LONDON-Britain's own silicon valley is the country's hardest hit area in post 11 September market fallout, according to the latest research from ATIS Real Weatheralls.

EDINBURGH-Edinburgh Business Park sees a 30,000-sf deal done on an annual licence by serviced office operator MWB Business Exchange. Royal Bank of Scotland has taken 380 workstations on flexible terms.

LONDON-The RICS has slammed a proposal by the Greater London Authority that half the capital's housing should be 'affordable'. It says that London's poor are the responsibility of the GLA, not developers.

BRUSSELS-Jones Lang LaSalle new Hotels Updates Digest Europe Report says that Brussels is the bright spot in an otherwise gloomy European market in the wake of 11 September.

EDINBURGH-There were two operating contracts available on new hotels at Glasgow Airport and Jarvis has won both of them. Whether you stay at the Glasgow Airport Ramada or the other, undisclosed cheaper brand, you will be in a Jarvis hotel.

LONDON-In a deal worth $13 million-plus, Diageo Pension Fund has sold its freehold interest in The Quadrangle, Abbey Park Industrial Estate, Romsey, Hampshire, to Coal Pension Properties.

LONDON-Both occupancy levels and room rates in London hotels continue the slide. New research by Jones Lang LaSalle offers a gloomy prognosis for the lodging industry in the UK capital.

EDINBURGH-The Scottish Executive plans to unseat absentee landlords by putting through laws that will allow tenants to buy the land they rent. Property bodies are warning that the plans could jeopardise the open market.