East Midlands
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Civic Trust awards celebrates 40th birthday
This year’s Civic Trust awards celebrates its 40th birthday. Shortlisted entries include Sir Michael Hopkins’ Inland Revenue headquarters, at Nottingham, and Richard Rogers Learning Resource Centre for Thames Valley University…
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Sears shelves 55,740 sq m Leicestershire distribution centre
Sears Group Properties director, Alan Oliver has confirmed that the group’s planned 55,740 sq m (600,000 sq ft) warehouse near the M1 in Leicestershire has been shelved.
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Leicester rugby club could raise £3m stadium modernisation funds from floatation
Leicester rugby club needs £3m for the modernisation of its Welford Road stadium. It may become the first rugby club to float on the stock market.
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Greenridge sells industrial holding for £13m
Green Property and GE Capital joint venture Greenridge has sold a portfolio of industrial buildings to Mars Pension Trustee for £12.2m.
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Wray threatens to pull out of £15m Nottingham Forest deal over meeting date
Nigel Wray’s consortium said it was unhappy about the date set for a shareholders’ meeting to approve its injection of up to £15m in Nottingham Forest football club.
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Delta to close north London wire mill
Delta is to close its wire mill in north London and reorganise operations in Llanelli, south Wales and Derby, in the Midlands.
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Innisfree allocates funds to invest in £500m worth of PFI schemes
Innisfree PFI Fund proposes to invest £17m in two Private Finance Initiatives worth £235m. One is to build a motorway between Carlisle and Milbank in Scotland and the other, the…
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AT Mays links with ARTAC WorldChoice to form UK’s largest travel agency
AT Mays has linked with ARTAC WorldChoice. The deal doubles A Mays’ distribution network. The partnership crates the UK’s largest travel agency with 1,000 outlets.
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Autobar pays £4.75m for Matchbox warehouse in Rugby
Catering distributor Autobar has bought the freehold of Matchbox’s warehouse at Swift Park, Rugby for about £4.75m. Autobar will occupy the 10,683 sq m (115,000 sq ft) building itself.
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Forest fans hold EGM in protest at rejection on Anderson bid
Nottingham Forest Supporters’ Club will hold an extraordinary general meeting today in protest against shareholders who blocked the club’s takeover by Sandy Anderson’s consortium on Monday.
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Nottingham Forest bid battle intensifies
Two rival bidders have prepared formal takeover offers and a third has considered launching a bid for Nottingham Forest football club.
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Exclusive Arlington sells land at Coventry Business Park
Arlington has sold 4.8ha (12 acres) at Coventry Business Park in Canley for £2.7m. The purchaser, tobacconist supplier Palmer & Harvey, will build a 79,320m2 (196,000 sq ft) distribution centre…