A further instruction for Touchstone Residential
Touchstone Residential are proud to announce that they have received further management instructions from the Bovis Joint Venture. Bovis JV are very happy with the level of service Touchstone have...
Touchstone News
Residential
Can Britain’s empty homes be returned to residential use?
Jon Clark, director of Touchstone says: “Two property issues of the moment are empty homes and the demise of the high street and there is actually an interesting link between the two. There is a...
Residential
Former Gordon Brown adviser to lead private rented sector investment review
Housing minister Grant Shapps has announced that Sir Adrian Montague will lead a review of barriers to investment in private rented homes.
His review will examine how best to encourage greater...
Residential
Portas Forgot to ‘Look Up’
Mary Portas missed a trick in her review of the high street by failing to lift her head beyond the street level shop fronts and consider the impact of empty homes above stores, often controlled by...
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Support for Forever Friends Appeal
Staff at Touchstone’s Bath office have agreed to continue their support of Bath’s Royal United Hospital’s Forever Friends Appeal in 2012 through sponsoring and taking part in the Walk of Life being...
Residential
Tenancy deposit changes will ‘give law more teeth’
Tenancy deposit protection schemes will have more teeth, once changes are implemented next April, says a lawyer.
Olivia Tassell, a property lawyer at Boodle Hatfield, said that courts will be...
Residential
SAFEagent recognised in Government’s Housing Strategy for England
The government has displayed its continued support for SAFEagent by referring to the mark in its new Housing Strategy for England.
In the chapter ‘A thriving private rented sector’*, SAFEagent...
Residential
Ted’s Big Day Out
Touchstone staff recently 'beared' all for the region-wide annual fundraising event 'Ted's Big Day Out! 2011.
Over 50 staff brought their teddies to work and raised over £300.00 through...
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Building to Start in Sierra Leone
Representatives of the Bath office Charity Committee recently travelled to Bakewell to meet with Village Aid to finalise Touchstone's involvement in fund raising to support the work of MMYDA - the...
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Touchstone helps launch new Forever Friends campaign
Following their highly successful campaign to build a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, local charity 'The Forever Friends Appeal' dropped into...
Residential
Bath City FC Foundation Charity
This week has seen the launch of Bath City FC Community Sports Foundation. An initiative that Bath City FC hope will realise increased funding for the club through its activities and projects in...
Residential
Excellent news from Milton Keynes!
A year ago Touchstone’s Milton Keynes office won the contract to manage the residential units connected with Lloyds Pharmacy retail premises, a portfolio of over 300 units. The contract was won...
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Hampset Cricket Club
Young cricketers celebrated another successful summer at Hampset Cricket Club on Friday.
More than 100 junior players attended an awards ceremony and barbecue at the club in Bloomfield Rise,...
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Touchstone manages LIoyds Banking Group Refurbishment Program
Touchstone has recently been instructed by LBG and Jones Lang LaSalle to undertake a major refurbishment program on empty flats above Lloyds, HBOS and Cheltenham and Gloucester branches. The...
Property Industry News
Treasury Holdings “insolvent”, NAMA claims
The Treasury Holdings Group of companies is insolvent and past the point of commercial rescue, the...
UPDATE: SFO allegations against Vincent Tchenguiz emerge in court for the first time
The reasons for the arrest of Vincent Tchenguiz were spelled out in court for the first time today...
Edinburgh Woollen Mill buys Peacocks out of administration
Edinburgh Woollen Mill has bought high street retailer, Peacocks from administrators at KPMG.
Derwent London secures Westminster planning consent
Derwent London has secured planning consent to redevelop a disused cinema in London’s Westbourne...
Lend Lease unveils Elephant & Castle plans
Lend Lease today opened a four-day public exhibition of its plans to regenerate the Heygate Estate...
Tchenguiz brothers granted judicial review over SFO raid
Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz have been granted a judicial review of the circumstances surrounding...
Mucklow’s NAV falls in half year
A&J Mucklow suffered a 3% drop in its net asset value in the six months to 31 December.
MPC disagreed on amount of QE
Seven members of the Monetary Policy Committee voted in favour of the Bank of England financing a...
