Bridget OConnell
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Mike Ashley impasse with House of Fraser landlords
Struggle at prime stores could undermine a key plank of turnaround strategy
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Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea snaffle £1bn stamp duty
London’s two most expensive boroughs paid a record £1bn in stamp duty last year
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Business rates: one John Lewis store will pay four times the tax of Amazon
Hammond under pressure to throw businesses a lifeline when he delivers his budget in October
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Microsoft’s giant office sale
The campus was the jewel in the crown of a regional office portfolio built up by Mapeley pre-crisis
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Companies race for London’s office space
Demand for office space under development in central London has reached a ten-year high
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Grenfell-style cladding to be banned from new buildings
Government to announce ban from new tower blocks, schools, hospitals, care homes and student digs
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MORNING NEWS: New-builds, brews and blues
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals
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Knotel overtakes WeWork in number of New York sites
Rocket Internet-backed start-up aims to exceed rival in terms of square feet next year
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Jamie Oliver’s business empire to post £20m loss this year
Fall into the red highlights a difficult year for the celebrity chef following restaurant closures
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Goldman Sachs offshoot Rothesay Life buys £860m ‘bad bank’ loans
Portfolio comprises around 6,200 former Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley mortgages
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Summer blues at Bonmarché force surprise profit warning
Retailer said growing online sales had not offset declining store sales
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Number of new-builds falls short of pre-crash level
England is building 21% fewer homes than during a peak in 2007