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Village pubs could also qualify for rate relief, Gummer tells Commons
Environment Secretary John Gummer is considering widening the 50% rate relief proposals in the Local Government and Rating Bill to include village pubs as well as rural shops.
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Government to back town centre improvement project
Environment secretary John Gummer is backing a £200,000 project to study setting up and funding US-style town centre Improvement Zones in the UK.
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EPIC emerges as Peninsula Park’s £13.75m purchaser
Epic Holdings, the property company controlled by Moise and Michael Elghanayan, has emerged as the purchaser of Peninsula Park in Exeter, Devon.
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DSS £3bn property bonanza
The Government is about to sell the entire DSS estate which will create on the of the country’s largest pro-property companies.
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Plans for 182ha business park near Plymouth in jeopardy, warns council
Caradon District Council fears the Government’s failure to finance a £17m realignment of the A38 through Broadmoor Farm, Saltash near Plymouth in Devon, could jeopardise the commercial development of a…
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Urban regeneration under the microscope
The Daily Telegraph takes a look at the trend for turning redundant office space into homes. The Daily Telegraph 30/10/96 page 32.
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Police Authority in largest office site sale in Dorset for three years
In the largest office development site sale in Dorset for three years, Dorset Police Authority has bought 2.6ha (6.5 acres) at Link 31, Ferndown, six miles to the north of…
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Government delays Salisbury bypass decision
The Government has delayed making a decision on whether to approve the £76m Sailsbury bypass. The delay, which is expected to take at least four months, is to allow the…
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South West Water completes sale of Peninsula Park in Exeter
South West Water has completed the sale of its Peninsula Park office village in Exeter. The £13.8m disposal to an unnamed UK property company will realise a pre-tax profit of…
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Plans for station serving Heathrow get on track
Railtrack is spearheading a project to build a new station serving Heathrow at Stockley Park, about two miles from the airport.
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Gerald Ronson embarks on speculative £30m West End office redevelopment
Gerald Ronson is to embark on a £30m speculative office development in London’s West End. Ronson has teamed up with Scottish Amicable to redevelop New South Wales House in the…
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Four market towns defend heritage against threat of out-of-town retailing
Cirencester, Ludlow, Okehampton and Hexham announced a new grouping of “historical market towns” to defend their heritage against threats such as out-of-town retailing.