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Self-storage company Lok’nStore has acquired the freehold of its store on Swindon’s Elgin Industrial Estate for £925,000. This will be financed by drawing down on the company’s existing revolving credit facility. The store has been trading since 2001 in leasehold premises. Lok’nStore chief executive Andrew Jacobs said: “This acquisition is in line with...
House prices fell at their fastest annual rate for nearly three years last month, the latest survey from Nationwide building society showed this morning. Prices have now declined in four of the past five months, the Swindon-based lender said. The fall of 0.7% in July means prices are now 2.6% lower than they were...
The July edition of Swindon Business News includes features on innovation in the motor industry, coverage of our inaugural South West PA of the Year Awards, a preview of next month's Green Special as well as finance, law and property.
Swindon law firm Withy King has worked closely with a TV vet to negotiate the lease on a 5,000 sq ft building which will be transformed into a state-of-the-art veterinary practice offering a completely new approach to animal care. Joe Inglis, who is well-known for his roles in Vets in Practice and The One Show, will...
Commercial property consultants Alder King has launched its first Market Monitor Update, a mid-year review of the commercial property market across the South West of England and South Wales. The report reveals some encouraging signs in the office and retail sectors, but a rather bleaker picture for industrial property. At the midway point of...
A development of three stone cottages in Southrop by housing developer Hills Homes has won the ‘Best social or affordable housing’ category in the West of England Local Authority Building Control (LABC) awards. The trophy was presented to Hills Homes site manager, Allan Ramsay, at an awards ceremony at the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel....
Plans for the biggest redevelopment project for generations in Chippenham – including the town’s massive former Westinghouse site – are being drawn up following an agreement between two development companies. Property management and development companies Aberdeen Property UK Retail Parks Trust and Ashtenne Industrial Fund have formed the partnership to redevelop a 54-acre site...
Recruitment firm CMD has relocated its Calne office to the Four Brooks Business Centre in a deal arranged by property agents Keningtons. The firm, which also has offices in Chippenham and Devizes, has room to grow at the new base on the first floor of Unit 5 at the centre, on the town’s Portemarsh...
IT systems and services firm Trust Systems has opened its new head office at Purlieus Barn, Cirencester. The company had outgrown its previous premises at Barton Hall, Cirencester, due to expansion. To fill the new head office the company plans to advertise and recruit more staff locally. Trust Systems works with a number of...
First City Nursing Services, the Swindon-based care and nursing staff agency, has bought Rowan House, a two-storey office building in Stratton St. Margaret, from Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. The business, which supplies nurses and care assistants for private individuals’ home care and to nursing and care homes, is to use the 2,353...
