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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
HARRIS LAMB CELEBRATES 100% APC SUCCESS RATE AS TWO FURTHER SURVEYORS ACHIEVE MRICS STATUS
Harris Lamb is celebrating the success of two of its team having passed their APC certifications to become RICS-qualified surveyors, putting the business’ achievement rate for the year at 100 per cent. Becky Thomas, of the business’ Commercial Agency team, and Josie Hobbs, who works within the Planning Consultancy, each… Read More
PROTECTED SPECIES EXPERT CRAIG GREENWELL JOINS HARRIS LAMB’S ECOLOGY TEAM
Harris Lamb has enhanced its dedicated environmental consultancy with the appointment of experienced ecologist Craig Greenwell. Craig joins the business from FPCR Environment and Design Ltd, where he was an Associate Ecologist. Dr Holly Smith, Director, said: “The environmental arm of the business is flourishing as clients are increasingly aware… Read More
HARRIS LAMB’S RATING TEAM WELCOMES EXTENDED SUPPORT FOR HOSPITALITY, LEISURE AND RETAIL SECTOR ANNOUNCED IN AUTUMN STATEMENT 22
Business Rates specialists at Harris Lamb have welcomed the Autumn Statement unveiled by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt today. The much-anticipated announcement today has outlined a raft of plans aimed at helping ratepayers, with particular support being aimed at the much-beleaguered hospitality, leisure and retail sector. Key takeaways include a freeze on… Read More
HARRIS LAMB MARKETS 90,000 SQ FT CITY CENTRE OPPORTUNITY IN STOKE
Commercial agents at Harris Lamb have been instructed to source new occupiers for a former outdoor pursuits site with almost 500 car parking spaces in Hanley. The former Go Outdoors unit on New Hall Street has a 92,431 sq ft floor space, with 480 undercroft parking spaces spread over three… Read More
HARRIS LAMB APPOINTED TO LET PRIME OFFICE OPPORTUNITY AT WORCESTER SIX
Commercial agents at Harris Lamb have been instructed to let a high-specification office building at one of the Midlands’ premium business parks. The business has been instructed by ZwickRoell to source an occupier for Unit 10B on Worcester Six Business Park. The brand-new office building is arranged over three floors… Read More
HARRIS LAMB INSTRUCTED TO SELL FREEHOLD INDUSTRIAL LAND PARCEL IN DERBYSHIRE
Agents at Harris Lamb are marketing a 1.85-acre parcel of industrial land at the heart of an established commercial site in Derbyshire, and anticipate high enquiry levels from both occupiers and developers. The undeveloped land in Alfreton has potential for a variety of uses to include open storage or the… Read More
HARRIS LAMB BRINGS SEVEN-STOREY OFFICE BUILDING IN BURTON ON TRENT TO MARKET
Commercial agents at Harris Lamb have been instructed to let a seven-storey office building in Burton-on-Trent. Located in the heart of the town centre, Crown House was previously occupied by the DWP, and is available to let as a whole or in parts from April next year. Andrew Groves, who… Read More