A brand new health centre in Altrincham, Greater Manchester is being converted into office space because the healthcare organisations set to occupy it have decided they cannot afford the rents. The £24m building, the Altrincham Wellbeing Centre, was intended to be a healthcare hub for Trafford. A range of services were expected to occupy the…
There is a skills shortage in the construction industry and this could affect the Manchester property market, suggested a Manchester Evening News article last month. Visitors to Manchester city centre see many tower cranes working on more than 30 major new construction projects. There is, however, a shortage of plasterers, project managers and joiners and…
The CEO of hosting company UKFast, Lawrence Jones, decided to celebrate the one year anniversary of TechManchester by donating a year’s free office space in Manchester to BizzleIt, a new tech start-up business. He said that this was as his way of giving back to the Manchester community. Start-up tech companies need incubator space where…
Mark Wright, 2014 winner of the BBC television program The Apprentice, bagged more than a £250,000 investment and partnership in his digital company from Lord Alan Sugar. He also convinced the business magnate that Manchester is an excellent place to set up office space. After successfully trading for two years, Wright decided that he wanted…
Many tech firms are moving to Manchester, attracted by affordable office space and a skilled workforce. There are many offices spaces in Manchester that are fitted out to a high standard with high-speed internet access. For tech companies that do not want to commit to long leases, flexible office spaces provide workspaces that can be…
At the North West Development Plans Conference in July 2018, delegates will look at the many new office developments taking place in the region. The Government is supporting the conference because it wants more foreign investors to invest in Manchester. Projects such as Trafford Waters, Media City UK, and Stockport Exchange are providing lots of…
The Manchester Office Agents Forum has revealed that the take-up of office space in Manchester city centre for the first quarter of 2018 was 442,083 square feet, which is more than double the amount of the first quarter of 2017. There were 82 large office space transactions completed in the first three months of 2018….
An innovative new idea is to use restaurant tables as co-working office spaces during their quiet periods. Office space in Manchester has adapted to changing work patterns. Co-working office spaces have opened in the city to cater for people who do not want the long-term commitment of a long office lease. WeWork has two offices…
WeWork, a leading provider of co-working space, has opened an office space in Manchester. Speaking at a BusinessCloud meeting in Manchester in February 2018, Will Lewis of OBI Property said that this was a” game-changer” for Manchester office space. He described WeWork as “disrupters”, although in a positive sense, meaning office property landlords in Manchester…
Deloitte’s latest Crane Survey has revealed that 1.5 million sq. ft of office space in Manchester is under construction. Six large schemes were started in 2017 to make this a record period for office space construction in the city. The largest project is Circle Square, managed by the Bruntwood and Select Property Group. The two…
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