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British Council of Shopping Centres names CEO

British Council of Shopping Centres has promoted Edward Cooke to chief executive, ahead of the organisations “strategic move” to be renamed, rebranded and repositioned at its conference in September. Cooke was previously director of policy and public affairs, where he has become the established face and voice of British Council of Shopping...

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UK shopping centre vacancy rates continue to drop

Vacancies in shopping centres, retail parks and town centres has fallen for the fifth consecutive quarter, according to new data released by the British Council of Shopping Centres and Local Data Company. The data reveals that the vacancy rate at UK shopping centres dropped by 1.6 percent in the second quarter of 2016 compared with the previous...

Retail

UK shopping centre vacancy rate continues to fall

Vacancy rates across UK shopping centres dropped for the third consecutive quarter in a row at the end of last year, accord to the latest figures from the British Council of Shopping Centres. The data reveals a 0.8 percent fall in vacancies year-on-year for the final quarter of 2015. This follows a decline of 0.8 percent in the previous quarter...

Retail

Shopping centre footfall down on Black Friday

The number of Black Friday shoppers heading to shopping centres and retail parks across the UK fell by 4 percent on last year, according to data released by the British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) and retail intelligence company FootFall. Visitor numbers before 7am showed an increase on last year, with the exception of midnight to 2am,...

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BCSC appoints new chief executive

The British Council of Shopping Centres, the voice of the retail property industry, has appointed John Coyne as its new chief executive. Coyne, currently interim managing director of Improving Health Limited a GP Federation in London, replaces Michael Green, who left in October 2014 after 11 years to join charity Retail Trust as development...