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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – office market update Q2 2026

Office attendance has stabilised at just over three days a week, concentrated Tuesday to Thursday.

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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – retail market update Q2 2026

The hot weather and the football World Cup supported food, drink, electrical and seasonal purchases in July, according to the BRC Retail Sales Monitor.

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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – industrial market update Q2 2026

Warehousing output, manufacturing output and imports, grew by 0.7% and by 5.2% y-on-y in the three months to the end of March.

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Prime London & UK rental market update Q3 2026

Constrained supply and steady rental demand continued to underpin rental growth in Q2, despite significant regulatory and tax changes affecting landlords.

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Prime London & UK sales market update Q3 2026

Prime London house prices continued to soften in Q2, with values down 3.1% year-on-year as higher borrowing costs, geopolitical uncertainty and potential tax changes weighed on market sentiment.

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Economic update Q3 2026

Andy Burnham has stepped into his new role as Prime Minister amid a more turbulent geopolitical backdrop in the Middle East, meanwhile the country is waiting to find out how he intends to deliver UK economic growth.

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Digital connectivity report 2026: On the right track

We commissioned YouGov to carry out two wide-ranging surveys of MPs and consumers, and found a gap between expectation and reality. Consumers experience regular frustration with mobile connectivity, while MPs are hearing frequently from constituents about slow or variable broadband.

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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – retail market update Q1 2026

An early Easter provided a much-needed boost to food sales, according to the BRC Retail Sales Monitor.

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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – industrial market update Q1 2026

There is little new pressure on logistics and industrial take-up from online retail.

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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – office market update Q1 2026

Average UK office occupancy reached 44.2% in February, the highest level since the survey began in May 2021.

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