British Land : Re-Charges Shoppers’ Batteries

- New ChargeBox technology allows customers to charge their phones whilst shopping -

British Land is launching the ChargeBox service at a selection of its shopping centres and retail parks following a successful trial. The new service provides consumers with a free and secure way to charge their phones while shopping. The initiative is part of British Land's continued drive to provide added services to our customers.

The lockers offer a free 30 minute battery charging service which on average charges devices by up to 40 per cent.

ChargeBox stations have been trialled at Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield, Drake Circus Shopping Centre in Plymouth, St Stephen's Shopping Centre in Hull, Broughton Shopping Park in Chester and Teesside Shopping Park in Stockton-on-Tees. The Meadowhall station notched up thousands of charges with an average of 60 charges per day.

Claire Barber, Head of Shopping Centre Asset Management for British Land, said: "The ChargeBox system offers a convenient and safe way for consumers to recharge their phones whilst continuing to shop. It is the latest initiative we are delivering at our shopping centres and parks to further improve the shopper experience."

Notes to Editors

About British Land
We are one of Europe's largest publicly listed real estate companies. We own, manage, develop and finance a portfolio of high quality commercial property, focused on retail locations around the UK and London Offices & Residential. We have total assets in the UK, owned or managed of £19.0 billion (British Land share of which is £12.8 billion), as valued at 30 September 2014. Our properties are home to over 1,000 different organisations and receive over 340 million visits each year. Our objective is to deliver long-term and sustainable total returns to our shareholders and we do this by focusing on Places People Prefer. People have a choice where they work, shop and live and we aim to create outstanding places which make a positive difference to people's everyday lives. Our customer orientation enables us to develop a deep understanding of the people who use our places. We employ a lean team of experts, who have the skills to translate this understanding into creating the right places, and we have an efficient capital structure which is able to effectively finance these places.

UK Retail assets account for 54% of our portfolio. As the UK's largest listed owner and manager of retail space, our portfolio is well matched to the different ways people shop today, from major regional shopping centres to single occupier locations. We are focused on being the destination of choice for retailers and their customers by being the best provider of spaces and services. Comprising around 25 million sq ft of retail space across retail parks, superstores, shopping centres, department stores and leisure assets, the retail portfolio is modern, flexible and adaptable to a wide range of formats.

Our Office and Residential portfolio, which accounts for 46% of our portfolio is focused on London.  We have an attractive mix of high quality buildings in well managed environments and a pipeline of development projects which will add significantly to our portfolio. Increasingly, our offices are in mixed-use environments which include retail and residential elements. Our 7.9 million sq ft of high quality office space includes Regent's Place and Paddington Central in the West End and Broadgate, the premier city office campus (50% share).

Our size and substance demands a responsible approach to business. We believe leadership on issues such as sustainability helps drive our performance and is core to the delivery of our overall objective of driving shareholder value and creating Places People Prefer.

Further details can be found on the British Land website at www.britishland.com.

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