CANNES-Now you can pick up a UK sales volume indicator two weeks ahead of the UK Government's Office of National Statistics' (ONS) sales volume data. Retail solutions provider Footfall publishes its data within days of the end of the month, compared to the ONS figures which come out mid way through it

LONDON-Charlie Hughes, managing director of urban masterplanner Miller Hughes Associates has won the 2002 CoreNet International Global Innovators Award. He beat off competition from organisations including Sun Microsystems, the US Army, Johnson Controls.

LONDON-Forget Europe: India and the Philippines are the world's ideal locations for contact centres. This is the view backed by property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle's research, which highlights their strategic advantages

CANNES-The Al-Futtaim Group has used MAPIC to launch the masterplan for Dubai Festival City, the largest mixed-use scheme in the Middle East. Spanning 1,200 acres, retailers who have signed for space include Ikea, Marks & Spencer and Toys 'R' Us

LONDON-Residential developers are likely to be better than hoteliers at building serviced apartment market. New research by Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels shows that the specialist knowledge of residential developers indicates they may have a natural affinity for the serviced apartment product.

LONDON-With equity markets in turmoil, the relative calm of the property market has made it a haven for investors of all kinds. But that's all about to change says a new report by Chesterton Residential.

LONDON-Railtrack has unveiled a pounds 100 million ($154 million) mixed-use scheme for Bishops Stortford. On nearly 14 acres of land, it will include mixed-use scheme with offices, retail and residential elements.

LONDON-A private Danish consortium represented by European Structured Leasing, has acquired two Luminar Leisure sites for a total of GBP5 million. The consortium has now invested a total of pounds 20 million ($30.8 million) in leisure and retail sites across the UK and has another pounds 30 million ($46.2 million) to spend.