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Thirty-two SPAR stores from the estates of A F Blakemore and Son Limited and Capper & Co Limited are being marketed for sale by Christie + Co, the leading retail business advisor.

Fifty-five closed off-licence stores in the Oddbins estate are being marketed for sale by Christie + Co on the instructions of Lee Manning and Matthew Smith (Deloitte LLP), Joint Administrators of Oddbins Limited and Oddbins Properties Limited.

Trading conditions have been tough for hotel businesses across the UK since the middle of 2008, when the effects of the global economic crisis first started to filter through to the hotel sector. As consumer confidence started to waver, occupancy levels declined and revenue per available room (RevPAR) started to fall.

Pharmacists are split over the outlook for the UK’s pharmacy sector over the next 12 months, with half believing that trading levels for their businesses in 2011 will remain constant or will improve, according to a new survey by Christie + Co, the specialist property agent and adviser.

Disposal programmes by some of the largest operators led to an increase in deal activity in 2010 compared to the previous 12 months, according to specialist property agent and advisor Christie Co’s own buyer analysis.

The recovery in the wider economy, improvements in trading performance and an increase in transactional activity led to a stabilisation in average property prices across the hotel, pub, restaurant, leisure, care and retail sectors during 2010, according to Christie Co’s Business Outlook 2011 publication.

Acting on behalf of Thames Luxury Charters, Christie + Co is marketing the freehold of Thames-based Dixie Queen, Britain’s largest boat for parties and events, with offers in excess of £2.6 million sought.

Acting on behalf of Paramount Restaurants, Christie + Co has sold the leasehold interests of 28 of the company’s non-core assets, with all but two sites acquired by established corporate operators.

The Government’s announcement of £1.3 billion funding towards the reform of the Post Office network will further increase demand for businesses in the sector, according to Christie + Co, the leading property agent.

Christie + Co, the leading property agent and advisor, reports a 126% rise in distressed asset sales in the six months to the end of September, compared to the same period in 2009, as insolvency cases attracted a large number of buyers.