There was a sobering and interesting article in the Sunday Telegraph by Liam Halligan, which fully emphasised the unbelievable drop, in economic activity, which has occurred with the onset of Coronavirus. This is some 19% worse than the recession in 2008, when the credit crunch began to take effect. There was a sharp Contraction of … Continue reading Get Britain Back to Work
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Euro Garages Eye up Asda Take Over
In an interesting development this week, it has been reported that Euro Garages are considering a potential take over bid for the ailing ASDA Supermarket chain in the UK. The purchase of ASDA some years ago by Walmart has proved to be nothing short of a disaster, with market share falling and an under invested … Continue reading Euro Garages Eye up Asda Take Over
RICS Review of Standards
There has been recent press coverage in The Times and on Co-Star News, with regard to the RICS launching a review of how RICS regulated firms are audited. It is easy to argue that this is well overdue. One may argue that in some larger practices the segregation between departments has started to slip as … Continue reading RICS Review of Standards
AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Tower Business Park is an 8 acre site, at Junction 4 of the M65 Motorway. The site was purchased in 2015, by Alden Green Ltd, who proceeded to apply for planning permission for new warehouse / industrial units. Various layouts were considered and the initial phase was then implemented. Phase 1 was a small … Continue reading AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Is E-commerce killing the British High Street?
70,000 retail jobs were lost in the final months of 2018. This has been caused primarily by the recent and aggressive rise of online shopping according to The Guardian. Likewise, Deloitte claimed that by the end of 2018 e-commerce accounted for 20% of all retail sales and this is expected to continue to grow. This … Continue reading Is E-commerce killing the British High Street?