All Property and Planning articles – Page 49
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NewsAldi to create over 500 new London jobs with nine store openings
The discounter said it would open new stores in Ewell, Enfield, South Norwood, Tooting, Dartford, Ilford, Romford and Coulsdon during 2015
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NewsPret A Manger caters for the evening crowd with new concept
The popular sandwich bar chain has introduced mood lighting, a bar, jazz music, alongside a new evening menu as part of the ‘Good Evenings’ concept at its flagship 2,500 sq ft store
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NewsSpar International pushes ahead with Russian expansion
Dr Gordon Campbell, CEO of Spar International described the retailer as having a ‘proven record of resonating with Russian shoppers’ over the past 15 years.
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NewsBodybuilding.com opens first UK distribution centre
The new facility would also enable the retailer to provide UK customers with next-day delivery, seven days a week
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NewsScotmid and Seaton Valley co-ops to merge
Scotmid is Scotland’s largest co-op and has 350 stores, while Seaton Valley has five stores in Northumberland and Tyne & Wear
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NewsDavid Cameron visits Sainsbury's new digital lab
The London-based digital lab is scheduled to open in the summer and will give developers, digital designers, product owners, engineers and testers a modern space to work
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NewsAldi, Lidl to create 1,000 new jobs
The jobs will be spread across ten new stores once it opens its new distribution centre and offices near Cardiff
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NewsWhite Hart Lane Tottenham to be site of first new Asda standalone petrol station
First of 15 sites to open, supermarket targets 100, all sites will offer Asda Click & Collect service
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NewsBudgens to open three new forecourts
Company says “our forecourt business is performing really well and we’ve got the balance between convenience and interesting just right”
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NewsFortnum & Mason opens new Heathrow Terminal 5 store and bar
The premium retailer aims to be ”the first impression of the country for more than 35 million passengers a year”
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NewsWaitrose to open 14 new stores, focus shifts outside London
Home counties and Greater London to receive new Waitrose properties this year
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NewsPortas and MPs attack local authority action on high streets
The efforts of both national and local government to tackle the problems of town centres has come under strong attack from MPs and the former high street tsar today. The Communities and Local Government Select Committee claimed the National Planning Policy Framework was being mishandled by councils, with local planning ...
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NewsSpring Petroleum on the acquisition trail for 100 forecourts
Spring Petroleum is preparing to spend about £50m acquiring between 80 and 100 forecourts over the next year…
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NewsFilco Supermarkets closes standalone RB's off-licence
Filco Supermarkets has axed its only standalone specialist off-licence…
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NewsCamra attacks planning rules that facilitate pub conversions to supermarkets
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has blasted the planning system for allowing pubs to be converted to convenience stores…
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NewsSpar Ireland: 'no plans to bring Select to UK'
Spar Ireland, part of Appleby Westward parent BWG Foods, has trademarked its new premium range Spar Select…
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NewsFarmfoods set to open more stores in southern England
Frozen value retailer Farmfoods plans to capitalise on the growth of the discount sector…
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News20% supermarket capacity cut call is 'doomsday scenario'
A controversial new report by Goldman Sachs calling on Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons to shut 20% of store capacity…
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Waitrose getting its store formats right?
Waitrose MD Mark Price hit the headlines this week following a newspaper interview in which he suggested some of his rival…
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NewsGoldman Sachs tells supermarkets to reduce store space by 20%
The UK’s listed supermarket giants are “totally addicted to space” and must slash their overall store space by about a fifth, Goldman Sachs has warned.