South West
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L&P Estates lets Colonades, Bath, to BHS
London & Paris Estates has let the Colonades shopping centre, in Bath, to BHS. Miss Selfridge and Olivers, the two occupiers, are seeking new premises in Bath.
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Wootton Bassett residents furious over £60,000 town hall restoration results
Residents of Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, are insisting their town hall be repainted from grey following a £60,000 restoration. They want it repainted black and white in its former mock Tudor…
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Newspaper gets its facts wrong about Bath spa restoration
Yesterday’s report in The Daily Telegraph wrongly said the Millennium Commission had agreed to fund half the £12.6m needed to restore Bath’s Roman baths.
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Bath Roman Spa to be restored for £12.6m
The Millennium Commission has agreed to subsidise half of the £12.6m needed to restore the Roman spa at Bath. A new complex will offer water treatment, a Turkish bath and…
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L&G buys Bath shops at 5.5% yield
Legal & General, acting for Rover Group Trustees, has paid £7.45m for the Superdrug and Mothercare stores at 42/48 Southgate in Bath.
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MOD to build £500m military college at Watchfield, Wiltshire
The Ministry of Defence is to build a £500m military college at Watchfield, Wiltshire for the Royal Navy, Army and RAF.
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Bridport school, Dorset, set to be rebuilt under PFI in £11.5m deal
Colfox comprehensive school, at Bridport, Dorset, looks set to become the first school to be rebuilt under the private finance initiative.
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Go-Ahead named for Thameslink franchise
Go-Ahead was named as the preferred bidder for the Thameslink franchise ScotRail and InterCity West Coast are the only passenger train franchises left out of an original 25 to be…
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Ministers approve further A30/A303 expansion
Another 14 miles of dual carriagaeway is to be constructed on the A30/A303 from Honiton, Devon, to Ilminster, Somerset. Friends of the Earth slammed the expansion of a scheme which…
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Booker plans two new warehouses after winning £400m MOD contract
Booker Foodservice Group will build two new warehouses in Scotland and the south of England. It has won a five-year £400m contract to supply food to armed forces’ messes.
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Dyson spends £10m on factory expansion in Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Dyson plans to triple the size of its factory in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. It is spending £10m on the scheme. The company wants to expand from vacuum cleaners into washing machine…
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Creston pays £4.175m for offices in Gloucester
Creston Land & Estates has paid £4.175m – reflecting a 9% net initial yield – for the freehold interest in Brighouse Court, Barnwood, Gloucester.