Restaurants could close as Fish gasps for air
Restaurant chain Fish saw nearly 40% of its value wiped out today after warning it would fall into the red this year.
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Regional variations in CBI’s business confidence data
Manufacturers across the UK believe the worst of the recession is now behind them, research out today showed. According to the latest CBI/Business Strategies quarterly Regional Trends Survey, business confidence in most areas has risen for the first time in more than two years.
Game retailer Electronics Boutique scores higher sales
Electronics Boutique announced record trading figures for December today after seeing games fans rush to snap up the latest titles. Like-for-like sales increased by 47% in the five weeks to 29 December as the Bracknell-based company sustained growth rates seen during the year.
Creditor’s rights to enforce debts against guarantors in dispute
Greene King plc has begun its Court of Appeal challenge to a December 2000 county court ruling that it was not entitled to enforce the guarantee of a loan by forcing the sale of the guarantors house.
Landowners granted declarations over covenants
A group of landowners have won a High Court dispute over the status of covenants restricting development of land near their property.
Builders dispute council’s amendment to local plan
JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd, Bellway Homes Ltd, and the London-based House Builders Federation Ltd, have joined forces to challenge Oxford City Councils decision to adopt the government-issued Supplementary Planning Guidance on Social Housing into their own local plan.
Kent protesters succeed in blocking plans for new tip
A five-year legal dispute, in which former boxing champion, Barry McGuigan was one of the leading protestors, has concluded with the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions blocking a scheme to create a giant waste tip on land at Dargate, near Whitstable.
Manufacturers brace for further job lossses
Manufacturers are bracing themselves for a further 29,000 job losses over the three months to September. The CBI expects the heaviest cuts to fall on London and the south-east amounting to 1% of the workforce.
Report predicts continued house price rises in all UK regions
House prices are rising in all regions of England and Wales, with house price inflation for the year predicted to run at 10%, according to hometrack.co.uk’s National July Survey.
Judge orders sale of Essex shopping centre to go ahead
A shopping centre in Braintree, Essex, finally looks set to be sold for nearly £14m, following a High Court ruling in London today.
