HARRIS LAMB SECURES £2.1 MILLION INVESTMENT DEAL ON RUGBY OFFICE BUILDING
Harris Lamb has acquired a Rugby office building for more than £2 million on behalf of a private investor. Eleven Arches House on the Leicester Road, is currently fully let, and further to the deal, the business has been tasked with managing the building. Gert… Read More
TRACY STEPS UP TO A 150-MILE CHALLENGE IN AID OF CANCER RESEARCH
Tracy Hubbard, of our Malcolm Scott Consultants team, plans to stomp all over Cancer this month in a bid to raise funds for kinder cures, further research and to help save lives with her ’31,000 steps’ pledge. This stepping businesses can be exhausting… Tracy aims to… Read More
Moving Day
Malcolm Scott with Jacqui Bayliss and Neil Harris at the St Mary’s Street office It’s been a little over two months since Harris Lamb acquired Malcolm Scott Consultants, and this week saw the six-strong MSC team make the… Read More
Will a Business Rates review make Britain more competitive?
Senior figures in Britain’s retail industry have united to issue another plea to the Government to revamp the business rates system to make the country more competitive. The lobby groups, which represent more than 100,000 shops and other businesses, and include thee British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), the British… Read More
TOM’S BEEN TO ICELAND
Harris Lamb has let the final unit on a Tipton trading estate to Iceland for its first UK dark store operation. The frozen food retailer has taken on an 18,000 sq ft unit at the Link One Trading Estate in Great Bridge, which will be used… Read More
Gleefully awaiting September…
Preparations are well underway for Glee 2016, where the Malcolm Scott Consultants team will be on hand to share expertise and examples of the support provided to countless garden centres over the past 30 years, supported by colleagues from Harris Lamb’s retail and land teams. As… Read More
Civil service consolidation plan is a great boost for Birmingham
Tom Morley Birmingham is set for a surge in demand for office space following an intention by the Government to consolidate the civil service into 16 sites across England, with the second city being earmarked for over 13,000 new staff within the next five years. Birmingham… Read More
FIONA MAKES A BOLT FOR IT
Harris Lamb’s resident road runner Fiona Mellor has been up to her usual insane antics, having taken part in the 10th anniversary of the notoriously tricky Blakedown Bolt. Fiona (centre) with her husband Paul and personal trainer Katie Tomkins Fi and her fellow ‘Blakedown… Read More
A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME
Suzi Marshall of Harris Lamb’s Recoveries team hosted a wine tasting event for new and existing clients at Tanners in Shrewsbury The evening included an historic tour of the Tanners cellar, which celebrates its 175th anniversary next year. Suzi said: “Harris Lamb is very well… Read More
HARRIS LAMB RETAINED TO AID POUNDSTRETCHER EXPANSION ACROSS THE UK
Harris Lamb has been retained by the Poundstretcher chain to identify and acquire new sites across central England as the business pushes forward with massive expansion plans. The business has appointed Harris Lamb to help it achieve its aim of launching a further 35 stores before the end of… Read More
STEVE FISHER REJOINS HARRIS LAMB AFTER SEVEN-YEAR CYPRUS STINT
Harris Lamb has welcomed back a member of its Agency team following a seven-year stint in Cyprus. Steve Fisher initially joined the business in 2007, bringing with him four years’ experience within the banking and finance sector and a degree in real estate from Birmingham… Read More
FANCY FOOTWORK HELPS NET £7,000 FOR CHARITY
Harris Lamb donned their blue and yellow stripes to help raise more than £7,000 for the Stroke Association at a charity football tournament hosted by legal specialists Higgs & Sons. Led by captain Tom Morley, the team took part in the event last Thursday at Stourbridge Rugby Club. Tom… Read More
JOHN WHO?
Last week saw something pretty monumental happen – and it had nothing to do with the EU.You might have missed it in the Brexit furore, but Worcester became the first place to ever to say “no” to a John Lewis store.Councillors refused planning permission for Land Securities to build a £150m… Read More
FROM HUMBLE ROOTS: HOW UK GARDEN CENTRES HAVE FLOURISHED INTO ALL-DAY DESTINATION ATTRACTIONS
I attended the HTA Catering conference at The Belfry earlier this month as part of the panel of experts. As usual, the event was full of new ideas that I was keen to pick up on. Our team has an excellent reputation across the UK and beyond for creative design… Read More
HARRIS LAMB IDENTIFIES NEW EDGBASTON OFFICE LOCATION FOR LORICA INSURANCE
Harris Lamb has successfully negotiated a ‘consolidation’ deal on behalf of Lorica Insurance, taking on new offices for the business in Edgbaston. The insurance company tasked Harris Lamb’s Agency team with finding a new site for its Birmingham operation, having decided its existing offices at 27 Highfield Road were… Read More