South East
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Punch and Whitbread form £80m budget hotels venture
Whitbread has announced an £80m joint venture with Punch Taverns to build at least 50 new Travel Inn budget hotels next to Punch pubs.
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High Court challenge to plans for major cargo airport
Plans to upgrade one of the country’s most famous frontline Battle of Britain airports at Manston, near Ramsgate, into a major cargo airport are being challenged in the High Court.
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Fulford moves to AMEC
AMEC Developments has poached senior KPMG consultant Charlie Fulford to head its urban regeneration arm in the South East. Fulford will report to Manchester-based director Chris Brown, who is in…
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Automotive Sealing Systems closes Dunstable plant
Automotive Sealing Systems (ASS) is closing its factory at Dunstable, Bedfordshire, by the end of next year. It blamed overcapacity in the rubber sealing systems market for cars.
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Mystery of the vanishing property developer solved
Malcolm Kellar, a multimillionaire property developer who disappeared seven years ago leaving £6m debts, has been found. He is living under an assumed name Malcolm Bailey and working as a…
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£5bn freight line proposal angers homeowners
Surrey homeowners are up in arms at news of a proposed 400-mile freight railway linking Liverpool to the Channel Tunnel. They say the £5bn route, which includes a tunnel under…
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Aggregation of buildings not permissible
A High Court judge has made it clear that in order for a building to be classed as a “dwelling-house”, it must have all of the necessary facilities, and not…
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Central Railways unveils £5bn freight-only railway plan
Central Railways will ask deputy prime minister John Prescott today to support plans for a £5bn freight-only railway. The 400-mile project would run from Liverpool to the Channel Tunnel and…
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Hammerson wins £50m refurbishment consent
Hammerson has won outline consent for the £50m refurbishment of its 1960s-built Liberty Shopping Centre in Romford. Proposals for the 29,728 sq m (320,000 sq ft) precinct include 5,110 sq…
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Reading solicitor faces £1.2m negligence claim
Reading solicitor Pitmans is facing a £1.2m High Court claim alleging breach of contract and negligence in its handling of a £2.9m property deal.
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Enterprise zone at centre of High Court claim
The Royal & Sun Alliance Trust Co today launched a High Court action against 24 defendants in relation to a purchase of property at Medway City Estate, Rochester, for a…
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Skandia in major Southampton office deal
In one of the biggest office deals Southampton has seen in recent years, Skandia Life Assurance has taken 4,673 sq m (50,300 sq ft) at PRICOA fund Southdowns’ Mountbatten House.