All Property articles – Page 316
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Card Factory adds six stores
Greetings card retailer Card Factory has added six stores to its portfolio, bringing its count to 486.
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Rotherham council to support retail rent payments
A scheme to encourage retailers to take space in Rotherham has been launched enabling new businesses to have part of their rent paid by the council.
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Robert Dyas calls for landlords to cut rents
Hardware retailer Robert Dyas has asked its landlords for rent reductions as it seeks to cut costs across its store portfolio.
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OpinionIn defence of the landlord
I always like to be controversial, so in my first column I thought I would speak up for retailers’ public enemy number one – the landlord. Landlords are probably viewed with the same disdain as the newly disgraced bankers.
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Analysis
No time to stand still
Rising voids and falling tenant numbers have pushed the balance of power on retail parks in favour of the retailer, so landlords need to make their schemes work harder. Liz Morrell reports.
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The road to evolution
As voids increase, retail parks are having to accept a wider range of tenants from some unlikely sources. Laura Lupton looks at how landlords’ need to fill space is changing the retail landscape.
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Store draw or damp squib?
Surplus retail space is becoming available throughout the out-of-town market, but will the trickle of overseas interest help fill it? Ben Cooper finds out
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Morrisons wins Retailer of the Year for second year running
Morrisons was again named Retailer of the Year last night at the Oracle Retail Week Awards .
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Business rates rise is 'complete madness' says Boots UK head
Alliance Boots health and beauty chief executive Alex Gourlay has slammed the Government over its proposals to increase business rates, branding the rise as 'complete madness'.
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Business rates raise is 'complete madness' says Boots UK head
Alliance Boots health and beauty chief executive Alex Gourlay has slammed the government over its proposals to increase business rates payments for retailers, branding the rise as 'complete madness'.
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Opinion
Central London still in a class of its own
London repeatedly proves itself to be subject to a different set of rules than the rest of the retail world.
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Shopping centre development ailing in most of UK
London and the East Midlands are the only two regions in the country not to have been affected by delays to the shopping centre development pipeline, according to researcher CACI.
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OpinionJohn Lewis is keeping its head
Which is harder – being a department store best known for its ranges in the execrable home market, or a grocer selling premium food to the middle classes, with a reputation for prices to match?
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Analysis
West London high streets' identity crisis
Kensington High Street and King’s Road are both potentially vulnerable to the Westfield effect, but the new centre isn’t the only thing changing the landscape out west. Ben Cooper reports
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Armani shelves Nottingham store after planning refusal
Armani’s plan to open a store in Nottingham has been thwarted after the council refused its application to alter the building earmarked for its debut.
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New West End Company calls for end to West End bus congestion
New West End Company chair Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas has called on London Mayor Boris Johnson to reduce congestion on Oxford Street and Regent Street.
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Trinity Walk on hold as bank pulls financing
The Trinity Walk development in Wakefield has ground to a halt after the bank backing the scheme pulled its funding.
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NewsNetto and Iceland join forces to develop stores
Value supermarket retailer Netto has teamed up with Iceland to develop a series of schemes on which both companies will trade from adjacent stores.
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Bury St Edmunds Arc centre opens
Retail-led mixed-use scheme Arc opened its doors at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk last week.