All articles by Tony Watts – Page 2

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Holding up well

Office Supp 2003

While no agent pretends the south-west is anything but hard work, deals are being done and rents are holding steady.

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Space shuffle

Sheds Supplement September 2003

A mixed bag of activity is keeping the sector on its toes, despite some hi-tech casualties.

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Picking up the pieces

11 July 2003

Like many towns with a blue-collar past Wrexham is having to reinvent itself. But while it is making progress, the evolution is not without tensions

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South West: Active service

Sheds supplement February 2003

Manufacturing continues to decline but the service sector keeps the sheds shifting.

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Outlook south-west: Mall is beautiful

Leisure and Retail supplement 22 November 2002

There are wide open spaces in the West Country, and with more being built all the time.

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Swindon industrial: Swindon's occupier exodus

25 October 2002

Big employers have been leaving Swindon in their droves. But not everything is doom and gloom

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Bristol offices: No specs please, we're Bristol

25 October 2002

The dearth of speculative development is causing take-up levels in Bristol to drop.

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Bath regeneration: A little local difficulty

25 October 2002

Bath and North East Somerset Council plans a mixed-use scheme on 50 acres of brownfield land. But one of the site's landowners has other ideas.

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Regional outlook: South-west shines on

Offices Business Parks supplement 18 October 2002

The problems of the hi-tech sector have left the south-west relatively unscathed – cities such as Bristol, Bath and Taunton are mostly facing problems of supply shortages.

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Industrial: From handouts… to hotspot

11 October 2002

There was a time when development in north Wales was dependent on grants from the Welsh Development Agency. Now the market appears strong enough to go it alone.

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Regeneration: A city fit for a swing?

11 October 2002

Did you know Newport is to host the Ryder Cup and the BPF conference? We report on the regeneration plans to unlock the city centre's potential

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Leisure: Cardiff - city of culture

11 October 2002

Cardiff was once something of a cultural wasteland. Soon it will offer pop concerts, opera, shopping, wining and dining – all in support of its goal to become European capital of culture in 2008

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Industrial: Westward bound

6 September 2002

A shortage of suitable industrial sites along the M4 is being partly offset, as land earmarked for offices is developed for sheds.

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And another thing...

Wales supplement 5 July 2002

Planning gripes, concerns about investment, accusations of regional favouritism – this was a question-and-answer session the Welsh Development Agency would not forget in a hurry

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Bridgwater's fresh catch

12 October 2001

Exeter and Bristol employers are looking further afield for new locations.

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Softly, softly

ShedSelfStorage 2001

While it's not quite a case of 'crisis, what crisis?', the diverse economy of the south-west seems to be giving the region grounds for thinking that any 'landing' will be of the soft variety.

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Keeping up appearances

21 September 2001

The expansion of the Broadmead shopping centre is vital for the regeneration of Bristol's retail core. We report on the Bristol Alliance's plans to take the centre upmarket

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Three into Severn won't go

1 September 2001

Three rival shopping schemes aim to make Gloucester a top retail spot. But will they prove too much for the city to handle?

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Niche market

13 July 2001

News and deals from around the region

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Castlemore's shopping spree

13 July 2001

Can Castlemore's £60m Castlepoint shopping centre become the south coast's new fashion destination?