Small businesses should ask what’s in a name and protect their intellectual property June 8, 2022 If David were to take on Goliath today, it would likely be an altogether different type of confrontation. An army of lawyers fiercely arguing over whether David’s slingshot was a proprietary design and an eventual out-of-court settlement from which Goliath would ultimately walk away unscathed. Large corporations flexing their legal muscle to defend their market [...]
Satellite Vu cuts deal to provide climate data to UK real estate market June 7, 2022 Infrared imaging specialist Satellite Vu is set to provide climate data to the real estate market – once its satellites are in obit – in a bid to decarbonise the UK housing market. Buildings contribute some 40 per cent to the world’s total emissions, making real estate a key target in the country’s net zero [...]
Chancerygate to plot £32m new industrial site near London June 6, 2022 One of the UK’s largest industrial developers Chancerygate has lined up a string of sites in Leatherhead for a £32m development, as the logistics sector looks set to become the country’s largest employer. A raft of property firms, including British Land, LondonMetric and BMO Commercial Property Trust have turned their focus to logistics real estate [...]
Doceo market insights- Chips & Stout: How investment trusts can protect against inflation June 6, 2022 The promise This article will explain how an extra-large portion of chips and the finest Stout is just one of a number of strategies being deployed by investment trusts to tackle the threat of a sustained period of inflation. But first… The problem: too much tomato ketchup “The Federal Reserve and several administrations have [...]
TR Property makes ‘sizeable gains’ from private equity real estate takeovers June 1, 2022 TR Property Investment Trust has been given a leg up thanks to the stream of private equity investment being funnelled into the European real estate market over the past year. Chairman of the London-listed firm David Watson said today that private equity investment into real estate “continues to be elevated” and that the Trust has [...]
House prices grow for tenth month in a row, but market continues to cool June 1, 2022 House prices have growth for the tenth month in a row, according to the latest figures, though costs are continuing to slow in their steamroll. The average price of a home in the UK grew 11.2 per cent to £269,914 in May, slowing slightly from the more than 12 per cent growth reported in April, [...]
Frasers adds troubled Missguided to empire in £20m takeover June 1, 2022 Frasers Group has snapped up beleaguered online retailer Missguided, the British retail giant confirmed in a regulatory filing today. The Mike Ashley-founded group, which owns House of Frasers and Sports Direct, has bought Missguided for £20m, following its collapse earlier this week. Fast fashion rival Boohoo was understood to be interested in buying the collapsed [...]
UK cost of living crisis to tame runaway house prices, says Savills May 31, 2022 The UK’s cost of living crisis is expected to stunt house price growth for the rest of the year, according to estate agents Savills, taming property costs which continue to hit record levels. Affordability pressures will leave house prices no choice but to slow in their ascent, as property deals and mortgage approvals fall in [...]
Mortgage approvals fall following interest rate rises May 31, 2022 Mortgage approvals have fallen to the lowest level seen since the peak of the UK’s house-buying frenzy in June 2020, according to official data today. Brits were approved 66,000 mortgages in April, down from 69,500 in March, data from the Bank of England has revealed. This is slightly below the pre-pandemic average of 66,700, [...]
Tony Blair: Ditch the expensive ‘raincoats’ and just cut energy bills in half with mandatory green homes May 31, 2022 Free energy plans should be offered to every home in the UK to lower emissions while reducing energy bills before making them mandatory in the mid-2030s, according to a report by the Tony Blair Institute, shared with City A.M. this morning. The recommendation is one of a number of measures the report says could halve [...]