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03/13/2018

Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) – how are you affected?

There are just days left before the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) start to come into effect. Vail Williams partner, David Castle, explains how this affects the interested parties in a property, from landlord to tenant - and even some of those less directly involved. If you haven’t already heard about MEES here's some information about what they are, what to do to prepare for them, and by when. The new standards will directly affect tenants, landlords, investors and developers, as
03/12/2018

Collette Naylor to manage Pure Offices' new base at The Blade

Serviced office provider Pure Offices has appointed Collette Naylor to manage its new centre in The Blade, Reading, which will open next month. The 40-centre unit will launch its fourth floor accommodation on April 3, followed by the unveiling of the third floor space in May. Each of the offices at the centre, the firm’s first in Reading and its 20th in the UK, will accommodate up to 20 people. The flexible space is designed to meet the needs of both innovative start-ups and established
03/12/2018

'Stop dithering and deliver on Heathrow'

Thames Tap’s Andrew Gibson was invited to attend the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Trade breakfast at the House of Commons on Wednesday, March 7. The trade panel discussion, which centred on Heathrow’s expansion to incorporate a third runway, posed the question: Is the UK equipped to make the most of opportunities from global trade? Both transport infrastructure and an export strategy are needed to help make Heathrow’s third runway a success, a Commons committee heard last
03/12/2018

Judges name finalists for Oxfordshire's top property awards

The first shortlist identifying the finest talent among Oxfordshire’s property industry has been published. A total of 24 finalists have made it onto the Oxfordshire Property Awards shortlist, from which the winners will be announced at a sold-out black tie dinner on April 18, the climax to the inaugural Oxfordshire Property Festival. Judges met last Friday, March 9 at Blenheim Palace to draw up the list from dozens of entries. The diversity and quality of both projects and individuals put
03/12/2018

View from the riverbank: Just do it

The debate over the Green Belt has intensified since prime minister Theresa May announced planning reforms. But the subject was already alive at our round table event, the last reports on which are included in this week's newsletter. The call for brownfield development before Green Belt development is becoming something of a politician's cliche but our experts have long argued that poor quality land within the Green Belt should be made available for employment sites which have been losing out
03/12/2018

Three more occupiers at Thames Tower

Three new occupiers have signed up for Thames Tower in Reading, taking the total to 10. MBNL, a broadband service from EE and Three with managed services provided by Ericsson, will move its offices from Amersham to 14,000 sq ft on the sixth floor of the Landid/Brockton Capital development. Architectural practice Broadway Malyan will move its Theale office 4,750 sq ft on the fifth floor alongside Clarkslegal, which took 8,550 sq ft in late 2017. And the Make-A-Wish Foundation charity which
03/12/2018

Hundreds of homes planned at historic Sunningdale Park Hotel

A remarkable planning application for the redevelopment of one of the most significant hotels in modern history into hundreds of homes has been submitted to the Royal Borough. The Sunningdale Park Hotel was the historic venue of talks which led to the signing of the ill-fated and short-lived Sunningdale Agreement in December 1973 on the future of Northern Ireland. It set up a power-sharing executive in the province but the deal collapsed the following May after 14 days of strike action by
03/09/2018

205 homes planned for Farnborough

More than 200 homes may be built on the site of IBM’s former offices at Farnborough. Plans have been submitted to Rushmoor Borough Council by London Wall Outsourcing Investments, through agent GL Hearn, to build a mix of 32 houses and 173 flats on the 2.1-hectare site of Meudon House on Meudon Avenue. Plans include demolition of the vacant building for one block of 93 one-bedroom flats and another of 80 two-bedroom flats. There will also be 32 three-bedroom townhouses and the development will

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News

Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) – how are you affected?

Collette Naylor to manage Pure Offices' new base at The Blade

'Stop dithering and deliver on Heathrow'

Judges name finalists for Oxfordshire's top property awards

View from the riverbank: Just do it

Three more occupiers at Thames Tower

Hundreds of homes planned at historic Sunningdale Park Hotel

205 homes planned for Farnborough