News & Views
The latest news, events and insights in the Wales property world
Positive steps for Port Talbot
Fourteen thousand square feet of new office units recently developed at Brunel Park in Port Talbot by Deryn Properties are attracting good attention from potential occupiers including tech firms. With…
Spring 2016 proving very active for Cooke & Arkwright’s Investment team
Cooke & Arkwright’s investment team is being kept busy with the volume of office and retail property it has disposed of or is marketing for sale at its highest volume…
Surveyor in Land Agency named alumni ‘Graduate of the Month’
Rhian Howells, Surveyor with our Land Agency, is Henley Business School's Alumni 'Graduate of the Month' for May 2016. She studied Real Estate & Planning at the Reading University business…
Strong bidding for landmark St Athan’s building at auction
Over £1.25m was raised when 70% of Lots were sold at Cooke & Arkwright’s property auction on behalf of the Welsh Government and other clients on 27th April. The auction,…
Welsh Planning Law diverges further from English law
The Planning (Wales) Act 2015 further differentiates the planning systems in Wales and England and forms a key element of the Welsh Government’s ‘Positive Planning’ reform agenda. Many of the…
Cardiff businesses BID for influence and change
Cardiff is one of the last cities in the UK not to have a Business Improvement District -BID (Swansea has just voted to keep its BID for another five years),…