The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a campaign with property industry charity LandAid* to raise over £2 million in the biggest ever fundraising campaign for the charity. The funds will contribute to ending youth homelessness across the South West and will provide secure and affordable bed spaces in the region.
As part of RICS’ 150th anniversary in 2018, the...
The South West of England is home to some of Brits' ultimate “happy places”, according to a new study.
New research from SACO, The Serviced Apartment Company polled UK holidaymakers to discover the places in the UK which evoke special memories and ultimately make us “happy”.
The poll of 1,500 British adults revealed that Cornwall is our top ‘go-to’ holiday destination for...
Transaction based price index slips for a third successive report Headline demand continues to decline but conditions vary depending on land quality Twelve-month price expectations still negative but only modestly in the South West.
Subdued demand for farmland coupled with falling land prices and a lack of new supply across the rural sector sees calls for more post-Brexit clarity from...
South West-based Energy consultancy IU Energy has been named as ‘Regional Consultancy of the Year’ at a major awards ceremony in London last night.
The company were singled out by a prestigious judging panel at the TELCA Awards 2017 – Energy Live News’ annual celebration of excellence in energy consultancy.
The panel, which included senior energy public and private sector...
A BBC South West documentary which charted the weight loss attempts of two Plymouth-based taxi drivers is to receive a national TV premiere on BBC One on Monday, 19 June at 7:30pm.
Aired on BBC South West in April 2016, Supersize Cabbies followed the fat-busting fortunes of Roger Laughton and Mike Davis from Plymouth taxi company Need A Cab as they embarked on a six-week community...
Enquiries from new buyers, new instructions from those wanting to sell, and agreed sales in the South West’s housing market declined once again last month, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey. In addition, price growth also lost momentum and is predicted to slow further over the next three months.
Although a fall in property coming on to the market is a recurring...
A leading charity has expressed deep concerns over access to oral healthcare in the South West, as new research reveals an estimated 432,000 people living across the region are facing a 40-mile round-trip to be seen by a dentist.
An investigation by the Oral Health Foundation also shows more than one in four (27%) live further than ten miles away from their current dental practice,...
Momentum is continuing to ebb in the South West housing market as both newly agreed sales and buyer interest remains flat in April. The results of the RICS UK Residential Market Survey, April 2017, general consensus point to new instructions continue to drop in the region. Anecdotal evidence cites a lack of choice; uncertainty due to the calling of an early election; and the ramifications of...
The South West housing market appears to have lost impetus, despite new buyer enquiries rising in March. The number of properties coming on to the market dropped further, and consequently respondents to the March 2017 RICS UK Residential Market Survey in the region have reduced predictions for sales growth in the year ahead.
Demand across the South West remains reasonably healthy,...
The RSPCA investigated 27,019 animal cruelty cases in the South West last year - a rise of more than 5% compared to the previous 12 months.
These include the case of Max - an eight-year-old West Highland terrier (pictured) who was left to suffer for more than a year with a tumour so bad it was described as ‘like something out of a horror film’ by an RSPCA inspector.
