Michelle Rodger: Community spirit as businesses put on a united front - Scotland on Sunday Online

A CURIOUS phenomenon is emerging from the lengthy shadows of the credit crunch: businesses are beginning to recognise the opportunities in helping each other trade their way ...
Source: scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-10-14 15:35 UK commercial property values shed 2.9 pct in Sept (Interactive Investor)
LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - British commercial property values fell by another 2.9 percent in September, taking the market's fall since June 2007's bull market highs to more than 24 percent, benchmark data showed on Tuesday. The data from investment property Databank (IPD) was based on a sample of 1,486 properties owned by property fund managers and property firms with a combined value of 39.28 ...
Source: www.iii.co.uk

13 million to buy unsold homes for affordable housing - eGov Monitor
A £13 million deal to buy unsold homes off the market to use as affordable housing is being announced today, as part of the Government's programme of action to tackle current ...
Source: www.egovmonitor.com

house building figures fall by half - InsideHousing
house builders are applying to construct fewer than half the homes they were planning to a year ago. The latest figures from the National house Building Council show applications ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk