Piers Wehner
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Brown sugars Budget’s bitter pill
Chancellor Gordon Brown has threatened that all leases worth over £150,000 will be liable for an up-front stamp duty charge of 1%, but did not raise stamp duty as feared.
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Mayor’s rubbish policy scuttles riverside schemes
Plans to comprehensively redevelop some of east London’s waterfront sites will be blocked by new proposals to safeguard wharves, writes Piers Wehner.
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Prescott calls in IKEA Nottingham expansion plans
Ikea has suffered a further blow to its UK expansion plans as secretary of state John. Prescott last week called in a 70,000 sq ft proposed extension to its Nottingham…
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Prescott calls for greater local authority flexibility on housing
Deputy prime minister John Prescott has urged planning authorities to be more flexible about releasing land earmarked for industrial or commercial use for housing developments.
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English Heritage govt grant frozen for 2005
English Heritage has been told to cut costs following a freeze in its annual government grant. The government has told the heritage body that its £110m annual grant will be…
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New chairman for Holborn Business Partnership
Farebrother partner Alistair Subba Row is to be the next chairman of the Holborn Business Partnership, one of London’s business improvement districts.
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EH told to tighten its belt as grant frozen for 2005
Budget increase blocked just as quango heads into expensive battles. English Heritage has been told to cut costs following a freeze in its annual government grant.
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BAA sells remaining stakes in McArthurGlen factory outlets
Airport operator BAA has sold its remaining interests in McArthurGlen’s factory outlets to a limited partnership comprising Morley, the Richardsons and Joey Kaempfer.
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House agents body attacks draft bill plans for sellers’ packs
The NAEA has lashed out at the government’s draft Housing Bill, published yesterday, saying that it has failed to accommodate concerns over the introduction of sellers’ packs.
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Housing Bill details “home information packs”
The government has published a draft Housing Bill to introduce the controversial seller’s pack, which has been renamed as the “home information pack”.
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Alistair Subba Row to chair Holborn Business Partnership
Farebrother partner Alistair Subba Row (pictured) is to be the next chairman of the Holborn Business Partnership (HBP), one of London’s business improvement districts (BIDs).
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Sanctuary and Chelsfield agree London sale-and-leasebacks
The Sanctuary Group has agreed a sale-and-leaseback deal with Chelsfield for two West London buildings. The company will sell the freeholds for £12.24m in cash.