Public services and infrastructure engineering company Amey has concluded lease negotiations for new office space in Swindon town centre. Acting on behalf of the Mapeley Group, property agents Whitmarsh Lockhart confirmed a new five-year lease of the fourth floor of the SN1 building totalling 10,060 sq ft – one of the largest open market...
Smiths News has chosen the Rowan office building in Kembrey park for its new head office following expansion. Commercial agents Loveday let the 27,733 sq ft building to the newspaper and book wholesaler on a 12 year lease. Tye Lohrenz, property and facilities manager at Smiths News said: “In the past three...
Persimmon Homes Wessex has made a good start to the year with before tax profit up 65% in the first six months of 2012 at £98.7m. The rise in profits has been driven in part with a more than 20% rise in part exchange for private sale customers using the incentive in challenging market...
Cirencester wine bar Mad Hatters has been put on the market. The Castle Street bar, pictured, is popular with students from the Royal Agricultural College and Cirencester College, and trades three nights a week with well-known, small music acts and acoustic nights. It is being marketed by the Bristol office of letting agents Christie...
Expanding management consultancy Cuerden has relocated its head office to a new building on Swindon’s South Marston Park in a deal brokered by property agents Loveday. Cuerden Consulting, previously at Brinkworth, now occupies a 3,400 sq ft suite on the first floor of the prestigious Pavilion 2 building at South Marston, pictured below. Bradley...
A former NHS site in Wroughton, once part the Royal Alexandra Hospital, has been put on the market. The 9.7-acre (3.96-hectare) site at Brimble Hill is being offereed freehold by property consultants Alder King. It was initially developed in 1942 to accommodate medical staff serving in the nearby Royal Alexandra, which played a key...
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...
