Year: 2013

The first 3 months of 2013 are just about to pass and unfortunately it has only been bad news from the commercial property market and the retail industry. Let’s take a quick look at what has happened since the start of the year for commercial…

Commercial property agents still seem to be over-valuing property and giving their clients false hope. We receive hundreds of calls each month from people who tell us that they have had their properties valued by commercial property agents who 18 months later, have failed to…

If you want to sell your property in London, now is the time to act. Central London is still experiencing a mini boom although some say this is coming to an end.  However, the suburbs are a different story.  Some places outside of central London…

Investing in commercial property in London has become a real art and it is becoming more difficult to predict where values will be in the future. If you own commercial property in central London, then you don’t need to worry, for at least another 1-2…

Commercial property buyers have a very good reason to be afraid – after all if your business was to buy and own commercial property where you are relying on your tenants, some of who are retailers, to survive in these difficult times and pay you…

In the wake of the Jessop's collapse, experts predict 30,000 jobs could go on the High Street with potentially 45 retailers with 3,500 stores facing closure in 2013. Experts have blamed poor consumer spending together with the banks refusal to extend retailers overdrafts and credit…

Blockbuster UK adds its name to the long list of household names that have entered administration in recent years as struggling families cut down on spending. The number of High Street chains going bust has increased by almost a fifth in two years, figures released…

DVD and video games rental chain Blockbuster UK has collapsed into administration, putting more than 4,000 jobs at risk and causing  panic amongst those who own commercial property let to this chain. The entertainment retailer became the third major High Street casualty of 2013 after…