EG’s must reads: 20-24 January
Here’s a wrap-up of some of the top stories on EG from the past week.
It was tight at the top of the EG Radius Leaderboard for Greater London offices in the final quarter of 2024, with JLL edging ahead of CBRE to take the honours.
EG Radius Leaderboards reveal Q4 agency winners
Thousands of retailers, restaurants, pubs and gyms are bracing for financial trouble as the government’s new business rates policy takes effect in April.
Businesses face 140% rate hike as relief cuts hit
Here’s a wrap-up of some of the top stories on EG from the past week.
It was tight at the top of the EG Radius Leaderboard for Greater London offices in the final quarter of 2024, with JLL edging ahead of CBRE to take the honours.EG Radius Leaderboards reveal Q4 agency winners
Thousands of retailers, restaurants, pubs and gyms are bracing for financial trouble as the government’s new business rates policy takes effect in April.Businesses face 140% rate hike as relief cuts hit
International law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has pulled out of its deal for 101 Moorgate, EC2. EG revealed in September that the company was under offer to lease the whole of the building, owned by Aviva Investors.Law firm pulls out of City prelet
Magdalen College and GIC’s Oxford Science Park is about to hit 100% occupancy at its Iversen Building. Novo Nordisk signed for 61,000 sq ft across the top floors in the building late last year. The reminder of the space is expected to be occupied by the Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford.Occupiers fill up new lab at Oxford Science Park
The chief executive of residential developer Watkin Jones says the company has found ways to get deals done in the “eye of the storm”. “We have made transactions work and profitably work for the business, although there have not been as many as we would like,” says Alex Pease.Watkin Jones boss on doing deals in the ‘eye of the storm’
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