January 2014

Qatar, the state that many are familiar with simply because of World Cup weather-related controversy, is in fact a major contributor to London’s investment in terms of commercial property.  The state, which has an official ‘Qatar Vision’ to coherently develop its wealth and assets (both financial and human) over the...

In the depths of the recession, investors stayed well clear of commercial property, residential property appearing to be much more of a safer avenue to go down.  It is well noted that when an economy is in terrible straits, the commercial sector of property will obviously suffer the most, being...

This time last year the economy in the UK was looking uncertain, having not long avoided a triple-dip recession. However, in the London commercial property market faith overcame caution, and with the instability in Europe, the UK capital was soon to be seen as the safe place to invest by...

While the news and forecasts over recent weeks have focused on improvements in the UK economy, we are gradually seeing evidence on the ground that this is the case. While the numbers of start-ups requiring space – whether leased or serviced offices – are noticeably on the up, also of...

2013 has been referred to as the year of the start-ups and here at Morgan Pryce we have worked alongside many start-up companies in assisting them in their office acquisition. Now it seems that 2014 is set to be a different kind of year, where these start-up businesses will now...

While 2013 held much good news in terms of the property market, one controversial aspect was the introduction by the government of a change to the planning laws. This played out during much of last year, eventually being passed and allowing an expansion of the permitted development legislation whereby no...

If the word on the property-market street is to be believed, 2014 is set to look good for investors in the UK capital, continuing a trend that just got stronger during 2013.  While 2012 economically was still suffering somewhat from the effects of the worldwide financial crisis, last year saw...