South East
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Faccenda to axe Webbs chicken plant
Faccenda Group will close Webbs Country Foods chicken processing factory in Lymington, Hampshire, this summer. Faccenda bought Webbs last month. The Times 11/01/01 page 32.
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Cazenove places 10% of Brixton
Cazenove, on behalf of Royal & Sun Alliance, has placed more than 10% of Brixton Estate with institutions at 250p each.
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Lend Lease buys site next to Bluewater
Lend Lease Europe has bought a 12ha (29.7 acre) site next to its Bluewater shopping scheme in Kent from Blue Circle Industries (Blue Circle).
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Unite selected for Loughborough scheme
Student accommodation specialist Unite Group has been selected as preferred bidder to develop, refurbish and manage 1,000 bedrooms at Loughborough University.
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Bonmarché plans 36 new stores
Bonmarché will open 36 stores in the next year and refurbish 70 others. Most of its 210 stores are in the Midlands or the north of England but it plans…
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Ministers ‘should rescue’ Daresbury lab
A report for the Department of Trade and Industry suggests ministers should rescue the government laboratory at Daresbury, Cheshire. It says the laboratory should be re-established as a £100m centre…
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Railway company issues claim for property sale proceeds
A relocation company in Basingstoke which has allegedly failed to hand over the sale proceeds of properties is being sued for damages by English Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWSR).
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Southampton council unveils £300m waterfront plans
Southampton council has unveiled plans (pictured) for a multi-million-pound mixed-use scheme that will transform a 20ha (50-acre) stretch of land along the city waterfront.
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US telecoms company takes off at Heathrow
The last, big speculative scheme in the Heathrow area has been taken. US telecoms company Tycom has taken the 22,296 sq m (240,000 sq ft) Hercules unit at ProLogis Park…
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Housing target signals shortage of affordable housing
Government decisions to reduce the South East’s housing target over the next five years could exacerbate the shortage of affordable homes, according to social housing groups.
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Three new Tiger Tigers planned
Chorion will open three new Tiger Tiger bar nightclubs this year. They will be in Portsmouth, Leeds and Croydon. Expansion is also planned for Edinburgh, Newcastle, Bristol and Glasgow.
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Eurotunnel seeks Channel tunnel retail partners
Eurotunnel is looking for new partners to take over the retail operations at the Channel tunnel terminals in Folkestone and Calais.