UKREiiF News

Plans submitted for London city 21-storey City block

Proposals have been submitted by Developer Dominvs Group to replace a five-storey 1980s office building in the City of London with a 21-storey student housing development. The scheme, designed by 3XN Architects in conjunction with executive architect TP Bennett, would mean the Chapman Taylor’s Friary Court building near Fenchurch Street Station would be demolished. The […]

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Saxon Trust provides £3.3m finish and sell loan

Market leading specialist finance provider, Saxon Trust, has recently completed a £3.3 million loan, introduced by Bridgedevelopment Property Finance, on its popular Finish & Sell product. Secured against a luxury development of 14 apartments in Derbyshire, drawdown was executed with the block wind and watertight but works still required to fit out several of the […]

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GXO receives UK regulatory clearance for £965M takeover

GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO), the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, announced that it has received unconditional regulatory clearance from the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for its acquisition of Clipper Logistics plc (Clipper). On May 24, 2022, GXO completed its offer however both companies continued to be run independently pending completion of the […]

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Malhotra Group forges ahead with investments in North East

Leading North East care, leisure and property business Malhotra Group plc is forging ahead with investments after seeing revenues rise following the pandemic. The firm has published annual results for the year ended 31 March 2022, showing a 34% jump in turnover from £30.9m to £41.3m, while Ebitda rose 47% from £9.1m to £13.4m, leading […]

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Chancerygate and Northwood investors JV granted planning for 130,340 sq ft last-mile urban logistics development in Manchester

Chancerygate and Northwood Investors’ joint venture (JV) has been granted for 130,340 sq ft of Grade A last-mile urban logistics space to be speculatively built at Trafford Park in Manchester. Called Bridgewater Point, the scheme will comprise 16 units ranging from 5,000 sq ft to 13,000 sq ft. Units on the 5.6-acre site will be […]

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Social impact investment in the UK grows ten-fold

Big Society Capital has today revealed that the amount of social impact investment in the UK has grown nearly ten-fold over ten years, from £830 million in 2011 to £7.9 billion in 2021. Data from the social impact investor’s annual Market Sizing exercise – which estimates the value of investments made by UK social impact […]

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