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Property problems have been hitting the headlines recently with the scandal of the Members of Parliament who make outrageous claims for their second homes – such as moat-cleaning and payments for non-existing loans.

Industrial Securities says it has some £200m to invest in industrial logistics properties and is looking for sites in the South East, North West and North East.

Data centre operator, Node4 has taken a 26,000 sq ft warehouse at Earnstone Development’s six-acre Normandy Park within Wakefield Europort.

Lambert Smith Hampton and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ Empty Property Rates Survey points to empty rates liability as the biggest single factor in the demolition of industrial buildings at present.

Private healthcare provider Spire Healthcare is expanding its presence at AXA REIM’s Stonebridge Cross Business Park, Pointon Way, Droitwich, by taking a further industrial unit on the park in Worcestershire.

Recycling company SCA Recycling has taken the former Dixons Mastercare warehouse at Plot 8, Hounsdown Business Park in Totton, Southampton.

PEGLER Yorkshire Group, the manufacturer of fittings, taps and valves, has agreed a pre-let on a 104,000 sq ft warehouse at St Paul’s Developments Brookfields Park in the Dearne Valley in South Yorkshire.

German discount retailer Lidl has submitted plans for a 450,000 sq ft distribution facility at Wade Park Farm on the edge of the New Forest National Park as part of its south-coast store expansion plans.