East Midlands
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Rolls chairman confident of Parsons and International Combustion sale
Rolls-Royce chairman Sir Ralph Robins said several expressions of interest had been received for Tyneside-based Parsons Generation Systems and Derby-based International Combustion units.
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Government lists Boots headquarters in Nottingham, East Midlands
Heritage Minister Lord Inglewood has given the post-war Boots “D90” Headquarters in Nottingham a grade II* listing. According to the DNH: “It is one of the most important out-of-town prestige…
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Union leaders and bosses discuss fate of Parsons and International Combustion
Union leaders from the Parsons steam turbine plant in Newcastle and the International Combustion boiler works in Derby will meet with senior Rolls-Royce executives for an update on the company’s…
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Third Boots building at Beeston listed
A third office block on Boots’ main Beeston site near Nottingham has been designated a listed building. The 18,580sq m (200,000sq ft) building was designed in the 1960s with features…
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Arkwright Town razed because of leaking methane
Bulldozers began to raze a chapel, a pub and the 200 terraced houses of Arkwright Town, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, blighted by leaking methane.
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Lillywhites to open 2,601sq m store in Clumber Street, Nottingham
Lillywhites confirmed yesterday that it is open a 2,601.2 sq m (28,000 sq ft) store in Clumber Street, Nottingham. Lillywhites has signed up for the whole of Taylor Clark Properties’…
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Lipton wins contract to refurbish Whitehall
A £200m contract to develop and refurbish the Treasury in London’s Whitehall has been won by the Exchequer building consortium led by property tycoon Stuart Lipton.
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Problems loom for retailers following Nottingham fire
On site meetings were taking place in Nottingham yesterday to assess the damage caused to the former Pearsons building in Long Row by Sunday’s fire, which badly damaged shops occupied…
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Fire damages Royal London retail scheme on Long Row in Nottingham
Royal London Mutual’s surveyors were meeting with advisers in Nottingham yesterday afternoon to assess the damage caused by a fire on Sunday which destroyed part of its retail investment in…
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Government to announce shortlist of bidders for 700 DSS offices
The government will this week announced a shortlist of six bidders to enable The Department of Social Security (DSS) to transfer 700 offices to the private sector under the Private…
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Wace to open £20m design-to-production packaging plant
Wace is spending £20m on what it believes will be Britain’s first design-to-production packaging plant. The plant, on a 4.86 ha (12-acre) site, will be created by merging its labelling…
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Interest rises for Coal Investments’ former pits
The collapse of Coal Investments has thrown a lifeline to Markham Main, Hem Heath and Keresley collieries. Last Friday, the Coal Authority took over Keresley colliery in Coventry which has…