West End's property recovery in the spotlight

Trends in the West End of London will be in meet when the property group Shaftesbury issues half-yearly results on Wednesday.

Last week saw a stipulations of upbeat updates from peers such as British Land, Land Securities and Fine fantastic Portland Estates, with investors cheering improvements in net asset values and signs of repossession. But unlike those three, Shaftesbury doesn't deal in City offices or giant malls. The FTSE 250-listed assortment's stock-in-trade is shops, restaurants, cafés and the like, peppered around prime West End locations such as Carnaby Alley, Chinatown and Covent Garden.

Given this mix, the market is likely to be curious about the straight of tourist demand in the area, and its impact on Shaftesbury's tenants. Potential talking points embrace the impact of the recent volcanic ash cloud, which led to a closure of airports across the country, and the strike of movements in the foreign exchange markets.

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