NEWS

The latest property stories coming out of the Thames Valley

03/27/2017

CEG scheme for 401 homes at North Newbury is won on appeal

Planning consultancy Turley has helped CEG win an appeal for up to 401 homes at North Newbury. The firm’s planning, design and economics teams have been involved with the project for the last three and a half years, culminating in a two week Public Inquiry in January. The appeal scheme includes up to 241 market homes, 160 affordable homes, a new primary school, a local centre, landscaping and public open space. In his decision letter dated March 20, 2017, the planning inspector concluded
03/27/2017

Mike Scialom takes UKPF success to the East of England

Former Cambridge News business journalist Mike Scialom has joined UK Property Forums (UKPF) to help repeat our Thames Valley success in the booming East of England. Following the positive feedback from readers and sponsors of the Thames Tap, we are soon to take the wraps off another online news service – the Eastern Echo - to cover Cambridge and many of its surrounding areas, which like the Thames Valley, has a high-growth knowledge economy. Last year UKPF hosted the inaugural Cambridge and
03/27/2017

Job ads taken on at Thames Valley Property

Recruitment advertising has been launched as a new feature on the Thames Valley Property website and in the Thames Tap. Planning consultancy Lichfields has led the way with an advertisement for an Associate Director for the firm's Thames Valley office which is below and can be seen on every page of Thames Valley Property including the home page. UK Property Forums managing director Matthew Battle said: "Recruitment advertising is a logical progression for us. We have come a long way since we
03/27/2017

Views from the riverside: Are we a region or a dormitory?

Andy Jansons, chief executive of Jansons Property recounted to the assembled 60+ attendees at the FTC West of London last week in Slough, that his perceptions of MIPIM Cannes were all about resi and house building within the M25. Our own figures and research through the Thames Tap and the Thames Valley Property website also confirms that the number of new residential schemes across the Greater Thames Valley is growing at a rapid pace. Over the past 18 months, at Thames Tap we split our stories
03/24/2017

Slough tells investors 'Come and talk to us'

Investors were told ‘come and talk to us if you are looking for opportunities’ when Slough Borough Council addressed 60 property professionals at the second FTC West of London event. And sponsor for the lunch event on March 23, Andy Jansons, told guests he has the town in his future plans and is looking to do business there. FTC West of London, held at The Curve, was the second of the quarterly functions and was focused on the fast-growing town. Joe Carter, assistant director for assets,
03/24/2017

The Porter Building made of Lego

The Porter Building in Slough has been recreated in miniature using Lego bricks. Just as Landid and Brockton Capital brought in a team of experts for the 120,000 sq ft office block opposite Slough railway station, Lego expert Michael LeCount was drafted in to work on construction of the one sq m version. The Lego building takes four people to lift it and there are 47 miniature staff ‘working’ over the five floors. It will be on display in the Porter Building’s marketing suite while work
03/23/2017

Reading's Jacksons store sold again

Reading’s Jacksons department store has been sold for the third time since the shop closed in 2013. The iconic four story building at 1-9 King’s Road has been sold to Ankor Property Group for £6.5 million. It was initially acquired by a private investor and then sold to SG Capital. Now Ankor is looking to implement the existing planning permission for three restaurants - pizza chain Franco Manca, burger chain Byron and Thai restaurant Busaba Eathai - on the ground floor with 18 flats above and
03/23/2017

Learning provider finds Thames Valley has few answers

A fast expanding business is finding its plans to grow in the Thames Valley frustrated by a lack of suitable sites. After-school education provider Bright Young Things (BYT) is on an expansion drive and has earmarked Reading, Caversham, Maidenhead, Slough, Marlow and Newbury as possible locations to open up to three new centres. The firm is targeting the region because of its vibrancy but director Ed Webster says there remains a lack of suitable premises in each of BYT’s chosen areas. A site

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News

CEG scheme for 401 homes at North Newbury is won on appeal

Mike Scialom takes UKPF success to the East of England

Job ads taken on at Thames Valley Property

Views from the riverside: Are we a region or a dormitory?

Slough tells investors 'Come and talk to us'

The Porter Building made of Lego

Reading's Jacksons store sold again

Learning provider finds Thames Valley has few answers