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Estates Gazette East Midlands Focus

Published April 21, 2012 

Offices

Analysis of the strength of the sector, future prospects and implications
David Thame, freelance writer, 01544 262 896 dthame@clara.co.uk     

Retail

Analysis of how the region's key shopping locations are faring 

Mark Faithfull, freelance writer, 0560 286 0859 Mark.faithfull@btinternet.com 

Industrial

What's the outlook for next year in the sheds market?

David Thame, freelance writer, 01544 262 896 dthame@clara.co.uk

Lincolnshire

An in-depth look at the county and its prospects

Adrian Morrison, freelance writer, 07818 013233

Adrian.morrison@addmor.com 

Northamptonshire

An update on the county

Adrian Morrison, freelance writer, 07818 013 233 Adrian.morrison@addmor.com 

Market health check

We'll be compiling the latest data across the offices, retail and industrial sectors, if you think you can help with figures then drop an email to Stacey Meadwell, regional editor stacey.meadwell@estatesgazette.com

Please contact the writers directly for more details about their individual features before March 26, 2012

And there it is, ladies and gentlemen. Another MIPIM is drawing to a close. Final meetings are concluding and preparations for dinners and parties are underway.

Enterprise Zones
Analysis of the EZ proposals
Contact: David Thame, freelance writer, 01544 262 896
dthame@clara.co.uk

Leisure
An analysis of the market
Contact: Joanna Bourke, reporter, 020 7911 1916
joanna.bourke@estatesgazette.com

Retail
An analysis of trends in the sector.
Contact: David Quinn, freelance writer, 07841 115601
david@wordsdept.co.uk

Offices
A look at trends in the marketplace.
Contact: Kurt Jacobs, freelance writer, 07737 360253
Kurt.jacobs@tiscali.co.uk

Market Health Check
Covering the office, industrial and retail sectors.
Contact Lisa Pilkington, Midlands editor if you can supply stats, 07771 673458 lisa.pilkington@estatesgazette.com
Deadline for receipt of information for Market Health check only: 18/03/11

The title of Savills residential report today says it all "Mapping the great divide".

Savills has stuck its marker in the sand today and forecast where it thinks regional house prices will be by 2015. Sadly, all the minus numbers are in the north and the pluses are all in the south.

But growth, even in the south east, is some way below what it was at the peak. In Cambridgeshire transaction levels are 77% what they were at the peak. Barnsley meanwhile is the worst performer.  It says that availability of finance and how much affordability of mortgages is dented by interest rate rises will continue to limit any house price growth.

UPDATE: Savills have just told us about an error on the graphic below. For Burnley there should be no '+' next to the figure of transaction levels compared to the pre-crunch peak  (ie: transactions in Burnley are actually down 72%). 

Click on the image below to view a larger version of the map.

The worst of the rioting and disorder, as witnessed in London on Monday night, has spread to England's cities with Manchester and Birmingham seeing the most damage and disruption.

Manchester
The Business Desk North West reports on how retailers from big chains, to independents and high end fashion were targeted in the city.

The Manchester Evening News reports on how Salford and Manchester descended into chaos.

And here is an eye witness account from local news service BlottR

The Manchester clean up operation organised via Twitter has already started @RiotCleanUpManc

Birmingham
It was a second night of disorder for the city with many shops shutting up early.

Our Midlands Editor Lisa Pilkington was tweeting updates through into the early ours and you can catch up with her Tweets @EGLisaP

Business Desk West Midlands reports on the tragic deaths of three men and how violence spread from the city centre to Wolverhampton and West Bromwich

The Birmingham Post reports on a city centre that shut down early and has details of the events that followed.

Redbrick the Birmingham's student paper has a time line of events from the two days with comments and Twitter feed.

Liverpool
Violence flared again in the city and spreading to the Wirral. The Liverpool Echo has a report and pictures.

The Liverpool Post also reports on how the violence centred on Smithdown Road once again.

Nottingham
The East Midlands city saw its first night of violence with the Victoria Centre coming under attack according to This is Nottingham they also have an eye witness account from the Kelham Green area of the city

It's not been a good week (again!) for retail.

The Association of Town Centre Managers and Springboard said today that footfall dropped in every regional market in June when compared to the same month last year. Wales was the worst off down almost 11%.

Only Greater London escaped the gloom scraping a 0.5% increase.

The year on year decline is the most signifcant since February said ACTM-Springboard, although it tempered this by saying the high street was not re-experiencing the recession.

It's not the only one delivering a gloomy retail message. Colliers International announced yesterday that retail is the weak point in the UK commercial property market
Add in the ONS which came out today and said that while retail sales have increased over the year, food sales headed south.

Worringly for the property industry the food store sector decreased 4.2% - the largest fall on record since the series began in 1988. Food stores have been the saviour of many a scheme in the recession and should perhaps cause at least a furrowed brow at Land Securities which earlier this week annouced it would carry out £1m sq ft of developments for retailers including Sainsbury's and Tesco.


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Elected Mayors
An in-depth look at what impact having an elected Mayor could have for the city.
Contact: David Thame, freelance writer, 01544 262 896 dthame@clara.co.uk

Nottingham offices & retail
An in-depth look at these markets
Contact: David Quinn, freelance multimedia journalist, 07841 115 601, david@wordsdept.co.uk

Leicester and Derby offices & retail
An in-depth look at these markets
Contact: David Thame, freelance writer, 01544 262 896
dthame@clara.co.uk

Northamptonshire
Analysis of the area's regeneration plans
Contact: David Quinn, freelance multimedia journalist, 07841 115 601, david@wordsdept.co.uk

Lincolnshire
An in-depth look at the property market in the area.
Contact: David Quinn, freelance multimedia journalist, 07841 115 601, david@wordsdept.co.uk

Market in Numbers
This will cover offices, industrial and retail.
Contact Lisa Pilkington, Midlands editor if you can supply stats, 07771 673458 lisa.pilkington@estatesgazette.com

Lot to digest in Chancellor George Osborne's spending review today, with details to emerge over the coming weeks. But here are some initial thoughts and comments from around the country and it's not all bad news:

- Local authority budgets to be cut by 7.1% per year for four years but local authorities will have more control throwing the spotlight on TIF's and LEP's. No doubt the fall-out from this will emerge over the coming months although some councils have already announced budget cuts.

- 150,000 affordable homes to be built in next four years - got to be good news for house builders across the country and those with planning permission for schemes which include social housing.

- Government is planning to raise billions for a green bank to invest in off shore wind farms, carbon capture and other green technologies which could be good news for those parts of the country which have been making noises about creating green technology clusters. Yorkshire Insider is one local news source that has picked up on the potential opportunities.

- Permanent tax levy on banks - details to be announced tomorrow - aimed at raising maximum from banks without risking the UK losing it's competitive edge on the world financial stage. Depending on detail it is unlikely to spark any rapid growth in the banking sector which has historically taken good chunks of office space in the City and Edinburgh.

Transport £30bn invested over next four years including:

Public Sector
An in-depth look at EMDA's legacy
Karen Day, freelance writer, 07971 671 369, karen.day@dsl.pipex.com

Retail 
A look at retail development across the region
David Thame, North West features writer, 01544 262896, dthame@clara.co.uk

Development
An in-depth look at the future of proposed central business districts in the region.
Adrian Morrison, freelance writer, 07818 013233, adrian.morrison@addmor.com

Market in numbers
Please send up to date Q2 figures (with Q3 predictions) for supply, take up and rents covering the region's office, retail and industrial markets along with comparisons to the same period last year to: Lisa Pilkington, Midlands editor, lisa.pilkington@estatesgazette.com
*Please note Lisa is on holiday from 6th September returning on 20th September.*

Deadline for receipt of editorial information is 13th September 2010

EG's Midlands Editor Lisa Pilkington has a blog where you can follow all the latest news from her travels around the region.