Helen Ozolins
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Scottish house price growth outperforms
House price growth in Scotland has outperformed England and Wales over the last 12 months, figures from Your Move show.
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East of England attracts Londoners seeking affordable homes
The likes of Cambridgeshire and Essex are replacing regions such as Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire as the destinations of choice for those moving out of London in search of affordable…
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Annual retail sales growth slows sharply
Retail sales rose 0.3% in volume terms in July, matching June’s monthly increase, but the annual rise was sharply lower, at 1.3% compared with 2.8%, figures from the Office for…
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B&Q and Homebase see sales drop
Sales at both B&Q and Homebase fell in the most recent three-month trading period, in part due to restructuring and in part to poor weather.
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Asda’s quarterly sales rise for first time in three years
Asda reported a rise in sales in the three months to the end of June, its first quarterly sales increase in three years.
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Strong demand drives growth at Marshalls
Marshalls reported an 8% rise in revenue and a 16% increase in pretax profit in the first half of the year, amid strong demand for the installation of driveways and…
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Read this morning’s papers: Amazon plans new warehouse/Balfour Beatty swings to profit
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals.
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Amazon plans warehouse near Bristol
Amazon is planning to open a new warehouse near Bristol next year, creating more than 1,000 jobs.
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Balfour Beatty swings to profit
Balfour Beatty swung to a pretax profit of £12m in the six months ended 30 June, from a loss of £15m in the year-earlier period, its first H1 profit since…
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Solar farm near Elgin get planning permission
Moray council’s planning committee has given the go-ahead for plans to build Scotland’s largest solar farm.
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Cladding combination with PIR insulation passes safety test
Fire safety tests carried out after the Grenfell Tower fire have found that aluminium cladding panels using a limited combustibility filler and with polyisocyanurate or PIR insulation passed and meets…
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UK unemployment rate at multi-decade low
The UK’s unemployment rate fell to 4.4% in the three months to June, its lowest level in four decades, figures from the Office for National Statistics.