All Property Week articles in Property Direct November 2005
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Markets
Record growth for UK research and development-intensive firms
The number of ‘very research and development-intensive’ medium-sized companies has increased by more than 75% over the past four years in the UK, according to the Department of Trade and Industry’s annual Research and Development Scoreboard. Medium-sized companies are defined as having a turnover of between £25m and £500m, and ...
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MarketsInvestment partnership focuses on city’s relocation potential
Invest Milton Keynes woos owner-occupiers as city rises to Prescott plan.
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MarketsKey replacement services come to the rescue of small businesses
Businesses welcome online operators’ faster, less expensive alternatives to locksmiths
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Markets‘Be overcautious’ on break clauses, lawyer tells tenants
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain recommends low-risk, time-sensitive approach to lease reviews
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InsightFarnborough park leads the way for Blackwater Valley revival
Development on former MoD land puts the region in Thames Valley league.
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InsightYoYo buses rolled out to soothe Blackwater commuting headaches
Councils team up on narrow buses in effort to cut journey times by a third.
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MarketsKent Science Park creates more room for bioscience start-ups
Kent Science Park has announced plans to improve its facilities for small occupiers and start-up businesses. The park is to create space for more than 40 small businesses in a so-called Bio-Accelerator, a plan that aims to bring jobs to the area and strengthen Kent’s science cluster. Swale Borough Council ...
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Markets
EU launches awards to encourag
The European Union has launched a competition to reward initiatives that have supported entrepreneurship across the continent.
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Markets
Stay one step ahead of the break clause
Break clauses sound like a simple concept, but lawyers say they are a ‘legal minefield’ for occupiers. There are numerous ways in which a landlord can hang on to an inexperienced and unprepared tenant. This month the Financial Times won a dispute with its landlord over the break clause in ...
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Insight
Business closures build up in 2004
VAT deregistrations up by 7% in 2004, according to latest Small Business Service figures
