Rental incomes take off at Brixton

DEMAND for space around Heathrow and the M25 area allowed Brixton, Britain's second-largest industrial property group, to push like-for-like net rental income up 2.5% over the year to 31 December. Investment profit was up 3.9% at £42.7m but pre-tax profits fell 1.8% to £38m on total turnover of £86m.