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HARRIS LAMB ANNOUNCES 2023 PROMOTIONS
Harris Lamb has announced three key promotions within the business to reward the outstanding work of team members within its Building Consultancy, Business Rates and Lease Advisory departments. Gareth Booker, of the business’ Building Consultancy department, has been made a Director, Rob Pinks of the Rating team is now an… Read More
ACHING LEGS AND HAPPY HEARTS! TEAM HL SMASHES CYCLE FOR SMART WORKS TARGET
Harris Lamb’s fantastic fundraising foursome have officially squeezed the brakes and dismounted after smashing their targets in their seven-day cycling challenge to raise money and awareness for Smart Works, and to help it continue its work supporting women in need into employment. Team HL spent much of last week in… Read More
CYCLE FOR SMART WORKS: 300 MILES DOWN WITH THE END IN SIGHT!
Team HL’s seven-day Cycle for Smart Works Challenge is well underway, with less than 200 miles to go over the next three days, despite being one man down due to a badly-timed Covid infection. The Cycle for Smart Works Challenge sees teams work together to collectively pedal 500 miles within… Read More
PEDALLING WITH A PURPOSE: TEAM HL AIM TO RAISE £500 IN THE CYCLE FOR SMART WORKS CHALLENGE
Pedal-pushers at Harris Lamb will pull on their cycling helmets next week to raise money for an annual fundraising initiative aimed at helping women in need into employment. Smart Works Birmingham’s Cycle for Smart Works Challenge has taken place for several years, always taking place in March to coincide… Read More
FORTY-HOME DEVELOPMENT IN HINCKLEY GIVEN GREEN LIGHT AFTER HARRIS LAMB APPEALS AGAINST LOCAL AUTHORITY’S DECISION
Planners at Harris Lamb have successfully appealed against a decision to reject proposals to build 40 new homes in Hinckley on the grounds of increased traffic. Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council rejected plans put forward by Central England Cooperative last August to develop 40 new homes and public open space… Read More
SPECULATIVE NEW WAREHOUSE SCHEME COMPLETES AT WALSALL INDUSTRIAL PARK
Work on two speculative industrial units at a Walsall business park has completed, providing much-needed high specification warehousing within the region. Harris Lamb, appointed joint agents for the Leftfield Park scheme along with Savills on behalf of Leftfield Advisors, report that the two units, which have floor plates of 35,319… Read More
HARRIS LAMB SECURES LEAMINGTON SITE FOR COFFEE OUTLET AS PART OF MIDLANDS ACQUISITION DRIVE
Retail agents at Harris Lamb have acquired a Leamington Spa site for a new coffee shop on behalf of Heart of England Co-Operative Society. The business has been retained by Heart of England Co-Operative Society to identify suitable sites throughout the Midlands to establish coffee shops, with the 1,027… Read More
GRADUATE SURVEYOR BEN GRINNELL JOINS HARRIS LAMB’S COMMERCIAL AGENCY TEAM
Harris Lamb has strengthened its award-winning Commercial Agency team with the appointment of Graduate Surveyor Ben Grinnell. Ben, who graduated from Birmingham City University last summer, joins the business having spent the past few months gaining on-the-ground experience working with RCA Regeneration. He also brings construction site management experience gained… Read More
GRADUATE SURVEYOR SUSAN BOYD JOINS HARRIS LAMB
Harris Lamb has enhanced its Professional team with the appointment of graduate surveyor Susan Boyd. Susan, who joins from Leicester-based Bird & Howes, where she was a a Rating surveyor, is relocating to Birmingham and will work alongside Harris Lamb’s Business Rates and Lease Advisory teams. She brings a Masters… Read More
DROITWICH OFFICE LET TO LOCAL RECRUITMENT FIRM FOLLOWING REFURBISHMENT
Harris Lamb’s Commercial Agency team has let a Droitwich office to a recruitment firm as it looks to expand in 2023. The business was instructed by landlord Cameron Homes to let the detached 4,530 sq ft office on George Bayliss Road to new occupiers following the developer’s relocation from the… Read More
ADULT GAMING CONCEPT LAUNCHES AT RUGBY’S SWAN CENTRE
A brand-new adult gaming centre has opened in Rugby, launching its first UK outlet at the Swan Centre. The Razz – the trading name for Intervision Gaming (UK) Ltd – launched in Unit 6 at the popular retail centre last month, having first agreed terms pre-pandemic. The business has a strong reputation… Read More
AGENTS MARKET HQ WAREHOUSE BUILDING ON PRIME TELFORD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
Commercial agents at Harris Lamb and Colliers have been instructed to let a 58,177 sq ft headquarters-style industrial warehouse facility in Telford with excellent links to the motorway network. Premier House, a self contained, detached distribution/production building, is located on the popular Hortonwood Industrial Estate. The 58,177 sq ft warehouse… Read More
DEVELOPMENT LAND OPPORTUNITY IN TELFORD BROUGHT TO MARKET
A development opportunity in a prime commercial location close to Telford town centre has been brought to market by Harris Lamb. Agents at the business’ Telford office have been instructed to sell the 6.45-acre land parcel at Central Park, with the site having the potential for several uses. Matthew Tilt,… Read More
SPECULATIVE NEW WAREHOUSE SCHEME MOVES CLOSER TO COMPLETION AT WALSALL INDUSTRIAL PARK
Work on two speculative industrial units at a Walsall business park is nearing completion, with agents for the scheme reporting significant interest levels in the opportunities. Leftfield Park, located close to Junction 10 of the M6, comprises of two high-specification units suitable for a range of occupiers on a leasehold basis,… Read More
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR SEES RATEABLE VALUES HIKED BY UP TO 70 PER CENT AS 2023 DRAFT RATING LIST IS PUBLISHED
The Valuation Office has issued the 2023 Draft Rating List, with business rates specialists at Harris Lamb seeing hikes of up to 70 per cent in some sectors as six years’ worth of activity has been assessed. The inevitable effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have seen significant increases in… Read More