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Rapleys Retail Outlook: AI, experience, partnerships and M&A to drive retail trends in 2026
– Christmas trading winners had strong brands, well-managed inventory and integrated physical/digital channels – Renewed physical retail demand will continue in 2026 alongside renewed investor confidence in foodstores and growth in travel retail This outlook highlights the continuation in 2026 of a number of ongoing trends with the shift towards experience-led
Mark Frostick: Forecourt Property Insights
Mark Frostick, Associate Partner in Automotive, Roadside and Future Fuels at Rapleys, said: “2025 was another year in Forecourt property dominated by big demand for new sites but a lack of supply.
Will Labour’s planning reforms spell the end of nimbyism?
In mid-December the Government interrupted many a planning office Christmas party with draft changes to national planning policy, as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (the “NPPF”).
Time to ‘speed up the speeding up’ of Planning, and take advantages of any improvements whilst they last
Planning in London has, like all other cities and regions, seen a slowdown in housing delivery, in part because of issues in the planning system.
An Alternatives View 2025
Insights into the UK’s alternative assets
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