South East
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Channel tunnel rail link stage one on-track
The government says work on the Blue Bell Hill tunnel – the first stage of the Channel tunnel rail link near Chatham, Kent – is on schedule and well within…
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UK call centre industry booms
London and the south-east have taken the biggest share of the UK’s call centres, according to the Financial Times. Scotland, too, is doing well with evidence that companies are attracted…
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Prescott expected to stand firm on SE housing numbers
John Prescott is expected to resist pressure from councils to scale down his south-east England housebuilding targets. The deputy prime minister wants 43,000 homes a year to be built in…
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Thurleigh residents against asylum centre
Residents of Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, have voiced their opposition to government plans to open a detention centre there for asylum seekers next year.
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DS buys 18,580 sq m Frimley site
Alenia Marconi Systems will make way for an office campus of 18,580 sq m (200,000 sq ft) at Frimley, Surrey. It follows the exchange of contracts by Development Securities and…
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Bluewater scoops FIABCI retail award
Lend Lease’s Bluewater Park scheme has won the FIABCI Prix d’Excellence award for retail. The runner-up was Malaysia’s Suria KLCC shopping centre in Kuala Lumpur.
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Linking capital values to rents ‘should be ditched’
Bill Payne, chief executive, of the Yorkshire Housing Association argues in The Guardian that plans to link social housing rents to property prices will create huge anomalies between north and…
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Prescott poised for housing confrontation with Serplan
John Prescott’s plans for 860,000 new homes outside London in the next 20 years face rejection from Serplan on Monday. Serplan says the proposals would not provide cash for schools,…
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Duke of Westminster takes up leading RICS role
The Duke of Westminster has agreed to chair the new RICS Research Foundation. The Duke, who is an honorary Member of the RICS, owns the Grosvenor Estate which owns and…
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Taylor Woodrow applies for £30m mixed-use Didcot scheme
Taylor Woodrow has made a planning application for a 7.3ha (18 acres) mixed-use scheme in Didcot after 18 months of discussions with South Oxfordshire council.
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Braintree Council claim adverse possession of car park
Braintree District Council have gone to the High Court to claim ownership of a plot of land at Witham that they have been using as a car park since 1967.
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Bar-chain to increase nationwide presence
Bar-chain, Elbow Room, is set to add seven bars to its three existing operations by 2005. The company runs bars in London, at Westbourne Grove and Chapel Market in Islington,…