All Property and Planning articles – Page 12
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NewsWaitrose admits having land deals blocking rival supermarkets from opening nearby
The supermarket has agreed to remove so-called restrictive covenants from its property deals following an investigation by the Competition & Markets Authority
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NewsPlanet Organic sets new store estate target despite losses
Planet Organic is now aiming to open 100 new stores across the UK over the next three years
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Comment & OpinionWhy we shouldn’t write off Amazon Fresh stores just yet
With a new physical store leadership team formed under Tesco veteran Tony Hoggett, Fresh’s expansion pause is likely to be just that
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NewsAmazon halts rollout of Fresh stores across the UK
Amazon opened its first checkout-free convenience store in Ealing in March last year, its first physical retail site outside North America
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NewsIceland opens fifth Swift c-store, in London’s Finsbury Park
Swift stores have a more convenience-focused range than Iceland core stores, covering fresh, chilled, frozen, food to go, alcohol and tobacco
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NewsOcado reveals location of first rapid delivery depot outside of London
Ocado said a new Zoom warehouse in Leeds will open by the end of the year
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NewsI Vape Great to build £7m facility as revenues expected to break £100m
The company recently secured Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) which allows the sale of IVG in the US market
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NewsPlanet Organic to open first store outside London
The specialist organic retailer will open a new location in Henley-on-Thames in the autumn
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NewsStockpiling keeps demand for warehouse space at record highs
Retailers and manufacturers are making more use of third-party logistics businesses to stockpile amid supply chain disruption, according to CBRE
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NewsAldi looking for larger stores in latest nationwide hunt
The discounter is offering a finder’s fee to anyone who can recommend a site suitable for a 20,000 sq ft store – 2,000 ft larger than its usual minimum
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NewsTory leadership contenders urged to commit to business rates reform
They should commit to delivering promises made in the Conservative manifesto rather than ‘throw around tax cuts like confetti’, says leading property consultancy Colliers
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NewsAsda opens first convenience store in Scotland
The new Asda on the Move store in Livingston is its 36th convenience store being run in partnership with EG Group
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NewsHolland & Barrett sees UK sales drop £10m as Covid effects continue
Pre-tax profits jumped from £5.7m to £43.6m as the group consolidated online revenues
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NewsM&S ‘bewildered’ after Michael Gove calls in Marble Arch development plan
The retailer plans to demolish the current 92-year-old building on 458 Oxford Street and replace it with a modern retail and office complex
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NewsAmazon chooses Sevenoaks for first checkout-free Fresh store outside London
The store is the 19th Amazon Fresh store to open in the UK, the first of which opened in Ealing in March last year
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NewsWaitrose stores in London first to take part in John Lewis rental housing project
Waitrose’s parent company is set to build new housing at three proposed locations, including over the supermarket’s shops in Bromley and West Ealing, in London
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NewsLidl opens one of its biggest ever UK stores at 27,000 sq ft
The discounter has insisted it may have a “slightly bigger” store elsewhere in the UK but has not clarified where
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NewsTraditional shops paying ‘eight times more’ in business rates than online retailers
For every £100 earned by shops in Britain, £2.91 is payable in business rates, while for online retailers the figure is just 34p, according to Altus Group
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NewsTesco converting excess store space to flexible offices for hybrid workers
The supermarket is taking advantage of the pandemic-driven shift to home working
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NewsM&S defends Marble Arch store plans after government halts redevelopment
The retailer has claimed the renovation plans will “positively impact the environment”