Bridget OConnell
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MORNING NEWS: High drama and high tech
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals
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LK Bennett fashion chain collapses into administration
As many as 500 jobs at risk after owners fail to find new financial backer
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High street endures worst February since 2009
BDO high street sales tracker puts February sales down 3.7% on last year
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Countrywide feels the squeeze
Property group forecasts flat earnings after emergency rights issue last year
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UK house prices make surprise 5.9% rise in February, Halifax says
Experts question reliability of figures that show biggest monthly increase since 1983
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John Lewis bonus cut to lowest level since 1953 as profits fall by half
Workers will receive bonus worth 3% of annual pay as underlying profits fall 45.4%
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Ashley starts Debenhams power grab
Plan to quit Sports Direct and run troubled chain
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High tech: City’s newest tall building is also the smartest
22 Bishopsgate said to bring together an “unheard of” range of technologies
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MORNING NEWS: Spaces, strategy and talent
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals
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Almost 90% of UK shoppers use Amazon, research reveals
Study by Mintel also finds that more than 25% of British adults are signed up to Prime
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Debenhams’ forecasts ‘no longer valid’ – like its shops
Profit warning is another blow for struggling department store chain
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IWG planning big property sell-off as market tightens
Rothschild instructed to advise on possible sale of 3,306 international sites