Bridget OConnell
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Chinese buyer secures Swiss bank’s City HQ for £1bn
Property company founded by tycoon Li Ka-shing strikes latest big London real estate deal.
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We’ll simply be online: N Brown shuts up shop
The retailer, whose brands include Jacamo, Simply Be and JD Williams, is consulting on shutting its 20-store portfolio.
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Spending heats up as the temperature rises
Sales jumped 1.3 per cent in the month, well above the 0.5 per cent City of London analysts had pencilled in.
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PHP bags £6.1m Swindon deal
Deal sees PHP’s portfolio rise to a gross value of circa £1.375bn and a contracted rent roll of approximately £73.5m.
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MORNING NEWS: Rocking out and thawing out
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals.
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There is much to build on in our capital for industry
Segro chief executive, David Sleath, makes a case for industrial space in London in a column for The Telegraph.
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London rents fall for first time in eight years
Across the UK, rents were flat, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Gym Group strengthens its reach
The leisure company founded in 2008 by former England squash player John Treharne has bought 13 venues from Easygym.
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More houses are being put up for sale
Until now, homeowners had resisted selling because of fears that they were entering a downward market, with house prices slowing and economic uncertainty arising from the Brexit vote.
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House of Fraser may be the last straw for high street landlords
The Times asks whether the House of Fraser brand has lost its right to exist.
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Watchdog’s silence on PWC fines over audit of BHS is condemned
MPs ask Financial Reporting Council to consider widening investigation into PwC.
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Banker who misled MPs over RBS GRG set to retire
Chris Sullivan, 61, will step down in the autumn, having joined Spanish bank Santander in December 2015.