South East
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Mouchel to manage Kent property portfolio
Mouchel has beaten off competition from rivals Owen Williams and Unicorn to win a £20m contract to manage Kent County Council’s corporate property portfolio.
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Bees nest delays £3m homes protection scheme
A nest of bees is holding up a £3m scheme to stop 35 homes falling into the sea at Castlehaven on the Isle of Wight.
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West coast set back for Railtrack
Railtrack’s repair blitz suffered a setback when engineers failed to repair the west coast mainline north of London on time. Virgin Trains said the service between Euston and Watford would…
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Prescott pushed on hi-tech clusters
Industry ministers plan to pressurise deputy prime minister John Prescott to take the needs of high-technology growth zones into account when deciding future infrastructure spending plans.
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Drugs giant’s new Brentford HQ under construction
Work is in progress on the construction of GlaxoSmithKline’s new corporate headquarters in Brentford, Middlesex. The merger between the two drugs giants won regulatory approval last week.
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Freight services through Channel Tunnel could end
The Rail Freight Group has warned the home office that freight services through the Channel Tunnel could end because of government plans to fine operators £2,000 for carrying illegal immigrants.
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Plane plunges into Hants plant
A factory in a Hampshire business park has been wrecked after a light aircraft plunged into a business park. The aeroplane took off from Blackbushe Airport in Yately, near Reading…
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Court rules that gypsy caravans may remain in Basildon
Basildon District Council has lost a High Court bid to move three gypsy caravans from green belt land in their area.
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Cheltenham council approves four-site development brief
Cheltenham borough council yesterday approved a development brief for the 3.5ha (8.65-acre) site covering Gloucester Place, Sherborne Place and Fairview Road.
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Court rules on recycling planning dispute
A council ban on a concrete recycling operation at Slough today won High Court backing in London. Cecil Wiggins, of Poyle Manor Farm, had asked the court to quash a…
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Increased Fairview management bid wins support
Fairview Holdings management have won support for a £307m bid to take the south-east housebuilder private led by founder Dennis Cope.
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Developer sues for return of land deposit
Luton Property developer Bellcross Co Ltd is involved in a High Court dispute with North Hertfordshire District Council over a deal involving land owned by the council at Whitwell, Hertfordshire.