West Midlands
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LucasVarity plans to move registered office from Solihull to London
Morale at Lucas’s Midlands headquarters was said to be “appalling” following the decision to move the registered office from Solihull to London.
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Sharelink plans to create concept to challenge other share shops
Sharelink launches its first high street branch today. The brokerless branch is beneath Sharelink’s head office in Birmingham. It is thought to be the first taste of a US-style investment…
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BT set to pay £16.6m for 34,373 sq m distribution centre at Magna Park in Lutterworth, Leicestershire
BT is close to buying the freehold on a 34,373 sq m (370,000 sq ft) national distribution centre at Magna Park, Lutterworth.
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Chesterton appointed advisors on two PFI projects in Northern Ireland
Chesterton Consulting has been appointed to advise on two PFI projects in Northern Ireland. The Western Education and Library Board has appointed Chesterton as lead advisor on the procurement of…
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All change at Rover
Rover has swapped a drab office block by Birmingham International station for the leafy suburbs of Warwickshire. But it is more than the location of its head office which has…
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Allders buys eight stores from Owen Owen for £23.6m
Allders has bought eight stores from the Owen Owen chain for £23.6m. The move follows Allders’ sale last month of its duty-free business to Swiss Air for £160m.
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Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire seeks Lottery cash to regenerate 2.02 ha (five acres)
Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire is seeking lottery money to restore buildings left derelict following industrial change. There are 2.02 ha (five acres) of boarded up buildings left behind by its former rubber…
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Beneficial Bank confirms nationwide search for 5,574 sq m purpose-built offices
Beneficial Bank, a subsidiary of US-based Beneficial Corporation, is looking for over 5,574sq m (60,000sq ft) of purpose-built offices to accomodate 700 staff.
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Suon creates 89ha business park with acquisition of Griff Clara Industrial Estate, near Nuneaton, West Midlands
Suon has assembled one of the largest sites in the West Midlands with its acquisition of the 16.26ha (40.2 acre) Griff Clara Industrial Estate, near Nuneaton.
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Planning hitch for 11,754sq m automotive components plant at Blythe Valley near Solihull, West Midlands
Solihull Council has deferred a decision on a detailed planning application for a11,754sq m (126,523sq ft) unit at Blythe Valley Business Park.
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Allders to invest in improving new department stores acquisition
Allders’ £160m sale of its duty-free shops business has left it with net cash of about £100m. Another £18m is being spent on the Owen Owen and Lewis’s department stores…
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P&O plans 111,480 sq m development at Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
P&O Properties has submitted an outline planning application for 111,480sq m (1.2m sq ft) of B1 and B2 on the A38 at Warmly, Sutton Coldfield.