Piers Wehner
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Mining company digs up Northampton retail investment
Quoted mining company Bisichi Mining has bought St Peters Walk Arcade in Northampton as a retail investment, for £2.65m. The 13,305 sq ft (1,236 sq m) property will be managed…
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North London hotel sold to Lords Group for £5m
London-based hotel company the Lords Group has bought the 105-bedroom hotel Cumberland Hotel, in Harrow, north London, for £5m. Lords Group bosses Taher and Shabbir Tayeb plan to redevelop the…
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Agency launches to target Thames Gateway investment
Gateway to London will be launched on Wednesday to encourage inward investment and business growth in the Thames Gateway. Thames Gateway has been highlighted as the main growth area for…
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MoD launches South East brownfield disposal programme
The Ministry of Defence plans to sell a portfolio of nine brownfield sites across the South East as part of its rationalisation strategy.
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Queen’s Speech: Planning reforms set for speedy introduction
Legislation to speed up the planning system will be introduced at Parliament’s next session, it was confirmed in this morning’s Queen’s Speech.
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Government planning reforms face further hold-ups
The governments reforms of the planning system face further delays and dilution. The reforms, hailed as the biggest shake-up of planning for 50 years, are unlikely to be included as…
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Knight Frank accused of ‘unethical’ action
Knight Frank has been accused of acting “unprofessionally and unethically” in a formal complaint to the RICS. The complaint was made by an underbidder on a small residential redevelopment site…
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Livingstone to face deputy Gavron in mayoral elections
Ken Livingstone will have to face his own right hand in the 2004 London mayoral elections, after the Labour Party appointed deputy mayor Nicky Gavron its party candidate.
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Storage group Big Yellow reports continuing losses
Self-storage company Big Yellow Group has reported continuing losses despite nearly doubling its turnover. . The company ascribed the loss to an expensive expansion policy, which has almost doubled its occupied…
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Crown Estate gets go-ahead for £200m Regent St scheme
The Crown Estate has been given planning consent for a £200m scheme on Regent Street, W1. The 229-247 Regent Street scheme will be managed by Sir Stuart Lipton’s Stanhope on…
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UK Business Improvement Districts website launched
Minister for London Tony McNulty has launched the UK’s first Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) website. www.londonbids.info/ will focus on the pilot BIDs programme led by the Central London Partnership, called…
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Stamp duty hike urged to fund transport revamps
Stamp duty should go up by a further 4% at sites near transport hubs to pay for regeneration and infrastructure improvements, according to the Town and Country Planning Association.