The South East’s attractiveness as an investment destination proved resilient amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with the region seeing a decline in projects in line with the overall UK and European markets and recording the fourth highest number of projects out of all parts of the...
The UK has consistently attracted considerable overseas investment and has a long and successful history of trade with the rest of the world. In light of this, PwC is pleased to share the new edition of our “Doing business and investing in the UK'' guide, providing...
For the fourth consecutive year Oxford and Reading have been ranked as the top performing UK cities on PwC’s Good Growth for Cities 2020 report. This year’s Good Growth for Cities 2020 report, published January 2021, looks into the economic impact of coronavirus on local and regional...
The importance of digital technology, health and wellbeing investment has grown amid the pandemic, providing a boost in attractiveness for the South East as a destination for foreign direct investors, according to the recently published EY UK Attractiveness Survey report. The report found that these...
A new multi-million pound, 1,200m2 Innovation Centre has opened in Buckinghamshire based in the Aylesbury Vale Enterprise Zone. The Westcott Innovation Centre is partly funded by the Local Growth Fund and Aylesbury Vale Enterprise Zone through the Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and managed by Satellite...
In what was a challenging year for the wider property market, UK Industrial & Logistics was remarkably resilient in 2019. Supported by positive fundamentals and structural change, the sector is well-placed to weather the storm posed by the COVID-19 pandemic relatively well and remain the...
In October 2019, MEPC confirmed that the 138,000 sqft speculative development scheme at its high-tech business estate, Silverstone Park, will be increased to 258,000 sqft due to market demand. The construction of the development is underway and MEPC have released stunning imagery and aerial footage that...
The South East office market is both resilient and adaptable to accelerated change in demand, according to Lambert Smith Hampton’s (LSH) 2020 South East Office Report. Just as momentum was building in the wake of last December’s decisive election result, drastic measures to contain a global...
Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership (Bucks LEP) has launched its new website, which aims to provide latest information on key developments across Buckinghamshire’s Enterprise Zones. Since 2016 the Aylesbury Vale Enterprise Zone has provided an enormous boost to help Buckinghamshire grow its existing businesses and attract and...
The South East retains its place in the top three UK regions for total FDI projects according to the EY Attractiveness survey. The annual EY report examines the performance and perceptions of the UK and its regions as destinations for FDI, and this year includes...