Following the Covid-19 Pandemic which saw the hospitality industry grind to a halt, many owners and operators have been working hard to revive pre-pandemic business levels, with others having used the time to reflect and make the decision to sell their hotel business. At Graham + Sibbald, our established UK team of Hotel + Leisure…
An Aberdeen trade park is close to being fully occupied after strong demand for space despite the economic fallout from the pandemic. Following on from recent pre-lets, only one unit now remains available at The Crescent, Knight Property Group’s trade counter park development in the suburb of Westhill. The park was built speculatively by Knight…
While there is no doubt that the Coronavirus pandemic brought a challenging year for the UK Hotel + Leisure market, Graham + Sibbald are still here for you to provide valuation, acquisition and disposal services and support. Read our full review here
House prices and home sales activity increased in Scotland last month, according to a monthly survey. A new balance of 53 percent of respondents in Scotland in the December Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey reported rising prices. The number of newly agreed sales in Scotland was also higher for 15 percent…
Following on from my previous blogs on “mothballing” your business and redesigning on a budget, I want to follow up with something that everyone can be doing now, even though their businesses are closed. For many years now I have looked at hundreds of businesses a year and seen a wide range of gross profit…
With the recent news that the government has authorised the use of a Covid-19 vaccine there seems, at last, to be light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Unfortunately, it is also clear that the next few months will remain extremely challenging for all businesses, especially the independent hotel and leisure sector. Indeed, recent…
In the past few days, I have seen a growing number of requests from various industry bodies looking for a date for the reopening of hotels and leisure businesses in Scotland. I wanted to make sure that everyone understood why this is crucial for the sector as a whole and why everyone should get behind…
With the impact of COVID – 19 being felt across all sectors of the real estate market, we set out our initial observations and analysis of the effects that this pandemic is having on the Student Accommodation sector. And whilst there are big challenges ahead over the next 18 months, we remain positive about the…
We have now put in place plans for all our offices for a safe return to work. These follow guidelines intended to mitigate the risk of infection in the workplace. Our Building Surveying division incorporates a highly skilled Architectural Team and we are well placed to help meet the needs of your organisation We are…
Hotel + Leisure Market Blog Covid-19 – There are still buyers out there….. Apart from stating the obvious – that no one really knows where we are and what is happening – Clients, Buyers, Stakeholders and even my wife all regularly ask me what the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown has been on the market…
