West Midlands
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Two mines face closure
Two mines are facing closure. A decision on Britain’s last tin mine, South Crofty, near Redruth in Cornwall, has been deferred after the staff agreed a pay cut.
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Environmentalists plan Birmingham motorway challenge
Environmentalists are preparing to mount a legal challenge to the government’s £400m Birmingham motorway. The privately financed northern relief road is the UK’s first toll-paying motorway.
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Fast-lane plan for rail link along the middle of the M1 and M6
A high-speed rail link along the middle of the M1 and M6 motorways could slash the journey time between London to Birmingham to 35 minutes.
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Simons Estates unveils plans for 60,000 sq ft of Nottingham offices
Simons Estates and Gulliver Development have submitted a detailed planning application for a18,288 sq m (60,000 sq ft) office building in the centre of Nottingham.
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Laura Ashley may close factories
Laura Ashley may be forced to close some of its factories in a bid toimprove its financial position. Candidates for closure would include: Carno, Powys; Machynlleth,Powys; Caernarfon, Gwynedd; Gresford, near…
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Chartwell signs development agreement for next phase of Walsall’s Town Wharf
Chartwell Land and Walsall Council have signed a development agreement for phase II of the Town Wharf regeneration scheme in the West Midlands town.
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Pret a Manger plans to double its outlets
Pret a Manger is planning to double its size in the next year. The privately-owned gourmet sandwich currently has 56 outlets.
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BhS to open in Burton Upon Trent as anchor store at Cooper’s Square
Lothbury Property Trust Company has bought the freehold of the former Sainsbury’s store in its Cooper’s Square Shopping Centre for £4.6m and let it to BhS.
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Dobbies Garden Centres grows in Wolverhampton and Stafford
Dobbies Garden Centres has bought Clovergate, which operates a 21ha (7.5 acre) freehold garden centre serving Wolverhampton and Stafford. The price was £1.3m.
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Final phase of Telford EZ industrial scheme taken up
Terrace Hill Group has prelet the final phase of its 5,574 sq m (60,000 sq ft) Enterprise Zone development in Stafford Park, Telford, Shropshire.
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Government backs electronics factory in Birmingham’s green belt
Planning minister Richard Caborn has given the go-ahead for a micro-electronics factory on a 56ha (137-acre) green belt site at Peddimore, Minworth, east of Birmingham.
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Greenalls’ hotel sales nets &163;23m
Hotel and pub operator Greenalls is set to raise &163;23m by selling four of its de Vere hotels to Sarova and Britannia.