A 1.5 hectare area at Lawrence Road, in Tottenham, that is currently occupied by empty and unused 1960s industrial warehouses, is set to be redeveloped into more than 260 houses and apartments, a media news report has revealed.
Residential developer Crest Nicholson will shortly start working on the first phase of its 168 hectare development at Finberry, in Ashford, which is the first to be built under the Government’s Get Britain Building programme.
Leicester City Council has managed to obtain £1m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to go towards a £2.5m project to create Cathedral Gardens – a new public area outside Leicester Cathedral – and reconstruct Peacock Lane and St Martin’s, a news report in the local media has revealed.
The building at No 1 Whitehall Riverside, one of Leeds’ landmark offices, is set to undergo a major,£1m refurbishment programme, targeting the property’s two 17,159 sq ft vacant office floors.
According to a news report in the local business media, the building has the largest floorplates and amount of vacant grade A space currently available in any one building in the city centre, joint leasing agent Jones Lang LaSalle said.
A new research study published by banking powerhouse Santander revealed the fact that workers in the UK collectively spend £67bn per year on costs related directly to their jobs, and these costs are going nowhere but up.
Regeneration specialist St Modwen has just started working on a new Ambulance Special Operations Centre, as a part of the Skypark project developed in partnership with Devon County Council near to Exeter Airport.
According to a news release in the local media, when the development work is complete, Skypark will provide 1.4 million sq ft of warehouse, industrial and office space and deliver up to 6,500 new jobs.
Nottingham-based small and medium businesses will be able to apply for grants ranging between £500 and £5,000 in order to boost their development and growth, a news report in the local business media has revealed.
Leicester City Council’s planning committee decided to accept the proposals for Leicester Food Park, which will be located on a council-owned site off Lewisher Road in the north-east of the city, a news report in the local media has revealed.
Denso, an important part supplier for the automotive industry, has announces plans to boost its workforce after securing some very lucrative contracts with BMW and Jaguar Land Rover.
In a bid to support the creation and development of new businesses, the UK Government has decided to create a new fund worth £69m, a news report in the media has revealed.
The package includes £34m for the Start-Up Loans scheme, that typically provides a loan of about £4,500 to help get business ideas off the ground. So far more than 35,000 entrepreneurs have formally registered an interest in loan through the scheme with almost 8,000 start-ups helped.