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What role do department stores have in repositioning our high streets for the future?
The collapse of BHS gave the market a stark warning of what could happen to the brand that time forgot. Four years later a quarter of the stores remain vacant and with a tranche of department stores likely to follow, is repurposing the answer?
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‘Manchester is prime for investment’
According to predictions made in CBRE’s 2021 UK Real Estate Market Outlook, the office market is set to pick back up, with a focus on redesign, premium collaboration spaces and Grade A space proving more popular than ever and we can report that UK office yields will remain stable despite ...
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Aster Group secures £250m sustainability bond
Housing association Aster Group has priced its first £250m sustainability bond under the group’s new European Medium-Term Notes (EMTN) programme.
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Gym boss calls for formalized landlord/tenant legislation
Gym operators are calling for formalised landlord and tenant legislation to help the fitness sector survive the pandemic.
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10,000 pubs and restaurants permanently closed in 2020
Nearly 10,000 pubs and restaurants closed their doors for good last year, marking a 15% rise on the number of closures in 2019.
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Next pulls out of race to buy Topshop
Next has pulled out of the race to buy Topshop yesterday as it failed to match rival bids.
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What to expect in the office market in the year ahead
A shift to remote working during the Covid pandemic has highlighted the importance of the office for businesses and their employees and its essential role as a hub for collaboration, community and development. So, what can we expect in the office market as we enter 2021?
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Assessing the risks of asbestos
Following the initial industry regulation of 1931 that outlawed the use of asbestos, further stringent global regulations have been put in place, as can only be expected for such a harmful substance.
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Ecommerce will reshape homes
One outcome of the Covid pandemic is likely to be a permanent increase in office-based workers working from home. A knock-on effect of homeworking and lockdown has been the continued rise of ecommerce. And while the growth of online shopping pre-dates the pandemic, the trend towards buying online has been ...
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Q&A: Five minutes with Reuben Miller, residential chartered surveyor and RICS valuer at RM Surveyors
Reuben Miller, residential chartered surveyor and RICS valuer at RM Surveyors, on discovering a new career later in life, the demands of running his own property business and his cultural recommendations.