Piers Wehner

German discount chains Aldi and Lidl are searching for sites for smaller town centre convenience shops as part of a £600m development drive.

Great Portland Estates has continued to benefit from the seemingly unstoppable growth in the central London market.

The number of new homes being built in the UK has risen by 10% to 136,610 this year, but that is still barely half the number needed.

Underlying sales at Asda have gone backwards, as the grocery price war takes its toll on what had been Britain’s best performing ‘big four’ grocer.

Ted Baker has posted a strong rise in third quarter sales, despite the warmer weather which has caused problems for its rivals.

Discount chain B&M is mounting a multi-million pound bid to take on dozens of the 80 Homebase DIY stores earmarked for closure.

JD Sports has appealed to its landlords to reduce the rent bill for some of its Bank chain of fashion stores as it seeks to cut costs.

Engineering group WS Atkins yesterday said that profits were on the rise thanks to a clutch of Middle Eastern infrastructure contracts.

A London flat where the three-year-old Charles Dickens lodged with his impoverished family is on the market for £760,000.

Traditional pubs have lost their allure with the under-25s, according to a study by Carlsburg UK.

Older people should be given stamp duty exemptions and government-backed loans to help them to move into retirement homes.

The Royal Agricultural Society of England (Rase) is selling its 1,000 acre Stoneleigh Park estate, which plays host to the 150-year old Royal Show.