Bridget OConnell
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Boparan to shut 27 Giraffe and Ed’s Easy Diner outlets
Chains’ owner says shutting outlets is only option to protect the company
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Builders waiting for dark clouds to clear
Brexit uncertainty sees activity in building industry contract for the first time in 11 months
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Paperchase prepares to close stores
Stationery chain with 145 store is starting CVA
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Dirty money’ penalty for estate agent
Countrywide fined for money-laundering failings
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MORNING NEWS: Top of the pile and speed dial
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals
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LK Bennett set to call in administrators putting hundreds of jobs at risk
The company’s 41 stores face closure, unless the high-end brand can find a buyer quickly
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Help to Buy offers biggest hand to housebuilders
Loan scheme attracts criticism in era of record profitability
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Housebuilders need to home in on repairing reputations
Housebuilders’ reputations have taken a knock in recent years despite booming profits
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Europeans double UK investment since Brexit vote
S&P Capital IQ data includes property in $31.1bn 12 month investment total
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Tattered record of Laura Ashley ‘bidder’ Michael Flacks
Self-made entrepreneur from Manchester linked to struggling businesses
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Cracks in funding story told by failed estate agent Emoov
Collapsed estate agency may have failed to give crowdfunding investors correct information
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Direct Line boss Paul Geddes tapped for top job at John Lewis
Paul Geddes battles retailer Kate Swann for chairmanship