SHW has been appointed as Commercial Portfolio Estate Manager for Brighton & Hove City Council to support the Council’s portfolio of over 650 commercial properties across the region.

The South East development market has opened with heightened activity on the back of base rate reductions last year, according to SHW’s Q1 2026 South East Development Focus.

Take up across the South East office market was relatively slow in 2024, after an improved 2023, with just the Brighton area bucking the trend, seeing an increase in transactions, according to SHW’s Q1 2025 South East Office Focus.

This year to date has seen a slow take up across the South East office market after an improved 2023, according to SHW’s Q3 2024 South East Office Focus. However, Brighton has been an exception to this trend.

The government announced at the Spring Budget on 6th March 2024 that there would be changes in how owners of empty commercial property can reduce their business rates liability.

Rents continue to be robust and in many locations are rising across the South East industrial market

SHW announces the intake of two Senior Architects following its merger with WSW Consultancy Limited.