A couple more items and again via Reuters

Earlier:

Demand to rent UK commercial property falls to 5-year low - RICS

  • The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said on Thursday that its gauge of commercial tenants' demand for property fell to -2 for the second quarter of 2017, its lowest reading since the third quarter of 2012
  • "The commercial property market has enjoyed a good run and it is hardly surprising that we are now seeing a flatter trend emerge ... which chimes both with recent economic newsflow and the political environment" RICS's chief economist Simon Rubinsohn

Full Reuters article is here: Demand to rent UK commercial property falls to five-year low - RICS

Large British employers gave staff an average 2 percent annual pay rise in the three months to the end of June, unchanged since the end of 2016, a report from pay analysts XpertHR said on Thursday

  • "Despite elevated inflation levels and low unemployment, organisations' ability to pay, combined with economic uncertainty, are continuing to keep pay increases in check," said XpertHR analyst Sheila Atwood

I'll get some links up ASAP for more details ... here we go: UK pay settlements stick at 2 percent in June - XpertHR