£1bn inner city spend ‘not the quantum leap hoped for’ Chancellor Gordon Brown's announcement of a £1bn, five-year, project for rebuilding inner cities is …
£500m ploughed into science and environment centres The Millennium Commission has ploughed a total of £250m into a dozen science and environment…
Real estate investors become more sophisticated The private wealthy investor in real estate has evolved from hobby-investment and capital protection…
Alldays contemplates sale The Alldays convenience store business is exploring a possible sale. It has retained Noble Grossart …
Sportingbet.com to develop call centres Sportingbet.com plans to develop a network of call centres around the world to cater for regional…
100 pubs a year for JD Wetherspoon JD Wetherspoon plans to open 100 new pubs a year to boost its 450-strong estate. It opened 20 new…
Brown delivers £1bn regeneration package The chancellor has abolished stamp duty on property sales in deprived areas as part of a £1bn…
Twenty questions for Regus boss Mark Dixon, founder of Regus, is featured in the Twenty Questions feature in The Independent's…
Inner cities announcement today The chancellor's pre-Budget report today will include initiatives for boosting the inner cities as…
M&S treads cautiously on store closures Marks & Spencer has unveiled a far smaller store closure programme than expected. It will axe six…