EG brings you a few highlights from yesterday’s news, in case you missed the daily round-up
GOVERNMENT: Malthouse named new housing minister
Following Dominic Raab’s appointment as secretary of state for Brexit Conservative MP for North West Hampshire Kit Malthouse has been made housing minister.
RETAIL CRISIS: Mothercare store closures rise to 60
Mothercare has said it will close 60 stores by June 2019 – up from the 50 previously earmarked – as part of the struggling retailer’s refinancing and restructuring plans.
Find out which stores are closing here
OFFICES: Television Centre now fully let
Stanhope, Mitsui and AIMCo have completed on a 212,000 sq ft letting at 2 Television Centre to Publicis Media, meaning that the 270,000 sq ft building is now fully occupied.
RETAIL: Aviva puts leisure parks on the market
In deals collectively worth £29.2m, Aviva Investors has instructed KLM Retail to market two leisure parks anchored by Cineworld in Jersey and Bristol.
