By: Amber Murray

Retail Reporter Amber Murray is a reporter at City A.M., covering retail, luxury and property stores. Prior to City A.M., she worked as a sub-editor for Fastmarkets and completed a Masters in Financial Journalism at City University. Please get in touch with stories/tips/coffees at amber.murray@cityam.com

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Ban on new leasehold flats ‘doesn’t go far enough’

March 3, 2025

The government’s newly released whitepaper promises to ban the sale of new leasehold flats, but campaigners say the policy will not provide enough relief for current leaseholders. Labour said the plans mark the start of commonhold, rather than leasehold, being the “default tenure” in the UK. “These reforms mark the beginning of the end for [...]
The Barbican and the Ned to represent London at major New York travel show

March 3, 2025

Two of the City of London’s most important cultural venues will promote the area at a New York travel show later this month. The Barbican and the Ned will attend SMU International, an event that connects industry experts with travel buyers looking to invest worldwide. Jenny Waller, head of sales at the Barbican, said the [...]
Mortgage approvals up a fifth since January last year

March 3, 2025

Mortgage approvals rose 18 per cent year on year in January after interest rate cuts improved affordability. Mortgage approvals sat at 66,189 in January, up 18 per cent from 55,941 in January 2024, according to ONS data. “UK homebuyers appear to have begun the year on the front foot,” CEO of specialist lender Octane Capital, [...]
Brits spent 31,000 years on Rightmove in 2024

February 28, 2025

Property-obsessed Brits spent 16.4bn minutes searching on Rightmove last year, which the platform has used to underpin a financial performance in a “class of its own”. Rightmove swallowed up 80 per cent of all consumer time spent on UK property portals in 2024, with almost 9,400 property views every minute. The UK’s enduring fascination with [...]
Tritax Big Box: Portfolio value up by a third after bumper acquisition

February 28, 2025

Tritax Big Box has reported its highest returns since 2021 after acquiring a commercial real estate REIT last May. The real estate investment trust (REIT) told markets this morning that rental income increased by 24.3 per cent in the year ended December 31, reaching £276m. Its portfolio value increased by 30.2 per cent, from £5.03bn to [...]
First-time buying pushes house prices up ahead of stamp duty deadline

February 28, 2025

First-time buyers continued to drive the housing market in February as they rush to purchase homes before the end of the stamp duty holiday at the end of March. The annual rate of UK house price growth was 3.9 per cent in February, compared with 4.1 per cent in January. House prices rose by 0.4 [...]
Concern for British high street deepens with flat February sales

February 28, 2025

Online shopping drove retail sales in February, offsetting flat in-store sales on the high street. In-store sales were lower in real terms in February, meaning that actual sales volumes shrank year on year, according to accountancy and business advisory firm BDO. Total like-for-like sales grew by 2.3 per cent in February. Retailers faced particularly challenging [...]
Child labour cases once again found in Shein’s supply chain

February 27, 2025

Fast-fashion giant Shein found two cases of child labour in its supply chain last year, the company has told MPs. Shein’s general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Yinan Zhu, disclosed the cases in a letter to MPs, according to The Guardian. One of the incidents involved a child aged 11 years and [...]
Aldi to cut up to 350 jobs at UK headquarters

February 27, 2025

Discount grocer Aldi is set to cut up to 350 roles at its UK headquarters in Atherstone, near Birmingham, as cost pressures bite. The changes will affect some buying department positions, including non-food, finance and some back-office functions, according to reports. Aldi joins Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s in cutting jobs in the wake of October’s [...]
The London office market has ‘definitively turned’ as prime rents set to double

February 27, 2025

Analysts have said the London office market has turned a corner after two major commercial real estate investors released positive results. Dewent London reported rental growth doubling to 4.3 per cent, the highest since 2016, and it expects estimated rental value growth – an estimate of the rent that a property could earn if it [...]

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