Staffordshire inward investment service hosts breakfast

MAKE It Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire Inward Investment Service hosts a commercial property breakfast at Staffordshire University tomorrow.

Commercial property agents, developers and professional service providers have been invited to the event, which takes place at the university’s science centre, to meet with inward investment leaders to discuss potential opportunities in the county and city.

It will be opened by Paul Richards, deputy vice-chancellor at Staffordshire University and followed by the first guest speaker, John Adlen, director of the office of sustainability for the university who will provide an insight into the new Science Centre and the university’s sustainability research.

This will be followed by an update from the Inward Investment Service before a presentation from Eric Henderson on behalf of the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) discussing the Growing Places Fund.

Cobbetts breakfasts on REITs

LAW firm Cobbetts is staging its latest in a series of breakfast seminars for property professionals tomorrow with a session discussing Real Estate Investment Trusts.

The seminar, which takes place at the firm’s offices in Colmore Circus in Birmingham, is entitled ‘REITs review: Capital markets funding options for the property sector. It will consider recent changes to the UK REIT regime and the outlook for REITs over the next 12 months. A panel of speakers at the event includes Mark Russon, from London Stock Exchange, and Jim Speed, real estate partner at Cobbetts.
 
“REITs have operated in the UK since 2007, and whilst the list of registered UK REITs includes some of the largest listed property companies in the world, growth has been slower than many hoped.  However, with the Finance Act 2012 removing and reducing a number of barriers to entry to the UK REIT regime, 2013 looks like the year that REITs could really take off and we need to ensure that property professionals are equipped and have all the latest information to hand,” said Mr Speed.
 
Those wishing to attend should contact Georgina.smith@cobbetts.com

Dental firm all smiles after new office deal

A FIRM which supplies specialist digital dental imaging equipment to surgeries and hospitals has signed a lease on new offices in Worcester.

Hulbert Dental ICT has signed a three-year deal for unit 8 at the Offerton Barns Business Centre.  The office space, which was marketed by agents Halls Commercial, will provide a central communal base for the company’s five staff members, as well as easy motorway access for their regular commercial commutes.

Tony Hulbert, director at Hulbert Dental ICT, said: “The move seemed a perfect way to mark the company’s 10-year anniversary. There is a demand for new, innovative technology in the dental industry, which will require us to expand our sales team in the future. We chose Offerton Barns because it meets our space requirements as well as providing a pleasant rural office environment for the team.”