East Midlands
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Profits drop at Banner Homes
Pre-tax profits at Banner Homes fell 41% to £751,000 last year despite a 68% rise in sales by the housebuilder. The number of houses sold rose from 145 to 179.
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Cowie Group to buy British Bus as FirstBus lines up second rail deal
Cowie Group, the country’s sixth biggest bus operator, announced a £282m agreed takeover of British Bus, the third largest, yesterday. The deal creates an elite of three bus companies –…
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Levi Strauss to set up new HQ at Swan Valley
Levi Strauss UK has submitted a planning application to Northampton Council for a distribution and headquarters complex totalling 16,500sq m (177,610sq ft) at Swan Valley Distribution Park, Northampton.
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Hamilton Trustees submit plans for 8,589 sq m mixed-use scheme in Leicester
Hamilton Trustees has submitted a planning application for a 92,454 sq ft (8,589 sq m) mixed-use development on the Hamilton Housing Estate in Leicester.
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Consent for residential scheme at Leicester factory site
Hasbro (UK) has secured outline planning permission for a residential development of around 100 houses on 4.05 ha (10 acres) at Owen Street, Coalville, Leicester – the former Palitoy factory.
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Boost for McDonalds’ expansion programme with two new drive-through consents
McDonalds’ expansion programme has received a boost with two unexpected planning decisions in Croydon, south London, and Bulwell in Nottingham. In Croydon, a McDonalds drive through will form part of…
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New forum in East Midlands to attract investment and grant aid
Midland industrialists are to set up a new regional business group to challenge rivals in the north of England. It will be called the Economic Development Forum and it will…
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MEPC buys third retail centre in Derby in two years
MEPC has bought its third retail centre in Derby in two years. The purchase of the 4,660 sq m (50,159) sq ft Audley Centre means that MEPC holds 30% of…
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Parliament to decide future of new freight railway from Midlands to Channel Tunnel
Central Railway’s application to construct a new railway from the Midlands to the Channel Tunnel is to be referred to Parliament, John Watts, Minister for Railways and Roads, has announced.
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East Midlands: Staff face axe as Danone shakes up UK operation
French food giant Danone, best known in Britain for its HP Sauce, Evian Water and Jacob’s biscuits, is set to make sweeping job cuts.
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East Midlands: Managers set to buy Coal Investments
A management buy-in is set to beat competition from Newcastle United chairman Sir John Hall to purchase two collieries from Coal Investments.
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Arlington considers new 142ha business park in East Midlands
Arlington Securities is planning a 142ha (350acre) business park next to East Midlands airport between Nottingham and Derby. The developer is understood to have secured options over land near the…