The jury is out on where property values are going – some analysts forecast a crash, others believe a soft landing is most likely. While this year will see a slowdown in new openings, the development pipeline is still operating, with a new generation of bigger and more complex schemes on the drawing board.With this in mind, Shopping Centre Ireland is promoting a new one-day conference for all sectors to address the challenges the current market presents. Sponsors are Tughans, William Fry and Photo-Me.

The Dorchester hotel on London's Park Lane was the glittering setting for this year's SCEPTRE Awards, designed to recognise best practice and the best people across the shopping centre industry.

The jury is out on where property values are going - some analysts forecast a crash, others believe a soft landing is most likely. While this year will see a slowdown in new openings, the development pipeline is still operating, with a new generation of bigger and more complex schemes on the drawing board.

At the glittering SCEPTRE Awards dinner at London’s Dorchester hotel last night 15 of the industry’s brightest and best were rewarded for their contribution to shopping centres across the UK and Ireland.

The shortlists have been announced for this year’s SCEPTRE Awards, and centres as far apart as Gillingham in Kent and Dublin in Ireland will be waiting with baited breath as the golden envelopes are opened at the awards dinner on June 18.

Shopping Centre's SCEPTRE Awards are nearly upon us again, and the big event takes place at the Dorchester Hotel on London's Park Lane on 18th June 2008.

The SCEPTRE Awards, rewarding the best practice and the best people in the UK's shopping centre industry, are now bigger and better than ever, and the deadline is fast approaching.

The SCEPTRE Awards, rewarding the best practice and the best people in the UK's shopping centre industry, are back - and they're bigger and better than ever.

The SCEPTRE Awards, rewarding the best practice and the best people in the UK's shopping centre industry, are back - and they're bigger and better than ever.

Winner of the Young Achiever SCEPTRE Award, sponsored by Insitu Services, was Carly North from Lakeside, Thurrock.

Sheffield's Meadowhall Centre was the proud winner of the new SCEPTRE Award for Environmental Management, sponsored by Envirowise. The centre received the award for its innovative and environmentally-friendly handling of shopfit waste.

The SCEPTRE Award for Short Term Merchant of the Year, sponsored by Retail Profile Europe, this year went to The Red Image.

The SCEPTRE Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Capital Shopping Centres, was given to Realm's Gordon Gabbani. The announcement was greeted by a standing ovation at the packed ballroom at the Dorchester hotel, London.

Karen Carr, marketing manager at the MetroCentre in Gateshead, was the winner of this year's SCEPTRE Marketing Manager of the Year Award, sponsored by LDJ Design & Display.

Proctor & Gamble commissioned BEcause to devise a campaign for its Pampers nappies brand.

Greg Lumley has been manager of McArthurGlen's Ashford Designer Outlet for almost three years.

The SCEPTRE Award for Centre Manager of the Year at a large shopping centre went to Susan Harris from Frenchgate, Doncaster.

This year Shopping Centre's readers have voted the John Lewis Partnership as their SCEPTRE Retailer of the Year.

The shortlists have been announced for this year's SCEPTRE Awards, and centres as far apart as Bideford in Devon and Longford in Ireland will be waiting with baited breath as the golden envelopes are opened at the awards dinner on June 20.

The SCEPTRE Awards, rewarding the best practice and the best people in the UK and Ireland shopping centre industry, are back - and they're bigger and better than ever.

The SCEPTRE Awards, rewarding the best practice and the best people in the UK and Ireland shopping centre industry, are back - and they're bigger and better than ever.

The SCEPTRE Awards, rewarding the best practice and the best people in the UK and Ireland shopping centre industry, are back - and they're bigger and better than ever.