10 . Glasgow Business August 2016
Glasgow’s strong performance for office and industrial market
Environment
Clean-up steps up L
» Council creates rapid-response task force across city
et’s work together to clean up the dirtier parts of our city. Tat’s the message of Glasgow City Council in
seting up an environmental task force. Tirty rapid-response teams will act on reports fed to a command centre about issues such as fly tipping, litering and dog fouling. Te task force will be based in Bridgeton, with the council seting up new Twiter and Facebook channels so the public can report problems directly. Council Leader and Chairman
of the new task force Frank McAveety said it was a service “fit for delivery in the digital age”. He said: “Trough Twiter and
Facebook the public can directly communicate with us and identify what needs to be done across Glasgow. I am determined to make
this work. Te environmental task force will deliver – the people of Glasgow deserve that.” Te task force has divided the
city into 21 wards, grouped into four cycles. A team will arrive in a ward each week and work on that area before starting the whole process again in a new ward the following week. A specialist unit will that focus on graffiti removal, public health issues, noise and community payback among others, the authority said. Te task force will not be replacing the Council’s Cleansing Department, which empties 23 million bins a year. Te objectives to improve
communities include: tackling environmental incivility such as dog fouling, litering, fly tipping and general environmental
dereliction; improving neighbourhoods through environmental enhancement in both public and private spaces; training of volunteers to work in conjunction with the task force; delivering a training programme for unemployed Glaswegians; working with schools on community clean-ups and maintaining a green environment, and enhancing enforcement measures.
FIND OUT MORE Incidents can be reported by telephone on 0300 343 7027, Twitter: @theenvtaskforce, Facebook: Envtaskforce, the My Glasgow App or via Glasgow City Council’s website:
www.glasgow.gov.uk
Glasgow’s office and industrial market has performed strongly as Aberdeen has been hit in the 12 months to the end of March 2016. According to CBRE’s quarterly returns for Scottish commercial real estate fell to 1.2 per cent in the first quarter of the year, down from 2.0 per cent in the previous quarter. This is a continuing trend over recent months with slightly lower returns posted quarter-on- quarter since the peak in 2014. The lower return is largely
Glasgow Science Centre celebrates 15th birthday
Glasgow Science Centre has celebrated its 15th birthday. The spectacular Clydeside centre has welcomed millions of visitors keen to learn about how science plays a role in everyday lives. Opened by the Queen in 2001, the centre has
seen a host of famous faces, including actors David Tennant and Robbie Coltrane, as well as Ewan McGregor and tennis ace Judy Murray. Chief Executive
Dr Stephen Breslin said: “We provide answers to everyday questions. Our
hands-on approach to learning about the world around us makes science interesting and relevant.” Since its first
exhibition, Alice in Wonderland in 2005, the Science Centre has worked with partners across the private sector, government
and academia to create memorable exhibitions, including BodyWorks; its current Powering the Future Exhibition, which addresses the energy issue, and The Crunch, which invites all visitors to take a fresh look at their relationship with food.
due to a small fall in capital values over the course of the three-month period, with All Property Scottish capital values decreasing by -0.2 per cent, a shift from +0.6 per cent in Q4 2015. Industrial was by far the most resilient sector with a return of 2.2 per cent, just slightly lower than the Q4 2015 figure. Industrial total returns outperformed both other sectors in Q1 2016 for the tenth quarter in succession. The relative underperformance of the office sector, with returns in the first quarter falling to 1.1 per cent from the 2.3 per cent can be attributed to net falls in both capital and rental value, driven by a drop in value in Aberdeen and the north-east, both of which were -0.3 per cent for Q1. On a city level, the hierarchy
remains largely unchanged from the previous quarter. The central belt remains the best location for commercial real estate in Scotland, with Glasgow and Edinburgh’s office and industrial markets the strongest performers in the 12 months to the end of Q1 2016.
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