Commercial property, industrial units and offices are becoming more and more valuable to their owners. Whether bought to use by the owner or bought to let to other businesses, the value of these units and offices have huge potential for long term capital gain.

Every business whether service based or manufacturing needs premises to operate from and this is what makes industrial units and commercial property so valuable. Owning a commercial property gives a business a major advantage. It increases the value of a business hugely and means that a company has a valuable asset which can be used in various different ways. Firstly, owning and using the property eliminates rental bills incurred when a company has to rent their industrial unit or office from another company. Secondly, the business has a sellable asset which can be turned into capital if necessary. Finally, the business can create revenue by renting out all or part of the unit to another company.

Industrial units and offices can vary hugely in size and design. From small 1000 square foot office space through to 30000 square foot industrial units encompassing storage space, offices, workshops and manufacturing areas. The offices and units can be used simply for storage and be very simple in design and facilities, consisting of merely shelving, lighting and a lockable roller shutter door. On the other end of the spectrum the commercial property can be multi faceted and consist of purpose built reception and office areas including toilets, kitchens and pedestrian entrances coupled with industrial units with the room to store goods and fully working industrial machines to allow for manufacturing and production.

Industrial units, offices and commercial property all need to be designed and built to high standards. They must be equipped with all the facilities needed by a modern company on a day to day basis. Any business needs a good quality property, whether bought or leased, in order to perform their own functions to a high standard. A small internet service company for example must have offices which allow for their employees to work in comfort and carry out their tasks and also must have very secure and high standard storage spaced for servers and computer equipment. The quality of build and workmanship needs to be of the highest quality to ensure both comfort and functionality for the employees. As well as this an industrial unit built to high standards will retain its value as an asset for longer than one of inferior quality and will also allow for higher rent to be demanded from potential tenants.

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When we raised the steel import tax a few years ago it hurt many manufacturing sectors who used steel in their production. It also hurt smaller companies, which use steel in their products. US Steel prices have cost our team thousands of extra dollars due to the import taxes that were imposed. We told everyone if they raise the cost of steel even one hundred dollars per ton we will seek to build the truck beds out of other materials, and once we do we will never go back to steel. It is heavy, costs gas mileage, rusts, leaving iron oxide streaks on the exterior paint. It is by the cost we even still use steel.

If the steel companies in this country cannot run more efficient and get their labor unions to perform efficiently then one should not expect the public to support that industry or buy their products. We can build the truck beds out of fiberglass, plastic or composite. We will be able to build uni-body shells and make them more ascetically pleasing. So the administration and the steel industry better get their act together. The auto industry also took a hit and many of the cars are moving to lighter materials and they will not go back once they do because the mileage savings in efficiency is important also.

We need Brazil as a trading partner; we need Japan’s economy to return to growth. We should not give a crutch to an industry that is not innovative and lets their workers kick back and do little if any work. The steel union is strong and they do not believe in hard work ethic like the competition in their industry. We should not support laziness and give a company an edge. Giving away free fish makes even the best of us lazy. This problem is affecting our team and costing our franchisees money and ROI time, due to increased costs in new equipment. That hurts their families and their ability to grow their businesses. The import tax of 50% on steel, hurts the rest of the economy, it hurts my team at a time when we need better prices. This creates a monopoly on steel for a couple of steel companies who are planning a merger. I am upset that we are attacking American companies who have won the market by serving customers and giving them what they want as we all vote with our dollar and then the government creates monopolies at the same time. So of course monopolies are Good as long as the government creates them. We are glad to see that these steel companies are now able to produce steel now that the prices are up, yet some of these steel mills are closed to sell their energy contracts to other companies and stay closed, thus who are we helping? Certainly not my team; we will now see jobs for cars and etc move to Mexico and China this would also be for tractors and heavy industry trucks and trailer manufacturers.

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The textile industry is one of the most important sectors of Pakistan. It contributes significantly to the country’s GDP, exports as well as employment. It is, in fact, the backbone of the Pakistani economy.

Established capacity

The textile industry of Pakistan has a total established spinning capacity of 1550 million kgs of yarn, weaving capacity of 4368 million square metres of fabric and finishing capacity of 4000 million square metres. The industry has a production capacity of 670 million units of garments, 400 million units of knitwear and 53 million kgs of towels.

The industry has a total of 1221 units engaged in ginning and 442 units engaged in spinning. There are around 124 large units that undertake weaving and 425 small units. There are around 20600 power looms in operation in the industry. The industry also houses around 10 large finishing units and 625 small units.

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