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Occupancy costs in offices across London and the South East are set to rise due to a combination of the new Elizabeth Line and the government’s business rates revaluation. Research by residential and commercial property firm JLL predicts that occupancy costs for grade A office space that is in close proximity to stations on the new line will inevitably be pushed up when it officially opens in 2017. With the next business rates revaluation due to come into effect on 1st April 2017, many occupiers will see their expenditure on occupancy costs rise. According to the research, a number of areas in central London which sit on the route of the new Elizabeth Line will experience particularly big jumps in the cost of grade A offices. Unveiling of the Logo for Elisabeth line by HRH Queen Elizabeth II The likes of Paddington which is estimated to see an average rise from £14.40 sq ft to £30.31 sq ft, Stratford (up to £17.47 sq ft from £8.16 sq ft) and Whitechapel (£16.09 sq ft to £2...

An ex BBC luvvie, Helen Normoyle, is to Join the CountryWide Plc CWD,  as head of marketing, at a time when people all over the UK are suffering economically ,housing crisis, first time buyers struggling to makes ends meet and the rising level of HMO's. BBC pay-offs hearing: 'I'm not having any more lies this afternoon', says Hodge [2013 Sept] Mrs Hodge has told Lucy Adams, the BBC's head of HR: "I'm not having any more lies this afternoon". Ms Adams said  she made a mistake in her evidence to MPs over pay-offs to BBC executives. She told a previous hearing that she did not know of an email about the payments, but later admitted she helped compose the email but did not recognise the document from its description. P R latt who is allegedly  a CEO  and  all about the customer, is completely off the mark again, out of touch, with society and potential UK customers.  As well as recently joining Tesco Plc, as a non e...

With Online sales increasing by a whopping 8.2% compared to the 2 014 festive period, it’s safe to say Christmas was an online affair for 2015. “Statistics also show that average store prices fell by 3.2% over the festive period compared to the previous year" Commenting on the  published   December 2015 ONS retail statistics  , David McCorquodale, KPMG head of retail  “ With Online sales increasing by a whopping 8.2% compared to the 2014 festive period, it’s safe to say Christmas was an online affair for 2015. " “ However compared with the previous month the quantity of goods bought online decreased by 5.2%, showing that the impact of Black Friday has made shoppers more savvy, with them spreading the cost of Christmas present buying over 6 weeks rather than the more traditional . " “No doubt the unseasonal weather was a contributing factor to the increase in online sales, with statistics showing more than 190% of average rainfall in Decem...