Short leaseholds leaves Carphone Warehouse exposed to high costs Carphone Warehouse is vulnerable to high costs from a portfolio of short leaseholds, reports Lex in …
Public housing advocate dies, aged 89 Albert William Cleeve Barr, one-time chief architect to the ministry of housing and local…
Internet banks will have to invest in call and investment centres New internet banks will have to build substantial call centres an investment centres if they want to…
Housebuilders in “secret” web project A 12-strong consortium of the UK's top housebuilders has launched a "secret" project to sell homes…
Bishop slams brownfield housing plans in Lords The Bishop of Guildford has attacked government plans to build new homes on disused industrial…
MoD to ‘radically’ reduce land holdings Geoff Hoon, defence secretary, has launched a new strategy which will see his department radically…
Jarvis could be interested in Posthouse Jarvis Hotels has indicated it might be interested in buying Posthouse from Granada Group. Jarvis…
Bass brewing £2bn sale to Interbrew ‘imminent’ The sale by Bass of its brewing division to Interbrew for £2bn is expected to be announced within…
Liberty sells Land Securities stake Liberty International has sold most of its stake in Land Securities for £103m. It sold 13m of its…
FSA to open call centre The financial services authority is planning to open a call centre. It would give mortgage, pensions…