Office to residential proposal to create 11,500 new homes
Up to 11,500 new homes could come onto the market with government proposals to convert vacant office space into residential apartments, according to new research released by Lambert Smith Hampton, the...
View ArticleBetter business in an office space
The trend for agile working has been met, historically, with varying reviews. While some companies continue to sing the praises of the office-less style, others (most notably Yahoo) have done away with...
View ArticleStart-ups offered free offices by new firm
A Scottish firm that provides accommodation to start-ups and SMEs is offering free offices, in an effort to expand using the rising trend for “co-working”. Liberty Business Centres (LBC), of Fife, runs...
View ArticleForeign Office to Spend £60m on Open-Plan Offices
A contract to renovate office spaces for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office is out to tender, with an estimated value of between £40m and £60m. The estate reform project seeks to consolidate two...
View ArticleGoogle Setting Sights on Cambridge Offices?
The rumour mill is once again rife, with predictions on where tech giant Google will set up offices next. Cambridge University sources have gone on record to say they believe a centre in the city of...
View ArticleTotal Occupancy Costs Will Change Property
The commercial real estate market is changing. One need look no further than the rapidly evolving global economy to understand that markets no longer function as they did. Commercial property is no...
View ArticleHistoric Flax Mill Restored as Shrewsbury Office Space
Shrewsbury’s Flax Mill Maltings are to become the centre of a major redevelopment project. The world’s first iron-framed structure is to undergo a £12.8 million redevelopment over the next three years....
View ArticleRed: The Best Colour for Office Lighting?
It may to pay to be attentive to the kind of office lighting you have installed, research suggests. Offices bathed in red may improve the happiness and, in turn, productivity of night shift workers....
View ArticleGovernment Offers Free Office Space to Start-Ups
Free office space has been offered to start-up firms in Birmingham and Staffordshire under a new government initiative. The ‘Space for Growth’ scheme, implemented by areas in the West Midlands, is to...
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