All articles by George Hay

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    Brighton's Guggenheim

    27 June 2003

    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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    Screen test

    20 June 2003

    Cinemas are doing their best trade for three decades but trouble may be around the corner

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    Is your shed a Shearer or a Bellamy?

    13 June 2003

    An old player in the market is facing competition from some new kids on the block

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    Rich pickings

    6 June 2003

    The departure of US firm Dynegy from Richmond has not shaken agents' confidence in the area

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    The good, the bad and the ugly

    6 June 2003

    Lewisham town centre is a mix of modern transport facilities, busy roads and outmoded shops. But things are about to change

  • News

    Why office fit-out can be a moving experience

    Property Direct May 2003

    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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    Property industry lobbies for faster and fairer CPOs

    Property Direct May 2003

    A group of experts convened earlier this month to establish how to reform the bewildering compulsory purchase regime

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    Compulsory purchase pill to be sweeter for occupiers

    Property Direct May 2003

    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

    Property Direct May 2003

    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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    In a state of flux

    23 May 2003

    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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    Drive from Norwich

    23 May 2003

    Occupiers are being driven out of town because of a lack of supply in Norwich town centre

  • News

    BPF slams Milton Keynes 106 tariffs

    16 May 2003

    The British Property Federation has intervened in a dispute about planning gain between Milton Keynes Council and local developers

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    The future's bright: the future's yellow

    Property Direct April 2003

    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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    Occupiers' growing self-storage awareness

    Property Direct April 2003

    At last business and private users are waking up to the benefits of low-cost, flexible, accessible self-storage space.

  • Online

    Regus suffers heavy losses

    2003-04-25T14:10:00Z

    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.

  • Online

    £21m London campus sale

    2003-04-25T11:52:00Z

    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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    Kilmartin profit rise

    2003-04-24T14:51:00Z

    Kilmartin, the privately-owned Scottish property group, today announced a sharp increase in pretax profits to £3.6m in the year ending March 2003.

  • Online

    Property provides consolation for Church Commissioners

    2003-04-24T11:51:00Z

    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.

  • Online

    Kingfisher sells Canadian DIY business

    2003-04-23T15:06:00Z

    Retailer Kingfisher today announced the sale of Reno-Depot, its Canadian home improvement business, to Canadian home improvement retailer Rona.

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    Property gets behind Olympic bid

    2003-04-23T10:51:00Z

    Four key professional bodies in the property and construction industries have thrown their support behind the 2012 London Olympic bid.