The latest research indicates that UK commercial property owners have lost an estimated £100m in tax relief due to an obscure change in tax law. The start of April saw a change in regulations, with a limit set on how soon after buying property owners could claim tax allowances for spending on plant, equipment and machinery. Sums involved in the...

The latest research indicates that UK commercial property owners have lost an estimated £100m in tax relief due to an obscure change in tax law. The start of April saw a change in regulations, with a limit set on how soon after buying property owners could claim tax allowances for spending on plant, equipment and machinery. Sums involved in the...

The latest research indicates that UK commercial property owners have lost an estimated £100m in tax relief due to an obscure change in tax law. The start of April saw a change in regulations, with a limit set on how soon after buying property owners could claim tax allowances for spending on plant, equipment and machinery. Sums involved in the...

The RICS Commercial Market Survey for Q2 2014 has indicated increasing balance in the commercial property sector, with momentum building in various areas of the market. Tenant demand within the occupier market remains solid, with the industrial sector in particular exhibiting genuine strength. Property availability seems to be contracting at the fastest pace on record, particularly in the office and...

It has been revealed that Canary Wharf is to be expanded even more, with owner Songbird Estates winning planning permission to start work on 30 buildings to the east of the area.  The new plans involve offices in addition to more than 100 new shops, restaurants and cafes.  The expansion will also include 3,100 new homes, a 420-place primary school...

According to eighth global real estate transparency index - put together by JLL - the top improvers in the market have correlated with a surge in foreign direct investment and corporate occupier activity.  Investors are helping to accelerate transparency reforms, and governments are realising that poor transparency levels are likely to affect inward investment levels, long term growth prospects and...

Insurance companies, debt funds, asset managers and a number of other alternative lenders are rapidly expanding into the commercial property sector, according to the latest research.  Mainstream banks are still scaling back their real estate lending following the financial crisis, enabling alternative lenders to expand their operations in the sector. According to data from De Montfort University, nearly a quarter...

Pall Mall Estates have compiled a detailed overview of business in Birmingham, looking at current business trends, what the future holds and why Birmingham is a great place to set-up a business.   A Guide to Business in Birmingham takes a comprehensive look at the business economics of Birmingham alongside the current state of employment and education within the area...

The data, which originates from the IPD UK Monthly Property Index, showed that values in the market had risen by 6.8% during the last 10 months in a period of consecutive growth (though they remain below their 2007 peak levels). Real estate total returns for March were 1.6 per cent, boosted by an income return of 0.5 per cent. There...

Commercial property funds are once again beginning to grow in popularity following an increase in recent returns.  As a result of the positive results, the sector has been receiving some very favourable press from various financial investors around the UK. Equilibrium Asset Management, a renowned wealth management company, have already predicted that commercial property will offer returns of over 12...