Yorkshire & Humber
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Capital & Regional buys former Debenhams store in York
Capital & Regional Properties has bought the former Debenhamsstore in York from Scottish Widows. It plans to create threeretail units on the site.
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European Union grants extra £22.56m for urban renewal in the UK.
The European Union has allocated £22.56m (29.3m ECU) from its URBAN structural fund programme for the regeneration of inner city areas in London, Birmingham and Swansea.
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Agents are key to tempting US entrepreneurs to invest in the UK
Having an agent in the US is proving the key to attracting USinvestment into the UK. K&L’s Microwave’s decision to set up a 836.1 sq m (9,000 sqft) factory in…
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Hospitality Developments plans Holiday Inn on derelict Shipley site
Hospitality Inns has applied for permission to build a Holiday Inn on a former factory site in Shipley, Yorkshire. The group has submitted plans for a 78-bedroom “Express” hotel on…
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Commercial estate agents report the feel-good factor
Commercial estate agents are feeling good and the feel-goodfactor is spread across the regions. Agents in central London,Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol and Southampton are doingwell.
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EXCLUSIVE BT launches search for offices in Sheffield and Preston
BT has launched a search for new offices in Sheffield and Preston as part of its Workstyle 2000 programme. The telecommunications giant is looking for 6,503 sq m (70,000 sq…
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Hinchcliffe sells Sheffield United stake to pave the way for stadium redevelopment
Stephen Hinchcliffe has sold his stake Sheffield Unitedpaving the way for a redevelopment of the football ground. The head of the collapsed Facia empire sold his stake for£1m.
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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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T K Maxx to open Harrogate store
Discount fashion retailer T K Maxx has taken the entire second floor at NPI’s Victoria Centre in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, in the second big deal at the development this year.
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Military camps to become prisons to ease overcrowding
Two disused military bases are to be opened as prisons in abid to ease overcrowding. The Prison Service is planning to house 300 inmates in a former air force base…
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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.