South West
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Village auctioned off for £1m
A village is to be auctioned for up to £1m making its new owner a lord of the manor. But residents at Upton Cheyney near Bristol fear they may be…
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UK becomes a magnet for foreign firms
The UK has become a magnet for foreign firms, reports The Times in a special supplement on relocation. The supplement looks at relocation in each of the main regions of…
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Allied London confirms purchase of Newton Abbot shopping centre for £10.5m
Allied London Properties (ALP) has emerged as the purchaser of the Market Walk shopping centre in Newton Abbot, Devon, for £10.5m.
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Exclusive: Tesco and Safeway battle to buy West Country superstores for redevelopment
Tesco and Safeway are competing to buy the freehold of two 2,322 sq m (25,000 sq ft) superstores from Sanders, a Somerset-based family firm.
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Burford sells Cabot Park site to Honda UK
Burford has sold a 19.43ha (48 acre) site at Cabot Park, next to the Port of Bristol, in Avonmouth to Honda UK for £5m cash.
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The Quadrant, Swindon, finally let to Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies Network Systems (UK) – which last year took the 7,432 sq m (80,000 sq ft) Galileo office building at Windmill Hill, Swindon – has now signed up for…
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Property deals lift Bentalls
Department store group Bentalls saw pre-tax profits before exceptionals jump from £400,000 to £1.38m. The rise was aided by £251,000 from a property sales and the effects of property deals…
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John Lewis to open shops three shops across country
John Lewis is to open two new department stores in Glasgow and Bluewater, Kent. A Waitrose food outlet in Salisbury is due to open at the end of the month.
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BS Group gets new finance director
Norman Gardner has been appointed finance director of Bristol property and leisure company BS Group. Financial Times 11/09/97 page 26 (People).
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Cofton Land & Property acquires 87.89 acre site near Dorchester
Cofton Land and Property has acquired a 35.6ha (87.89 acre) site near Dorchester for a price believed to be £6.6m from Capitec – agents for NHS Property Management.
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James Fisher & Sons discusses sale of Newhaven port
James Fisher & Sons is discussing the sale or sub-letting of its lease on the port of Newhaven. The UK’s biggest owner of small ships has just reported interimpre-tax profits…
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New regional economic agency for the South West
The government’s regional office for the south-west will publish today proposals for a new regional development agency for the region. It will have a budget of half a billion pounds…