All posts tagged "Shopping is History"
Shopping is History
A list of retailers and businesses with numerous branches that have entered administration and/or rescued and/or downsizing since 2003 and before. ABC and Year
Brent Cross Shopping Centre
(2025 Jun ) – News that Hammerson have bought Standard Life’s (Abrdn) 95% interest in the Brent Cross Shopping Centre in NW London and are now working on buying from another a further 3% interest so as to own 100%, led me to read about the Centre on Wikipedia. I know a lot of about […]
Potted history to provide a sense of place
(2025 May) – Currently, I’m acting as expert witness for a head lessee of a block of shops in a village near St Albans. It’s an unusual rent review involving a dispute with the freeholder about the amount of ground rent. Despite a previous review involving different parties, there is no documentation on how the […]
Company News
(1984 Dec) – It cannot come as much surprise to learn that Motorist Discount Centre, with some 300 shops selling motor accessories, has gone into receivership. With the notable exception of Kwik-Save, the northern-based supermarket group, nominal capital commitment to shop fitting is often a sign of a short-term trading philosophy. The acquisition of Cullens, […]