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Work to start on first phase of Plasdŵr
The first phase of Plasdŵr, Cardiff’s £2billion garden city, is due to get underway, with the construction of highway improvement works and site entrance to be followed by the start…
£10 Million Rate Relief Scheme
More details of the £10 million retail relief scheme revealed by the Welsh Government
Retailers meet Alun Cairns MP to voice concerns about business rates
Worried retailers and small business owners from Cowbridge, Llantwit Major and Barry attended a meeting on the 2017 Business Rate Revaluation at The Bear Hotel in Cowbridge on 13th February.…
New tax and borrowing powers for Welsh Government
The Wales Act 2017 received Royal Assent on 31 January 2017 and is now an Act of Parliament, although the majority of changes will not come into force until 2018.…
Highs and lows of Cardiff office market
Just three years after hitting its lowest level in almost two decades, Cardiff’s office market rose to a record high in 2016. Office take-up reached almost 686,000 sq ft, the…
NPS saves public organisations time and money
In autumn 2015, Cooke & Arkwright was successful in gaining a place on the National Procurement Service (NPS) Construction Consultancy (Infrastructure & Estates) Framework for the provision of Estates Professional…