, the privately-owned Scottish property group, today announced a sharp increase in pretax profits to £3.6m in the year ending March 2003.
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Online
Property provides consolation for Church Commissioners
Good returns on property investments were the only comfort today for the Church Commissioners for England, after it announced the loss of £500m from the value of its assets in 2002.
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Online
Kingfisher sells Canadian DIY business
Retailer Kingfisher today announced the sale of Reno-Depot, its Canadian home improvement business, to Canadian home improvement retailer Rona.
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Online
Property gets behind Olympic bid
Four key professional bodies in the property and construction industries have thrown their support behind the 2012 London Olympic bid.