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MATTRESS COMPANY GETS TUCKED IN AT SMETHWICK DISTRIBUTION CENTRE
Harris Lamb has overseen the letting of two Smethwick industrial units to a mattress manufacturer, completing the deal within ten days of solicitors being instructed. Sleep Revolution Ltd has taken on units three and four at Booth Street on a 10-year lease at £80,000 per annum. Alex Eagleton, of… Read More
HARRIS LAMB LETS GUILDHALL OFFICES TO QUIKPLAN LTD
Harris Lamb, working with Place Partnership Ltd, has let a prestigious Worcester city centre office on behalf of the City Council. Quikplan Limited has taken on the South Wing of Guildhall in Copenhagen Street on a three-year lease. The business, which designs and supplies software for… Read More
HARRIS LAMB LETS PRIME LOGICOR WAREHOUSE IN OLDBURY TO DUTCH HORTICURAL SPECIALIST
Harris Lamb has overseen the long-term letting of a 30,000 sqft industrial unit in Oldbury to Dutch manufacturing and distribution business, Atami. Atami specialises in the production, distribution and sales of minerals, fertilizers and substrates for the horticulture industry and has taken on… Read More
READY TO WALK AGAIN: HARRIS LAMB SIGNS UP FOR THE CUMBRIAN CHALLENGE 2017
Harris Lamb has signed up for a 21-mile hike through the Lake District in aid of Walking With The Wounded, and hopes to exceed the £5,000 raised last year to help support injured veterans. Last year, six fund-raisers strapped on their walking boots and headed north to take part in… Read More
DESPERATELY SEEKING A SOLUTION: AWAITING THE HOUSING WHITE PAPER
Sam Silcocks on the eagerly awaited Housing White Paper There has been much speculation – and some disappointment – surrounding the forthcoming Housing White Paper that Communities Secretary Sajid Javid committed to reveal following last year’s Autumn Statement. The speculation surrounds the ‘radical’ plans… Read More
HARRIS LAMB REPORTS HIGH INTEREST IN TYSELEY SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Ropemaker Properties Ltd has instructed Harris Lamb to secure tenants for three warehousing/manufacturing units being built in Tyseley further to agreeing a pre-let to SIG Ltd on the development. SIG is expected to take occupation of its 15,000 sqft unit on the brand new Kingpin Industrial Park in… Read More
HARRIS LAMB SELLS CITY CENTRE BUILDING TO WORCESTER MUNICIPAL CHARITIES
Harris Lamb has sold a prime three-storey building in Worcester city centre to a charitable organisation. The property, 59-60 The Tything, proved an attractive proposition for interested buyers, with the agent eventually inviting final bids before agreeing a sale for in excess of the asking price. The successful… Read More
HARRIS LAMB INSTRUCTED TO LET FORMER TRAVIS PERKINS SITE IN SHREWSBURY
Harris Lamb has been instructed to let the site of the former Travis Perkins builder’s merchants in Shrewsbury. The owners have instructed Harris Lamb and joint agents Towler Shaw Roberts to let the five buildings and service yard areas on Wood Street, Greenfields. The Wood… Read More
HARRIS LAMB OVERSEES HANDOVER OF MANUFACTURING & DISTRIBUTION FACILITY TO SPECSAVERS
Construction has been completed on Specsavers’ high-tech manufacturing and distribution centre in Kidderminster, enabling the brand to create 200 new jobs in the area by 2021. Harris Lamb oversaw the sale of an 80,000 sq ft freehold turnkey between the brand and developer Revelan in January last year, and work… Read More
FLYING THE FLAG FOR A VIBRANT WEST MIDLANDS
Creating a vibrant economy in the West Midlands was the topic of the week for Harris Lamb’s lease advisory surveyor Abi Taylor. Abi was asked to attend an event hosted by business and financial adviser Grant Thornton as it published the results of a new index measuring… Read More
HARRIS LAMB ANNOUNCES GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT AND INTERNSHIP SCHEME
Harris Lamb is set to introduce a graduate employment scheme to help those finishing degrees secure jobs and gain additional experience within the workplace. The business, which is celebrating 25 years in business this year, also plans to work with universities across the Midlands to form relationships with course leaders… Read More
HARRIS LAMB ANNOUNCES FURTHER GROWTH PLANS AS IT ENTERS ITS 25TH YEAR
Harris Lambplans to mark its 25th year in business by investing in further growth and development following a strong 2016. The business, which was established in 1992 and has grown to employ 75 staff across four Midlands offices, pledged to increase its workforce by 15 per cent… Read More
HARRIS LAMB APPOINTS GRADUATE PLANNER TO ITS GROWING TEAM
Harris Lamb has welcomed a new recruit to its planning team. Alisha Paul, who graduates from Oxford Brookes University next month, joins the business’ nine-strong planning team in her first role since completing her Masters degree in City and Regional Planning. Alisha, who lives in… Read More
BUSINESSES ADVISED TO ACT FAST AS 2017 REVALUATION LOOMS
Business owners across the UK are being reminded that time is running out for them to address their new Rateable Values before they come into force in April. Further to the Valuation Office Agency publishing the Draft 2017 Rating List, and advising all ratepayers of their new rate bills in advance of April… Read More
HARRIS LAMB SECURES £3.5 MILLION INVESTMENT DEAL ON REDDITCH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
Harris Lamb has acquired a Redditch industrial estate for more than £3.5 million on behalf of a private investor. The Trafford Park Industrial Estate on Trescott Road is currently fully let, and further to the deal, the business has been tasked with managing the site. Jonathan Aspinall,… Read More