06 September 2010 | Charlie Miller

July saw a 0.5% rise in UK retail sales values on a like-for-like basis. This is compared to an increase of 1.8% in the corresponding month in 2009. Total year-on-year sales were up 2.6% against a 3.6% rise in July last year.

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23 August 2010 | Andrew Burrell and Jon Sleeman

Markets ride out economic upheaval • Debt crisis brings more subdued growth • Office rents more mixed in Q2, while industrial recovery continues to be patchy • Prime yields moving in many centres, but investor sentiment has deteriorated

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19 August 2010 | Catherine Jones

Statistics for the West End office market this quarter show it has performed better than expected, given the recent softening in market confidence. So far it has been a solid year of both take-up (which is well on-track to hit the annual long-term average) and investment activity.

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13 August 2010 | Charles Miller

June saw a 1.2% rise in UK retail sales values on a like-for-like basis. This is comparative to an increase of 1.4% in 2009 when sales in the second half of the month were boosted by good weather. Total year-on-year sales were up 3.4% against a 3.2% rise in 2009.

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11 August 2010 | Vicky Heath

After a long period of caution, corporate confidence appears to be returning to the Thames Valley. During the first six months of this year 61,410m² (661,000ft²) of office space was taken-up in the Thames Valley, up 42% on the same period last year.

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27 July 2010 | Jeremy Richards

Pause for breath? • Lowest quarterly take-up since Q1 2009 and third lowest since survey began • London take-up plummets following record level in Q1 • Thames Valley reaches highest level since Q4 2008

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20 July 2010 | Regis Jacquemin

Following a promising start to the year, the level of office space demand in the UK has weakened. During the second quarter of 2010, a 12% (q-on-q) decrease in the number of significant* enquiries was recorded across the King Sturge UK network. Correspondingly, there was a decrease of 14% (qon-q) in the amount of floor-space required by occupiers.

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16 July 2010 | Charles Miller

It could have been worse – at least VAT-exempt product categories (notably food) remain so and the 20% rate has been deferred to 4 January 2011. But, however necessary, the rise in VAT will do little to calm retailers’ nerves.

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25 June 2010 | Jennie Beattie

Monthly newsletter reporting the latest information from the UK retail market. Prospects for a new shopping centre in Oxford moved a step closer last month with the sale of the Westgate Centre to the Crown Estate. The Crown, advised by King Sturge, paid Capital Shopping centres £56m for the 320,000 sq ft mall and, in a separate deal, sold a 50% stake to Land Securities private client at £10.25m.

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10 June 2010 | Michael Green

As the dust beings to settle after two very challenging years for the UK and world economies, we find ourselves once again at the bottom of a very large mountain (or should that be volcano) facing challenge and opportunity in equal measure.

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