After 21 years, pladis, one of the world’s leading snacking companies, will be relocating its global head office to Chiswick Park, in the summer of 2021. pladis brands include McVitie’s and Jacob’s. The company employs 16,000 worldwide and operates 25 baking locations. The new office will...
LondonMetric Property has bought a logistics warehouse in Alperton. The 20,000 sq ft warehouse has been acquired for £7.7 million. It is currently let to Ford as a service and parts centre and has been comprehensively refurbished. The building is just outside the A406 North Circular...
Oxenwood Real Estate and its joint venture partner Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) have acquired a 4.7-acre site at 16 Eastman Road in Acton, currently home to Freshways. The joint venture, which was set up at the beginning of 2017, targets value-add logistics opportunities in the...
Romulus has said that it has successfully completed the refinancing of one its flagship Hammersmith office building. The group own and manage over 700,000 sq ft of prime office, retail, hotel and leisure space in London and America. They have secured a £55 million refinancing from...
A sequencing laboratory for COVID mutant monitoring has been temporarily installed on the Gateway East site at White City Place to help in the fight against the pandemic. This is located alongside a larger installation also today of rapid response shipping-container laboratories for COVID19 PCR...
The Hammersmith Business Improvement District is seeking re-election, as it has to every five years. All businesses within the BID area will decide if they want the organisation to continue its work around Hammersmith town centre. The BID has consulted with those businesses and published a...
Harrow Council, working with Barnet Council, is consulting on a planning document which hopes to shape the future of Edgware town centre. The Draft Edgware Growth Area Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) sets out the planning framework to support the redevelopment of key sites aiming to reinforce...
A new development by Bollo Lane in Acton has been given the go-ahead by Ealing Council, and will provide hundreds of new high-quality and affordable homes in the local area. The masterplan, designed in collaboration with architects HOK and East and engineers Mott MacDonald, covers a...
Businesses across Brent are being invited to take part in two Meet the Buyer events that are being held virtually in January and February. Square Stone Hub and United Living are looking to meet Brent-based suppliers virtually and agree contracts to help them deliver their developments...
Cllr Ian Edwards has been appointed the new Leader of Hillingdon Council. Cllr Edwards, who was elected as a councillor in 2014, has replaced Cllr Sir Ray Puddifoot MBE - the council's longest serving leader. In October 2020, Cllr Puddifoot announced his intention to stand down....