All Property and Planning articles – Page 64
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NewsClarke: Netto conversion is ‘fantastic innovation’
Asda’s CEO claimed this week that its converted Netto stores had begun to recoup the £778m splashed out by Walmart.
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Comment & Opinion
Retailers and suppliers will battle
So Waitrose is demanding a 5% cut from suppliers and The Co-operative Group is looking for ‘one-off’ payments of up to 2%.
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NewsPortas ‘must call halt to out-of-town policy’
The ACS has Mary Portas to strengthen town centre first planning policy after revealing there is 30 million sq ft of construction planned for out-of-town developments.
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NewsBRC advice to Portas: ‘don’t focus on rioting’
The race to repair Britain’s riot-scarred high streets risks hijacking the review by the government’s retail tsar, industry leaders have warned.
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Comment & Opinion
Out of sight, out of mind
For years small retailers have blamed the big-box, out-of-town shopping centres and a light touch planning system for what we all recognise these days as the death of the high street.
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Comment & Opinion
An entrepreneur could make a killing with beautiful shutters
Until this week, I little imagined that shutters would be an interesting subject for this column. I was wrong…
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NewsCouncils asked to cut red tape on shutters
The government has urged local councils to be lenient on “crazy” planning restrictions on shop security shutters in the wake of last week’s riots. Getting planning permission for shutters has, until now, been difficult because councils…
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Comment & Opinion
The best laid plans
On the surface, the government’s National Planning Policy appears to be appears to favour town-centre development.
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Comment & Opinion
Balance of power may soon shift in suppliers' favour
The protracted sale of Iceland looks like giving analysts and media commentators lots more opportunities to comment on the space…
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NewsThe Co-op ties up deal for Netto trio
The Co-operative Group has bought a trio of former Netto stores from Asda.
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Netto ‘space opportunity’ fee stuns Asda suppliers
Asda has asked suppliers for payments of hundreds of thousands of pounds in negotiations linked to its acquisition of Netto.
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Comment & Opinion
2011: a floorspace odyssey
Arthur C Clarke always said he was an optimist. Not for him the rainy, oppressive dystopia of 1984 or Bladerunner.
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Comment & Opinion
Southern's cross to bear
There’s a piece in today’s Financial Times taking a look at how sale and leaseback deals have both helped and hindered UK businesses.
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Analysis & FeaturesRetail royalty
Mary ‘Queen of Shops’ Portas has big news – soon she’ll be striding down Downing Street to dish out some of her trademark no-nonsense advice. And Tesco had better watch out.
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NewsAsda targets biggest-ever growth push after Netto deal gets OFT nod
Asda has received final clearance for its purchase of Netto UK from the Office of Fair Trading.
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NewsWill profits be cannibalised in Tesco’s race for space?
As Tesco pumps up the pipeline, leaving even Sainsbury’s in its wake, how close is the market to saturation? Adam Leyland and Michelle Perrett report
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Tory ombudsman model ‘does not go far enough’
The Conservative Party’s decision to champion a supermarket ombudsman will increase pressure on the government…
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Analysis & Features
Will high-value M&A deals stay locked out in the cold?
Insolvency buyouts were behind much of last year’s M&A activity and this year is unlikely to see a return…
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Swedeponic changes to Lincolnshire Herbs
Swedish-owned fresh herb specialist Swedeponic UK has been renamed Lincolnshire Herbs to avoid confusion…
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NewsHaldanes buys eight Co-op Group stores
New supermarket chain Haldanes has snapped up a further eight stores from The Co-operative Group.