Exhibition Road plans secure final £18.8m funding package

26 March 09

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City Council have today announced that they have secured £18.8m of funding for the Exhibition Road development plans.

SFO steps up its investigation of £56m property fraud

26 March 09

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and City of London Police are investigating an alleged fraud on Allied Irish Banks‘(AIB) corporate banking department.

JJB opts for CVA and sells Fitness Clubs for £83.4m

26 March 09

Beleaguered high street retailer JJB is to enter into company voluntary arrangements (CVA) with around 140 landlords over its closed stores.

BPF says landlords and retail leaders must work together

26 March 09

The British Property Federation (BPF) has called on retail leaders to work with landlords to beat the recession.

Network Rail searches for new commercial property chief

26 March 09

Network Rail is looking for a new director for commercial property after Mick Martin’s promotion to director for track asset management.

Macclesfield resi scheme gets green light

26 March 09

Bluemantle, a Cheshire-based property investment and development company, has won planning permission for a 13-acre residential-led mixed use development in Disley near Macclesfield.

2016 zero carbon targets not realistic, RICS warns Government

19 March 09

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said it is ‘not realistic’ to achieve zero carbon by 2016.

Plans submitted for affordable eco-housing development in Kent

19 March 09

The government-funded Brownfield Land Assembly Company has submitted plans to turn a former tyre yard in Sittingbourne, Kent into eight new affordable eco-homes.