Over the course of 2014, some £65bn was invested in direct UK real estate – a 16% increase on the 2013 figure and the highest total on record. Remarkably, this was not driven by London, which actually saw a 3% decrease in volumes to £27.4bn. Rather, it was a year of frantic activity in the […]
With the forthcoming UK election only weeks away, one of the topics you are likely to hear a lot more discussion about is devolution in the UK to urban areas. It may not have the headline grabbing ability of immigration or a possible EU referendum, but it will have an important impact on the way […]
Over the last few weeks, I have done a lot of research for our new white paper European seaports – the growing logistics opportunity. It’s a topic I have been familiar with since writing our first European seaports report European seaports: future logistics hotspots back in 2008. My first impression was, five years on, trends […]
Online giant Amazon is dropping its free shipping of products below £10 in the UK from this month, now requiring a £3.99 posting and package charge for such items (with some exceptions including books and CD’s). Certainly, for online customers this must feel like the unwelcome forebode of their perfect online shopping world being doomed. […]
