South East
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Seafront land dispute at Cowes
Cowes Town Waterfront Trust is being sued for damages by a property owner in a dispute over access to yards in Cowes.
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Tenants change at Scottish Widows’ Reading offices
Solicitor Boyes Turner is to move to Scottish Widows’ Abbots house, Reading, taking up IT training specialist Global Knowledge’s lease. Global will move out of its 2,075 sq m (22,329…
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Compensation for discontinuance order increased
A Bedfordshire slaughterhouse operator, whose premises were made the subject of a discontinuance order within months of him taking a 15-year tenancy of the premises at Toddington, has won an…
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Claim against surveyor set to proceed in House of Lords
Sussex businessman Graham Farley has gained fresh hope in relation to his claim for damages against a surveyor who allegedly failed to warn him of the noise to be expected…
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Coal Pension seals full letting at Surrey first phase
Coal Pension Properties has let India, an office development at the 20,438 sq m (220,000 sq ft) Bourne Business Park, Weybridge, Surrey, to recruitment consultant Michael Page at a rent…
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Council loses last round of dispute with property company
Chichester District Council have failed in a last-ditch attempt to overturn a court ruling involving the loss of rental income of up to £1.9m.
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Mersey Docks spends £3.5m on new Kent facilities
The Mersey Docks and Harbour is spending £2m on a pre-delivery inspection centre for imported Peugeot Citroen cars at the Port of Sheerness on the Isle of Shepey, Kent.
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Wiggins negotiates with airline at Manston
Wiggins is in negotiations with a European low-cost airline to start a passenger service from Manston airport in Kent. The move fits in with the property and airport management group’s…
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M4 corridor industrial market takes off
Take-up of industrial space on the M4 corridor between Maidenhead and Newbury has increased alongside a large reduction in building stock.
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Essex timeshare director probed
The Official Receiver is investigating David Gray, former director of Sunweeks International. The Department of Trade and Industry wound up the Essex-based timeshare firm in November.
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Leaseholders not entitled to first refusal
Two leaseholders of a flat, who claimed that they were entitled to first refusal to purchase the properties they leased, have failed in their bid to have their case heard…
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Councils plan tolls and workplace parking fees
More than 30 councils are planning to launch road tolls or workplace parking fess under provisions in the new Transport Act.