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Mountjoy builds future with new HQ
The building maintenance specialists will be moving their HQ to Fairfield House, Portsmouth in December.
National Tree Week – Celebrating these heroes of nature
With COP27 only just behind us it is fitting that, as a firm, we are celebrating National Tree Week - the UK’s largest annual tree celebration (27 November – 4 December).
Autumn Statement: Business rates changes welcome, but do they go far enough?
The latest Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has today (17 November) delivered yet another Budget for 2022 with a focus on bringing stability, growth and the rebuilding of public finances.
Vail Williams advises on decorator company acquisition
Fast-expanding specialist paints distribution company, PaintWell Limited has acquired Kent Blaxill Group Limited (Kent Blaxill).
Deal focal point as freehold warehouse unit sells
10 Airfield Road, Christchurch, becomes the latest purchase in the portfolio for wealth management specialists, Lewes Investments.
Car Group motors on with acquisition drive
Hooton House, near Ellesmere Port on The Wirral where The Car Group will open a new car supermarket after acquiring the premises in a deal negotiated by property consultancy Vail Williams
Property consultancy slots in arcade sale
The early 20th century building on the seafront in Hastings has been sold for redevelopment.
West Midlands team scoops prestigious award
Property consultancy Vail Williams has scooped a prestigious award in the West Midlands Business Masters Awards
Vail Williams appointed to manage newly acquired trade park
The recently purchased Poole Trade Park is thriving on the South Coast, boasting 10 trade counter units.
Bleak picture for businesses over revaluation
Adam Barnfield, Head of Business Rates at Vail Williams, says a lack of clarity over business rates, plus rising energy costs and interest rates, are causing financial uncertainty for a great many businesses
Property consultancy looks west
Vail Williams’ new View West publication covers deals and trends across the office, industrial and logistics sectors in the Thames Valley and Surrey areas and was compiled by regional experts at the property consultancy, including Partners Guy Parkes, top, and Charlie Nicholson
Plans underway for new energy-efficient industrial unit in Portsmouth
Sustainability is the hot topic in commercial property and, subject to consent, Railway Triangle could provide a solution for multiple businesses.
Market Insight
Energy, Sustainability & COP27 – There’s no planet B, it’s time to act
On the back of the hottest summer in Europe in 500 years, punishing spring heatwaves in Asia killing hundreds and many countries recording the highest temperatures since records began, it is clearer than ever that climate change is having a devastating impact on the planet.
Residential Property: Autumn Update
It is safe to say that the events of recent weeks have had a significant impact on the residential property market, as the volatility of macro-economic factors have made themselves known.
Why it’s important to talk business, not just property
View West: Thames Valley & Surrey industrial market trends
As 2022 progressed, we started to see the heat come out of the very top of the industrial market as cost-price inflation with an effect on build costs, supply chain issues and the increased cost of fuel and energy have begun to bite; these have all had an impact on sentiment and finance rates and yields.
View West: Thames Valley & Surrey office market trends
2022 has been the lightbulb moment when businesses have realised that creativity, collaboration and connection amongst their colleagues has suffered long enough, resulting in a widespread acceptance that hybrid working is the way forward.
View West Midlands: Offices, Industrial & Logistics Report
The commercial property market in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands region has experienced an exciting 2022, with a renaissance not seen in the region for a generation.
View West: Offices, Industrial & Logistics Report
We are pleased to bring you our latest report on the Thames Valley and Surrey property landscape with the publication of View West: Offices, Industrial & Logistics.
Turbulent times lie ahead, but opportunity will still abound
Mini-Budget overdelivers in tax cuts, but not for business rates
Whilst the Mini-Budget last week has made waves by delivering the most significant tax cuts in 50 years, it was completely uninspiring from a Business Rates perspective.
Our A-B-C of business management: What we’ve learned from the last three years
How we are evolving through Adaptation, Behaviour and capitalising on Change.
Networking and knowledge share: Why it pays to dine out
Anyone who knows me will tell you that I excel at talking and socialising, and I believe it’s these skills which help me to maintain a finger on the pulse of the Thames Valley property market. How?
What Defra’s statement on water quality and nutrient pollution means in practice
On 20 July, Defra published a Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) in relation to improving water quality and tackling nutrient pollution.
Resources
View West Midlands: Offices, Industrial & Logistics Report
The commercial property market in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands region has experienced an exciting 2022, with a renaissance not seen in the region for a generation.
Revaluation 2023: Draft Rating List is coming but what does it mean?
Preparations for the rating Revaluation 2023 are well underway, but what should businesses expect next?
View West: Offices, Industrial & Logistics Report
We are pleased to bring you our latest report on the Thames Valley and Surrey property landscape with the publication of View West: Offices, Industrial & Logistics.
Headlines Magazine - Spring / Summer 2022
Our latest edition of Headlines Magazine covers off all the latest news and insights across the South Coast and tackles some of the big questions affecting the industry.
What Defra’s statement on water quality and nutrient pollution means in practice
On 20 July, Defra published a Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) in relation to improving water quality and tackling nutrient pollution.
Should I Stay or Should I Go? (You’ve Got to Let Us Know)
In a fast-moving economic environment, it is common for leaseholders to find that their existing premises are no longer ‘fit for purpose’ and for tenants to assume that they will need to relocate to new premises to get what they want from a building. But this need not be the case.
Business rates payers beware – you have a new Duty to Notify
At the 2021 Autumn Budget, the government concluded its review of the business rates system and announced various support packages and proposals to “improve” the rating system.
What is Business Rates Revaluation 2023?
The next business rates Revaluation takes place on 1 April 2023.
Revaluation 2023: Beware changes to business rates
With the next revaluation of business rates on the horizon, our business rates team explores what will happen when, and what you need to know now, to prepare for Revaluation 2023.
Thames Valley Property Report: Q1 2022
Whilst Omicron slowed office activity towards the end of 2021, take up levels have been normalising in Q1.
Property Investment Report
After nearly two years of global distress and volatile markets, is the UK moving onto a more stable footing? The data is certainly starting to point that way.
Birmingham Property Report: Jan-Oct 2021
As we head towards the end of the year, we take the opportunity to celebrate Birmingham’s continued renaissance and look back at what has been happening in the West Midlands property market in recent months.
Trending Stories
Our A-B-C of business management: What we’ve learned from the last three years
How we are evolving through Adaptation, Behaviour and capitalising on Change.
Mini-Budget overdelivers in tax cuts, but not for business rates
Whilst the Mini-Budget last week has made waves by delivering the most significant tax cuts in 50 years, it was completely uninspiring from a Business Rates perspective.
Expanding Vail Williams appoints new partner
Experienced Maria Hoadley, centre, who has been appointed as Partner by property consultancy Vail Williams in the Surrey and Thames Valley regions, based in Woking, is pictured with colleagues, from left, George O’Connor, Charlie Nicholson, Charlie Perkins, Russell Mogridge, Kevin Cook and Danielle Jenkins
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