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Prime trade park acquired
A prime trade park on the South Coast has been acquired by a private property company, advised by property consultancy Vail Williams.
Scale-up business Agratas leases laboratory space in Oxfordshire’s ‘Science Vale UK’
Agratas, a subsidiary of Tata Group, India’s largest business conglomerate, has leased nearly 23,000 sq ft of laboratory space at Milton Park, south of Oxford, the UK’s largest single ownership innovation community.
Game-changing updates announced for National Planning Policy Framework
The UK Government has this week (Thursday 12th December) unveiled significant reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to address housing challenges and encourage more sustainable development.
Vail Williams takes on two as business grows
Vail Williams’ two new London hires Freddie Worth, second left, and Sophia Piatto, centre, are flanked by James Lacey, London regional managing partner, left, and partners Varun Dev Gudka and Sarah Isherwood.
Indoor centre for trending racquet sports served up in Christchurch
Unit 1-2, Priory Industrial Park in Christchurch, Dorset, is being turned into an indoor centre for the world’s fastest-growing racquet sports, padel and pickleball. Smeda Sports signed a 10-year lease on the 15,418 sq ft premises. Property consultancy Vail Williams acted for the landlord.
Autumn Budget delivers damaging business rates blow
Expectations from businesses on the UK high street were high following the promises made in the Labour manifesto to overhaul the outdated business rates system to create an ‘even playing field’ for them with their online counterparts
HQ building in Wimborne to become dental care practice
mydentist, the UK’s leading provider of affordable dental care, has signed a 15-year lease on the 10,778 sq ft premises at 10 Wimborne Road, Wimborne, East Dorset. Property consultancy Vail Williams was instructed by the private landlord to find a new occupier for the detached building, which has the highest energy efficiency rating of EPC A. The building is pictured before mydentist refurbishment.
Property firm reduces emissions by 42 per cent
Matthew Samuel-Camps, Managing Partner, says property consultancy Vail Williams’ journey to net zero by 2030 remains on course as the firm voluntarily publishes its annual Carbon Reduction Statement.
New hire as Vail Williams’ business grows
Jake Collins has joined the Gatwick agency team in Crawley from Worthing-based estate agent Michael Jones, where he held a senior negotiating role.
NPPF reform and the unintended consequences on housing supply
Following on from the “disruptive” changes made in December 2023 to the NPPF which were dubbed by the new Labour Government as “detrimental to housing supply”, consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has now closed (24 September).
VW Insider report reveals confidence returning to Thames Valley, Oxford and Surrey markets
Office market confidence is returning across the Thames Valley, Oxford and Surrey but a lack of new industrial supply remains a core issue for the commercial market.
