All Property and Planning articles – Page 29
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Costa Coffee opens first commuter-focused railway station store
Eight mini-format stores are set to open at railway stations accross London over the next six months
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Analysis & Features
Can Labour’s plan save UK high streets from ‘retail Armageddon’?
Labour’s proposals include a plan to force landlords to hand empty properties to councils
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Amazon-backed startups finding high street life tough going
Some of the Amazon-backed retailers have failed to even make it through two weeks
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Morrisons to close four stores, risking hundreds of jobs
The supermarket said the decision had been taken after a review of the performance of its existing estate
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AF Blakemore secures multi-temp warehouse in Bedford
The company will occupy the new distribution depot in 2021, subject to planning permission
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SugarSin plans second London store and international expansion
The business is aiming for three franchise stores in major international cities by 2023
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Can Tesco reimagine Metro for its new convenience purpose?
Job cuts and store overhauls are due for Tesco’s 153 Metro stores
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Co-op to open sixth franchised store at Newcastle University
The Newcastle store will see the existing students’ union unit extended and transformed
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Amazon opens first Clicks and Mortar store in Scotland
Two other Amazon pop-ups, in Manchester and Cardiff, have already opened, with seven more to come in a year-long trial
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Valuation Office Agency slammed over positive business rates assessment
Cooliers said retail and hospitality were suffering from the “unfair” business rates system
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Sainsbury’s and Morrisons among mults using stability to negotiate cheaper rents
Lower rents have been negotiated during periods of instability for other retail sub-sectors
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McDonald’s opens Grab & Go takeaway-only store in Fleet Street
The Grab & Go store will have extended open hours from 6am-midnight seven days a week
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Co-op kicks off ‘biggest-ever transformation programme’
A technology overhaul that’s been three years in planning would better equip the retailer for its “ambitious growth strate”
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Ocado to create new customer contact centre to support M&S deal
Recruiting for a range of roles will begin this year in a scaling-up of customer service capacity ahead of September 2020
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SimplyFresh opens first food hall store in Manchester’s Stretford Mall
The new concept store has a strong focus on plastic reduction, with a wall of 40 refill dispensers
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Ocado names Purfleet as location for its fifth UK CFC
The new facility should be operational in about two years, with construction work to begin imminently
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Henderson Group to invest £26m on company-owned stores
The investment will include £17m on nine new-build stores and £9m for six Spar and Eurospar refurbishments
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JW Filshill to relocate to larger HQ in Renfrew, Glasgow
Filshill also revealed that turnover was on track to hit £155m this year, up 7.2% on 2018
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Tesco to repurpose excess store space to expand in-store picking
Lewis also confirmed Tesco was considering the idea of launching standalone Finest convenience stores
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Natoora expands with fifth grocery store and café
The format aims to encourage consumers to know where their food comes from