UK Business Property - RSS FeedCommercial Property NewsMortgage approvals for July at lowest for 15 years as UK probably in recession- September 1, 2008 Mortgage approvals hit their lowest in at least 15 years in July and the manufacturing sector shrank for a fourth straight month in August, surveys showed today."Prospects for the UK economy remain grim," said Michael Saunders, a Citigroup econohttp://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/908 RICS offer government advice to help the housing market recover- September 1, 2008 The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) is calling on government to act “swiftly and decisively” to prevent further damage to the UK property market.A research report published today from the organisation finds prhttp://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/904 Urbo get Planning permission for Phase 1 of 300million Chesterfield mixed use scheme- September 1, 2008 Planning permission has been granted for the first phase of a £300m urban village in Chesterfield.The approval covers the creation of a new lock and 1,200 sq m canal basin which will form the terminus to the restored Chesterfield canal nhttp://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/907 Cushman & Wakefield make H1 loss of 44million- September 1, 2008 Cushman & Wakefield, the biggest closely held real estate services firm, lost €44 million in the first half of this year, its Italian parent Ifil said.Ifil, one of the holding companies through which Italy's Agnelli family contrhttp://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/905 Meltdown among branded bars on the High Street say Fleurets- September 1, 2008 Fleurets, the specialist agency dealing with licenced premises, has pointed in it's 2008 report to the "Meltdown on the High Street" as far as branded bars are concerned. The process has had a knock-on effect on all licenced premises.brhttp://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/906 |