The 2024 AVA Census & Market Report published by the AVA: The Vending & Automated Retail Association reveals that the UK vending, coffee services, and automated retail sector has now seen the industry exceed pre-pandemic revenue for the first time. ...

W12 Shopping Centre in Shepherd’s Bush has transformed its cleaning operations with the introduction of the MS60, an advanced robotic scrubber dryer from Robert Scott. Supplied by Source Supplies and deployed by cleaning contractor Dall Cleaning Services, the cutting-edge machine ...

The UK commercial property market is showing early signs of recovery but NI rise and Trump tariffs are creating pressure and uncertainty, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) Q1 2025 UK Commercial Property Monitor. The reports reveals ...

JLL Project and Development Services (PDS) is combining the best of its design offerings under one global team. Providing design delivered by a talented team of global experts, JLL Design brings together cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights and strategy with ...

ISS has secured a new three-year agreement with Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), the UK’s largest shopping centre portfolio. The workplace experience and facility management company has collaborated with Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City since 2019, delivering a range of capital projects, ...

Independent commercial property management and building consultancy firm, Workman LLP, has been appointed by NewRiver REIT to undertake property management services across three further shopping centres. The appointment follows NewRiver’s acquisition of Capital & Regional plc in December 2024, incorporating ...

National property experts, Barnsdales, has been appointed by Frasers Group as property and asset manager at Doncaster’s 770,000 sq ft Frenchgate Shopping Centre. Barnsdales will also assume the role of joint letting agents. The retailing giant purchased the centre earlier ...

GI Sykes, a Midlands-based commercial contractor that works on many high-profile retail developments is set for growth following a seven-figure management buyout. The third-generation family business based in Stourbridge, was established in the 1940s by Richard Sykes as a painter ...

From 31 March 2025, the ‘Simpler Recycling’ legislation means that businesses must have a minimum number of recyclable waste streams presented for recycling or composting, to improve national recycling rates. However, effective waste segregation in large retail premises is complex ...

As of Monday 2nd December 2024, local authorities will be given powers to let out empty high street properties via auctions without their owner’s consent, leaving landlords facing significant costs, according to property law firm, BDB Pitmans. High Street Rental ...