News & Views
The latest news, events and insights in the Wales property world
Business Space Q1 2024 Market Reports
The first quarter of 2024 has seen a strong start with significantly more office transactions across Cardiff and consistent level of industrial take up through South Wales.
Cooke & Arkwright Secure Lease for Esquires Coffee in Newport
Esquires Coffee was founded in 1993 in British Columbia by two entrepreneurial business graduates who wanted to serve the best coffee to their community. Now, they are a globally recognised…
Business Rates – 12 months on are the changes too complicated? Update on Check, Challenge, Appeal in Wales 12 months into the new system
From 1st April 2023 a new rating appeal system was adopted in Wales, which broadly replicates the Check, Challenge, Appeal (CCA) system introduced in England in 2017.
Mark Siddons secures large letting for Imperial House
Mark Siddons, Associate Director in Cooke & Arkwright’s Business Space team, has completed the letting of Imperial House, Newport (26,672 sq.ft), acting on behalf of the landlord Somerset District Council.
Fire Prevention in Commercial Buildings
In recent months, there have been a number of high-profile fires in industrial units in South Wales (Rogerstone, Treforest and most recently Bridgend). Events such as this, regardless of the…
Further change ahead for ratepayers
The Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill is currently making its way through the Senedd. If enacted in its current form, it will set in motion some fundamental changes to rating…