News & Insight
Bringing you the latest news and views from across the UK property market.
What can we expect from this week’s Autumn Budget and Spending Review?
Staines-upon-Thames: Surrey’s unsung business location
Are GP surgeries facing the perfect property storm?
News
New surveyor for expanding Vail Williams in Gatwick
Mikael Goldsmith joins the Gatwick Agency team, bolstering Vail Williams' presence across the region.
What can we expect from this week’s Autumn Budget and Spending Review?
Whilst Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, states that the economy is booming with 1.2m job vacancies and the number of people in work back to pre-Covid levels, this is yet to trickle down to businesses’ bottom lines.
New chair of industry body NARA
At the flagship NARA conference held at Haberdashers' Hall in the City of London, Russell Miller opened the event as the new chair of the UK's industry body.
Energy efficiency warning to London office landlords
London partner Simon Moffatt discusses the urgency needed from landlords to upgrade their energy energy efficiencies across their property portfolio or risk falling behind the curve leading up to 2030.
Are GP surgeries facing the perfect property storm?
Increasing demand for GP services, declining GP numbers, ageing surgeries and funding challenges, are coming together to create the perfect property storm for NHS GP surgeries in England, according to our property experts.
Rapid letting highlights increasing industrial demand in Surrey
Brooklands Business Park in Weybridge has just one remaining unit on the business park after the acquisition of Units 1 - 4, showing the demand for modern industrial space along the M25 corridor.
Vail Williams in Bournemouth: Six months on from merger with Cowling & West
Six months on from Vail Williams’ merger with Cowling & West, Russell Miller, lead partner for our Bournemouth office, talks about what we’ve been up to in the Dorset region during that time.
Gatwick site sells in just six weeks
The former Coach Station, just a few yards away from the runway at Gatwick airport, has been sold in double quick time.
Biggest Bracknell office transaction of the year as DWP moves into Phoenix House
The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has taken the entire ground floor of refurbished Phoenix House in Bracknell in the biggest office letting in the town this year.
Twenty3 targets greenest office credentials
Twenty3 Brunswick Place in the heart of Southampton is undergoing a complete refurbishment to create brand new Grade A office space with sustainability at its core.
New depot secured for Abellio London Bus
Abellio will be moving to Hayes after Vail Williams sourced the site and secured planning permission for the bus company.
New senior planner for Vail Williams' Gatwick team
With in-depth experience in major strategic planning applications, Iain Williams joins the Gatwick team as a senior planner.
Market Insight
Staines-upon-Thames: Surrey’s unsung business location
Staines-upon-Thames’ reputation as a place to live and work has been transformed in recent years.
What does the future hold for Dorset town centres?
The challenges faced by the UK’s highstreets and town centres have been clear for all to see over the past 18 months.
Are GP surgeries facing the perfect property storm?
Increasing demand for GP services, declining GP numbers, ageing surgeries and funding challenges, are coming together to create the perfect property storm for NHS GP surgeries in England, according to our property experts.
Dorset Chamber: I have an upcoming lease event, what do I need to do?
We recently spoke to Dorset Chamber Magazine about what to do if you have a lease event coming up, for their Focus on Commercial Property section. Here's what we had to say.
Planning changes restrict council influence over unwanted development
As part of the Government’s on-going measures to improve the planning system to ‘increase housing supply on brownfield land, stimulate investment in urban areas and sustain jobs’, new permitted development rights (PDR) were introduced to allow change of use from commercial to residential, without the need for full planning permission.
Getting onto the residential property ladder in London’s most exclusive neighbourhoods
London remains one of the most desirable locations to live in the world, despite its ranking as the sixth most expensive city globally.
Dorset industrial market strong, but supply needed
Since the start of the pandemic the industrial market has consistently outperformed other commercial property sectors, both in Dorset and throughout the UK, buoyed by the effects of Brexit on UK supply chains and the pandemic on online retail.
Thames Valley Property Report: Jan-Jun 2021
The first six months of 2021 saw businesses across the Thames Valley begin to rethink their future workplace strategy for a post-pandemic world.
Why your business needs a distinct property strategy for the City
The London office market has always been distinct from that elsewhere in the UK, but prior to the pandemic, the main differentiator for occupiers was based on convenience, prestige and work force. The downside to this was the price that had to be paid.
NPPF - a new dawn or a missed opportunity?
A new version of England's national planning policy document (NPPF) was published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 20 July. This follows a consultation on proposed revisions to the NPPF, published earlier in the year.
Rent reviews: Upwards-only, RPI-linked, fixed or turnover?
Commercial leases that are longer than five years normally have rent reviews at regular intervals, which is the landlord’s opportunity to change the rent and put it back to the market.
Slough: The changing face of the Thames Valley’s industrial stalwart
Slough has been at the heart of the industrial property market in the Thames Valley since the 1920s when The Slough Trading Company Ltd bought the former military repair depot on the outskirts of the town for £7 million.
Resources
Thames Valley Property Report: Jan-Jun 2021
The first six months of 2021 saw businesses across the Thames Valley begin to rethink their future workplace strategy for a post-pandemic world.
Thames Valley Property Report
Planning Changes July 2020 - A guide to the latest developments
COVID-19 and office optimism: A report on the future of the office
Market insights: Q4 transactional report (2019)
Market insights: Q3 transactional report (2019)
Trending Stories
New chair of industry body NARA
At the flagship NARA conference held at Haberdashers' Hall in the City of London, Russell Miller opened the event as the new chair of the UK's industry body.
Getting onto the residential property ladder in London’s most exclusive neighbourhoods
London remains one of the most desirable locations to live in the world, despite its ranking as the sixth most expensive city globally.
Biggest Bracknell office transaction of the year as DWP moves into Phoenix House
The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has taken the entire ground floor of refurbished Phoenix House in Bracknell in the biggest office letting in the town this year.
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