Northern Ireland
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Government to transfer £2.5bn of social care provision to private sector
The government yesterday announced plans to privatise local authorities’ residential and domiciliary care for adults. This would eventually shift £2.5bn a year of council run services to private and voluntary…
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WAGN wants to cut commuter train services
West Anglia & Great Northern Railway (WAGN) has announced plans to cut peak time commuter trains by a third. WAGN runs services in Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Essex.
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Safeway and Fitzwilton expect to reach agreement on Wellworth by end of month
Fitzwilton said it should reach agreement on a joint venture with Safeway by the end of the month in connection with its Northern Ireland Wellworth stores.
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Ulster IDB to build £2.5m speculative call centre, west Belfast
Northern Ireland’s Industrial Development Board plans to build a £2.5m customised factory in the Springvale Business Park, west Belfast. The speculative scheme is a bid to try to attract foreign…
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Morrison Developments sells West End Retail Park in Crow Road, Glasgow
Morrison Developments has sold its £9m West End Retail Park in Crow Road, Glasgow, to Grantchester for an undisclosed sum. The 7,250 sq m (78,000 sq ft) scheme, which includes…
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Fitzwilton offers Safeway an ultimatum over Wellworth purchase
Fitzwilton, owner of Northern Ireland’s Wellworth supermarket chain, has given Safeway an ultimatum – either make a £180m bid for it or take a 50% stake in a joint venture…
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Stalemate in Safeway’s Northern Ireland expansion plans
Safeway’s bid to expand into Northern Ireland has stalled. The supermarket group is at loggerheads with Tony O’Reilly’s Fitzwilton group over a possible takeover of Fitzwilton’s 36 Wellworth supermarkets.
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MEPS to seek EC support for Hualon plant in Antrim, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s three Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will seek support of the European Commission for the proposed £157m investment by Hualon in Antrim.
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Safeway eyes stake in Northern Ireland’s Wellworth chain
Safeway is believed to be in talks to take a 50% stake in the Northern Irish Wellworth supermarket chain. Safeway could leapfrog Sainsbury’s and Tesco in the province if the…
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BATC pledges to continue against state aid for £157m Belfast Hualon plant
The British Apparel and Textiles Confederation (BATC) pledged to continue their legal battle over state aid for Hualon Corporation’s £157m investment project in Northern Ireland.
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J Trevor & Webster closes Manchester office to consolidate in Liverpool
J Trevor & Webster will close its Manchester office and consolidate its north-west operations in Liverpool. Simon Hayes, regional director at JTW, said the company decided to base the operations…
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Sainsbury backs thrat of legal action over Ulster store
J Sainsbury is backing a threat of legal action against the Government. An embarrassing planning error by civil servants has forced the construction of a flagship 4,645 sq m (50,000…