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 →

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 →

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? →

Bury as a town has been starved of new industrial and warehouse developments since the highly successful Bury South Business Park, which was developed by Property Alliance. This scheme which amounted to 56,000 sq.ft, took everybody by surprise back in 2012, all the accommodation was sold or let in a very short space of time. … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT ON BURY →

It’s pleasing to see clients Maple Grove recently named as the appointed developer of the Town Centres major retail and office scheme. Reel Cinemas are anchoring the site, which will hopefully create further opportunities on the periphery of the town as they vacate their existing location off Manchester Road. The industrial market in the Borough … Continue reading Spotlight on Burnley →