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.
190 Search results found
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.
Birmingham’s £900m Paradise Circus falls behind schedule
Paradise Circus, the largest city centre regeneration scheme in Europe, has fallen two years behind schedule, say local agents. Delivery of the first phase of offices in the £900m mixed-use scheme was scheduled for 2006.
Manufacturing recovery forecast for second half
Any recovery in the engineering and manufacturing sector is unlikely before the second half of the year, a survey said today.
House prices go on rising in Nationwide survey
House prices rose last month – despite warnings that the property boom was over and a slowdown was just around the corner, figures showed today.
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.
Accuracy in planning consent under scrutiny
The need for complete accuracy in planning consents is under Appeal Court scrutiny in a dispute over whether a blunder in paperwork relating to planning consent for the siting of a caravan gave the owner permanent rather than temporary planning consent.
Office and retail star in good year for the Midlands
Strong demand and limited supply drove rents in the Midlands upwards, according to DTZ Debenham Thorpe’s annual report on the region.
Tesco to anchor Centros Miller’s Kidderminster scheme
Tesco will anchor Centros Miller’s 23,225 sq m (250,000 sq ft) mixed-use regeneration scheme in Kidderminster town centre. The food retailer has exchanged contracts with the developer to occupy a 7,060 sq m (76,000 sq ft) supermarket in the scheme which is set to go ahead now that local landowners have agreed to the site assembly.
Offices to be hotel as Birmingham council moves to Alpha Tower
. Birmingham council has decided to go ahead with the sale of its offices at Baskerville House on Broad Street in the city centre and move to Hampton Trust’s landmark Alpha Tower scheme, as reported by EGi last week.
