Yorkshire & Humber
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Further education PFI deals hit £300m
Five big further education investment projects under the government’s private finance initiative were announced yesterday, taking to 34 the number of “pathfinder” contracts in the education sector, with a total…
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Kvaerner issues more writs in alleged espionage case
Kvaerner, the Norwegian engineering group, which owns Trafalgar House, yesterday stepped up its campaign against VAI, which it has accused of industrial espionage at Kvaerner UK subsidiary Davy International, the…
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Forgemasters eager to float
Sheffield Forgemasters, the specialist metals group, is thriving and eager to float. In 1990 the company found itself at the centre of the arms for Iraq affair, accused of producing…
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Mountview profits down
Mountview Estates turned in full-year pre-tax profits down from £9.32m to £7.89 on turnover up from £17.2m to £18.1m. The Daily Telegraph 19/6/96 page 33.
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Profits drop at Banner Homes
Pre-tax profits at Banner Homes fell 41% to £751,000 last year despite a 68% rise in sales by the housebuilder. The number of houses sold rose from 145 to 179.
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Cowie Group to buy British Bus as FirstBus lines up second rail deal
Cowie Group, the country’s sixth biggest bus operator, announced a £282m agreed takeover of British Bus, the third largest, yesterday. The deal creates an elite of three bus companies –…
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Sainsbury to develop new supermarket in Halifax town centre
Sainsbury’s has won the tender to develop a 3,158.6 sq m (34,000 sq ft) supermarket in Halifax, West Yorkshire. The site is bounded by Wade Street and Charlestown Road and…
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Abtech submits plan for 14.16ha leisure park near Wakefield
Abtech Properties has submitted an outline application for a 14.16 ha (35 acre) leisure park off the A636, near Jctn 39 of the M1.
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Richardsons buys York retail site from Bass for £15m
Two weeks after selling Fort Retail Park in Birmingham for £90m, Richardsons Developments has bought a 14.57ha (36 acre) greenfield site at Monks Cross, York, from Bass Developments for an…
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£14m national Bible centre planned for York
Foss Development Corporation is about to submit a planning application for a £14m multi-media National Biblical Heritage Centre at Queen’s Staithe, York.
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Yorkshire & Humberside: Cleveland Trust buys three estates
Cleveland Trust, the industrial property group, has acquired three industrial estates from Royal Mutual Insurance Society for £4.86m. The estates are in Sheffield, Shipley and Ashton-under-Lyne and they produce a…
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Yorkshire & Humberside: Rent-free offices for first-time businesses in Halifax
Prospective new businesses are being offered rent-free offices for up to three months to help regenerate Halifax, West Yorkshire. The space is being offered in the 92,900 sq m (1m…