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VAT goes up tonight
Posted on December 31st, 2009 No commentsValue Added Tax is set to go back up to 17.5% tonight, following a year at 15%.
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Best read property stories of 2009
Posted on December 31st, 2009 No comments2009 has been a tale of two halves in many respects - here we look back at the most read news stories and blogs from across the last 12 months.
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Outgoing Crown Estate chairman receives knighthood
Posted on December 31st, 2009 No commentsIan Grant CBE, the Crown Estate’s outgoing chairman, who retires today, has been awarded a knighthood in the new year honours.
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First post-Christmas retail casualty emerges
Posted on December 31st, 2009 No commentsFashion chain D2 has become the first post-Christmas retail casualty.
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Max sells Industrious asset for £16.5m
Posted on December 30th, 2009 No commentsMax Property Group has exchanged contracts for the sale of one of the assets on the Industrious portfolio it bought in October.
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British Land buys £87m retail assets from Segro
Posted on December 30th, 2009 No commentsBritish Land has bought Segro's 50% interest in a joint venture with Tesco in the Surrey Quays Shopping Centre in south east London and the Clifton Moor Retail Park in York.
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Government unveils planning overhaul
Posted on December 30th, 2009 No commentsAn overhaul of the planning system intended to protect town centres and independent retailers from out-of-town supermarkets was unveiled yesterday by housing and planning minister John Healey.
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Hammerson sees bank holiday footfall increase 10%
Posted on December 29th, 2009 No commentsFootfall across Hammerson’s shopping centre portfolio increased by 10% on Boxing Day as 1.3m people visited its centres over the bank holiday weekend.
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Invista gets shareholder approval for £53.5m capital raise
Posted on December 29th, 2009 No commentsInvista's European Real Estate Trust has received shareholder approval to carry out its £53.5m capital raising.
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Bonus tax may lead JP Morgan to scrap London HQ
Posted on December 29th, 2009 No commentsJP Morgan may scrap plans to build a £1.5 billion headquarters in London because of concerns about the 50 per cent tax on bonuses and Britain’s regulatory crackdown.


