News & Views - 2020
The latest news, events and insights in the Wales property world

Wally’s sets its store in Royal Arcade
Wally’s, Cardiff’s best-known deli, has confirmed that it has renewed the lease on its long-established delicatessen and kaffeehaus in Royal Arcade, Cardiff. The lease had come to the end of…

New Burger King drive-thru opens in Barry Waterfront
A new-build Burger King drive-thru restaurant under the management of Unionburger, a franchise of the fast food giant, has opened in a prime location fronting Ffordd Mileniwm Road in Barry…

RICS recommends lifting of Material Valuation Uncertainty clauses
The Material Valuation Uncertainty Leaders Forum set up by the RICS have today issued an update recommending a general “lifting” of Material Valuation Uncertainty clauses for “all UK real estate,…

Monster award for Retail & Leisure team
Cooke & Arkwright’s Retail & Leisure agency has been named a Q2 2020 CoStar Awards Quarterly Deals winner. The award, which is in recognition of the ‘expertise and dedication of…

Introducing Tom Rees
Our ‘Meet the Team’ series continues with an introduction to Thomas Rees, who is a Surveyor within the Property Management department. Tom deals with commercial property from single buildings to…

Greggs’ appetite for growth continues
Cooke & Arkwright’s Retail & Leisure team continue to work alongside Greggs plc in its shop acquisitions across South Wales. Ten new sites were secured in 2019, six new shops…