Contents In This Issue
The South East, The North West & West Midlands News
Scottish News
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KENT SURREY & SUSSEX 2023 Kent News
16 Altus Group
Tonbridge and Malling Council
Caxtons
Medway Council, Avison Young, Harrisons
Maidstone Council
Kent County Council, Locate in Kent
Ashford Council Canterbury BID Mileway Mid Sussex Council Gatwick Airport Property
Coast2Capital, Locate East Sussex, Eastbourne Council
Surrey Council, Woking Council, Kingston Council
THE NORTH WEST 2023
Westmorland and Furness Council “Cover Story”
Evolution, Carlisle Freight Terminal
Kingmoor Park South Ribble Council Blackpool Council
Whitecross Business Park, Lancashire Council
Colliers, CBRE, Rochdale Development Agency
Barings RE, CEG 30-33 34 35 36-37 38 39 40-41 42
Editor: Linda Bonney-Doyle Office Manager: Poppy Michelson IT Production: Alex Kennedy Advertisement Features Director: Kevin Phillips
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17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Roger Hannah Ryden Fletcher RE, Net Space JLL, Breakey Nuttall
Landmark Manchester, Candour, Enterprise City
North West News SOG The Heath Roberts Vain Wilshaw Halton Council Legat Owen, Mileway BE Group
Birchwood Park, JLL, BE Gr oup
Liverpool Freeport
Wirral Council , Network Space
Sefton Council Momentum Group 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54-55 56 57 58 59
THE WEST MIDLANDS 2023 Savills
Mileway, Coventry Council Warwick District Council Stratford District Council Worcester City Council
Wychavon Council, Whittall Group
Malvern Hills Council Car Test
The front cover and cover story introduction this issue is the newly formed Westmorland and Furness Council who invite you to join their journey see pages 30-33. Altus Group are buoyant about the Kent office and Industrial market on page 17. Caxtons report brisk business on page 19. Medway Council promote Innovation Park on page 20. Maidstone the business capital of Kent is on page 21. Kent County Council predicts positive property growth
on page 22. Ashford
introduces the super6 on page 23. On page 24 Canterbury’s award winning BID celebrates a decade of service. Mid Sussex Council on p26 are delivering sustainable economic growth. On page 27 Gatwick
Airport Property takes
off. It is a new dawn for Sussex and Surrey: opportunities, investment, and growth report Coast to Capital on page 28. On page 35 Kingmoor Park is a future-thinking business park with sustainability at its heart. Time to do business… with South Ribble Council on pages 36-37. Blackpool’s £2bn+ investment programme is on page 38. HPARK Heywood launch adds 1.45m sq ft to North West market reports Colliers on pages 40-41. Roger Hannah & Co reports on page 43 that North West Industrial and logistics market weathers the storm. On page
44 Ryden 60 61 62-63 64 65 66 67 68
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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MONTHLY 2023 are
finding value for money in the shed market whilst prioritising ESG and sustainability factors. Recent successes at Fletcher CRE on page 45. Richard Wharton at JLL Manchester provides an office market review on page 46. On page 49 The Heath debunks claims there’s a shortage of lab space in the North-West. RVW CS on page 50 report that there are significant
changes to business
rates as modernisation bites. On page 51 Halton is the place where
Science, Technology & Advanced Manufacturing businesses thrive. The Cheshire Industrial market remains resilient reports Legat Owen on page 52. BE Group on page 53 report Warrington office awarded top energy accreditation. On pages 54-55 Birchwood Park marks 25 Years with strong retention rate and a flurry of new investments. Liverpool Freeport is Highlighted on page 56. On page 60 Savills Birmingham report Midlands logistic
successes. Coventry
Council is going places on page 61. Warwick Council has employment land for sale on pages 62-63. South Warwickshire is open for Business on page 64. Investment helping Worcester City to develop for the future on page 65. Malvern Hills on page 67 is an excellent location for businesses.
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