New plans to turn empty bar and restaurant into fourth Jobcentre in city centre leicestermercury.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from leicestermercury.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bothwell Street OFFICE take-up in Glasgow was the highest since the start of 2020 while Edinburgh city centre saw the largest number of deals since 2018, figures for the second quarter show. Total take-up during Q2 in Glasgow city centre was 142,821 sq ft – down 13 per cent on the 10-year average, and Edinburgh city centre take-up amounted to 137,705 sq ft, down on the 10-year average by 4%, real estate advisor Avison Young said. The largest deal of the quarter in Glasgow was 35,787 sq ft to Instant Managed Offices Ltd c/o DWP at 200 Renfield Street, while BNP Paribas took the 20,700 sq ft first floor of 177 Bothwell Street.
UK Government set to open job centre in former newspaper offices FORMER newspaper offices on Renfield Street are set to be turned into a temporary job centre by the UK Government. Glasgow City Council has granted permission for the building – which was home to the Glasgow Times until last year – to be converted. The Department for Work and Pensions confirmed the city is being considered for a new centre but would not provide further information for “commercial reasons”. With unemployment predicted to continue rising due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK Government is taking on 13,500 new work coaches. Some of the staff will be housed in 80 temporary job centres across the UK.