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News Stories for November  2008

  GVA GRIMLEY IDENTIFIES TEN JOB HOT SPOTS IN THE THAMES GATEWAY THAT COULD CREATE 60,000 NEW JOBS
GVA Grimley’s fourth Thames Gateway report – Centrifugal Force: The Role of Town Centres in the Thames Gateway – examines ten towns in the Thames Gateway and concludes that the main town centres, which make up 50% of the total Thames Gateway population, are the major employment destinations in the regions, not the growth of local town centres as many argue.  26/11/2008

  EMPTY RATE RELIEF – EMPTY GESTURE SAYS GVA GRIMLEY
In his pre-Budget report, Alistair Darling said that from next April, empty commercial buildings with a rateable value of less than £15,000 would be exempt from the tax. Claire Paraskeva a Director in GVA Grimley’s Leeds office, gives her reaction.  24/11/2008

  GVA GRIMLEY DOES THE DOUBLE
GVA Grimley's Birmingham office picked up two awards at last week’s Insider awards.  24/11/2008

  12 WISHES FOR 12 CHILDREN ACROSS 12 OFFICES IN 12 MONTHS
All twelve UK offices of property consultants GVA Grimley have teamed up with children’s charity Round Table Children’s Wish to make 12 wishes happen for 12 children with life-threatening illnesses throughout 2009.  10/11/2008

  WESTFIELD LONDON HAS ARRIVED
One of the UK's largest shopping and leisure centres "Westfield London" opened its doors recently at White City, London. GVA Second London Wall have been the Project Managers and Employers Agents on this huge development since 2001 and from 2003 have maintained a full-time resident project team. The scale of the project is vast by any measure and its opening is a tremendous achievement for all involved. Over 20 million visitors are expected annually.  03/11/2008

  SUPPLY INCREASES, DEMAND STAGNANT, RENTS FALL
GVA Grimley’s Q3 Central London Office Commentary report reveals that in the third quarter of 2008, central London take-up totalled 2.1million sq ft, an improvement on the last quarter, but still down 17% on the five-year quarterly average of 2.5 million sq ft and 22% down on the 10-year quarterly average of 2.7 million sq ft.  02/11/2008

  GVA GRIMLEY ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO ITS 2009 GRADUATE PROGRAMME
For the last seven years GVA Grimley has run a structured recruitment programme from October to January and has allocated a set number of places for new graduates each year. We currently have over 150 graduates in training across our business in the UK.  01/11/2008




For further information on these news items or if you have a press enquiry, please contact Edward Dewar, Public Relations Manager on the following Direct Dial: 020 7911 2664 Email: edward.dewar@gvagrimley.co.uk National Number: 08449 02 03 04 Fax: 020 7911 2560

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