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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
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
STOCK SHORTAGE INCREASES AS TWO FURTHER BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS PARKS REACH FULL CAPACITY
Harris Lamb has successfully concluded two new lettings at two industrial estates in Birmingham to bring them up to full occupancy, leading the agent make a plea to developers and landlords to meet the increasing demand for high quality stock in the region. Acting on behalf of… Read More
EVERYTHING LOOKS ROSY IN COVENTRY
Harris Lamb has let shops in a popular Coventry retail location to two brand new businesses. Two units on the Daventry Road Parade have been taken on by newly-launched florist Daisy’s Flower Boutique and mobile phone and accessories retailer Get Connected. David Walton,… Read More
ROEBUCK COMPLETES UDDINGTON PORTFOLIO SALE WITH SUPPORT FROM HARRIS LAMB
Roebuck Asset Management has sold the last two remaining industrial assets within the Uddington Portfolio, raising a total of £25m from the disposals over the last 12 months. Harris Lamb oversaw Midlands assets within the portfolio. Roebuck was appointed asset manager of the Uddington Portfolio in 2010, having originally acquired… Read More
EASY, TIGER
A select few of the Harris Lamb ladies were delighted to attend a fundraising dinner in aid of Rugby For Heroes and the Matt Hampson Foundation this week. Held at Leicester Tigers’ Welford Road home, the Ladies event was the first in the… Read More
PUBLICANS SET FOR BEER RATE FREEZE AND RURAL RATE RELIEF BOOST FOLLOWING CHANCELLOR’S AUTUMN STATEMENT
Sadly, few licensees will have much to toast following the Philip Hammonds first – and last – Autumn Statement. Aside from a freeze on beer duty, the most notable inclusions in the announcement were incentives for small businesses and good news for rural rates relief. Those pubs located… Read More
DEMAND FOR BLACK COUNTRY STOCK STILL HIGH AS WOLVERHAMPTON WAREHOUSE SITES SELL FOR £4M
Harris Lamb has sold two major warehouse sites in Wolverhampton for almost £4,000,000, further demonstrating the continuing demand for industrial stock within the region. Local wholesaler Absolute Apparel and Building & Plumbing Supplies (BPS) have each taken on manufacturing and distribution facilities at the Racecourse Road Industrial Estate. Read More
HARRIS LAMB LETS PUMP STREET STORE TO WORCESTER RETAILER REEFS
Skate- and surf-wear retailer Reefs has opened the doors at its new premises in Worcester city centre after negotiating a lease with Harris Lamb. The independent store, which has been trading in the city for more than 20 years, has relocated from the Crown Gate Shopping… Read More
HARRIS LAMB SECURES EXTENDED HOURS PERMISSION TO AID GROWTH FOR SOLIDOR
Harris Lamb has helped safeguard over 200 jobs in Stoke after successfully securing planning consent for extended opening hours on behalf of Solidor. The planning team provided planning advice to the business in order to increase operating hours at Solidor’s Smithpool Road site so that the manufacturer could deploy a… Read More
SURVIVAL OF WELDON UNITED FC SECURED AS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON OLD GROUND IS SET TO GO AHEAD
A proposal for a housing development put forward by Harris Lamb Planning Consultancy that will secure the relocation and survival of a Northamptonshire football club has been given the green light. Acting on behalf of Mulberry Developments, the planning team submitted a planning application to build 27… Read More