West Midlands
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Wolverhampton sells 147 pubs
Wolverhampton & Dudley is selling 147 pubs reducing its estate to 970. The announcement came after the company issued a downbeat trading statement.
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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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Property performs well for Folkes Group
First half results at West Midlands-based Folkes – the engineering and property group -showed a 7% increase in profits to £2.20m.
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BMG tipped to take former Cadbury building in Oldbury
Specialist video and CD company BMG Records is tipped to take the 11,891 sq m (128,000 sq ft) former Cadbury building in Oldbury, West Midlands.
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Cities could be transformed by a web of urban paths
The Guardian’s architectural correspondent outlines a plan for transforming the UK’s cities by developing poor urban spaces. The plan is to be demonstrated by a group which is currently piloting…
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Abacus plans £9m retail scheme in Birmingham
Abacus Developments, the property arm of Sir Robert McAlpine, has secured planning consent for a £9m retail park on 6.5 acres in Small Heath, Birmingham.
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Exclusive Anixter looks for 300,000 sq ft along the M1/M6 near Birmingham
Anixter, the American wiring systems supplier, has emerged as Healey & Baker’s mystery client with a requirement for up to 26,941 sq m (290,000 sq ft) of warehouse-manufacturing space on…
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Birmingham £260m expansion hangs on duty-free bottle
Birmingham Airport’s £260m expansion plan could be delayed or halted by European Union plans to abolish duty-free sales in two years.
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Tawnywood secures consent for leisure scheme at Bermuda Park
Tawnywood has secured planning consent for its 6.47ha (16 acre) leisure scheme at Bermuda Park, Nuneaton, and completed the acquisition of a further seven acres on the south side of…
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Amey looks confident about PFI work
Amey is bullish about the prospects for work under the government’s private finance initiative. The construction group expects to get a project to build a hospital in Birmingham, the first…
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Bourne End disposals net £7.4m
Bourne End Properties has netted £7.4m from the sale of three office and retail units taking its total sales this year to £37.5m.
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Stockbroker puts remaining space in Birmingham landmark under offer
The remaining available offices at Colmore Gate, the 120,000 sq ft (11,148 sq m) landmark scheme in central Birmingham, is thought to be under offer to stockbroker Albert E.