All Property articles – Page 314
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AnalysisService charges: Lip service to retailers or a plan of action?
The 10-point plan to reduce service charges announced last week promised action on an issue that has long infuriated retailers. Ben Cooper investigates how it is going to work in practice
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Opinion
Second time lucky for Butlers?
Butlers had all but pulled out of the UK retail scene, but now it is on the verge of reinventing itself and having another crack at the market. Will it be successful?
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NewsOpening date set for Bath's Southgate scheme
Multi Development has confirmed the opening date for the first phase of its Southgate project in Bath.
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NewsMarks & Spencer signs to Aberdeen's Union Square
Marks & Spencer has signed to anchor Union Square in Aberdeen when the scheme opens this autumn.
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NewsWork under way on Oxford Circus diagonal crossing
Work began this week on a project to transform London’s shopping mecca Oxford Circus.A new diagonal crossing, based on Tokyo’s famous Shibuya crossing, will be built on the intersection between Regent Street and Oxford Street in the West End.Westminster Council said the work will make ...
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NewsGermany’s Butlers plots UK comeback
German homewares retailer Butlers, which offloaded all but one of its UK shops last year, is gearing up to open a tranche of new stores.
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NewsPerfectHome accelerates expansion
Rent-to-buy specialist PerfectHome is ramping up its store expansion as cash-strapped shoppers drive sales.
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OpinionNow we need real action on service charges
It’s not the most glamorous of subjects, but service charge is one of the areas where retailers have been paying through the nose for decades. Finally, it seems, landlords are willing to have a serious conversation about it.Retailers will delight in any plan to save them money in these tight ...
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NewsAsda to build its largest store in Northern Ireland
Supermarket retailer Asda has been given the nod to build what will be its largest store in Northern Ireland after nearly three years of awaiting a planning decision.Asda will now develop the 54,000 sq ft store at a cost of £25m at outlet centre Junction One in Antrim.The decision to ...
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NewsSpecsavers relocates Leeds store
Optician Specsavers is to relocate its store in Leeds into a unit double the size of its existing city centre shop.
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NewsCardiff's St David's 2 shopping centre adds raft of new retailers
Land Securities and Capital Shopping Centres have added a major wave of retailers to the St David’s 2 shopping centre in Cardiff, taking the scheme to nearly 55 per cent let.
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NewsNew Look signs for Southgate in Bath
New Look has signed up for a store at the Southgate development in Bath.
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NewsNew website highlights business impact of empty rates
The British Property Federation has launched a website highlighting the impact empty property rates have on businesses.
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AnalysisQuantity as well as quality
Bath has a strong high-end retail offer but always lacked the larger units demanded by the big high street chains. Ben Cooper finds out how a new centre will provide for the middle market
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News
Gap signs for first store in Republic of Ireland
US fashion retailer Gap has signed for its first store in the Republic of Ireland, in Dundrum Town Centre shopping centre in Dublin.
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NewsRetailers and landlords join forces to cut service charges
A consortium of some of the country’s top retailers and landlords has produced guidelines for landlords laying out ways they can cut retailers’ service charge bills by up to 20 per cent.
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Opinion
Welcome relief on costs
Tuesday’s unexpected but very welcome deferral of the proposed 5 per cent rates rise was not the only good news in retail property this week.For several months Retail Week has been reporting on all sorts of argy-bargy between retailers and landlords.But representatives of the two groups, spearheaded by Arcadia and ...
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Opinion
BPF launches website to fight Government over empty rates
The British Property Federation (BPF) has piled more pressure on the Government over the empty property relief laws by launching a website to raise awareness of its campaign.
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News
Government defers 5% business rates rise
Chancellor Alistair Darling has modified plans to increase business rates by 5 per cent tomorrow.
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Opinion
Quarter day: So far so good
This time a week ago, my inbox was buzzing with emails from lawyers, surveyors, agents and more all predicting a rout in the coming weeks as retailers broke their backs to pay this quarter’s rent. Seven days later, and despite the fear, landlords are making very positive noises.