Offices

"A number of pre-lets result in an active first quarter for the City"

"Strong take-up at the end of Q1 following initial slow start to 2018"

"£220m of venture capital investment was deployed in the UK's cybersecurity sector during 2017, the strongest year on record and a 116% increase on 2016"

" The above-average performance of Germany’s office markets continued in 2016. This resulted in the highest take-up since 2007, rising rents and diminishing availability. In central locations in particular, demand is significantly greater than the supply. Consequently, many occupiers are shifting to the next best locations or further out into the periphery, causing an increasing supply shortage and rising rents in these submarkets. While it remains to be seen how new office concepts will impact occupation of office space, demand is not expected to decline for the time being. Growth in new-build office space remains below average. As a result, there will be no meaningful improvement in the supply shortage over the coming years. Occupiers should, therefore, take a proactive approach by extending existing leases prematurely or becoming owner-occupiers. "

"Two big pre-lets help keep the strong levels of demand continue into 2018"

"Significantly high level of space under offer despite slow start to 2018"