Listed IFA grows adviser numbers by 60% ahead of RDR

Listed IFA business AFH Financial Group has reported a 34 per cent year-on-year increase in revenues following a series of acquisitions in the lead up to the Retail Distribution Review, which have seen it increase adviser numbers by around 60 per cent.In its first full-year results since the company’s flotation in 2011, AFH subsidiary AFH Independent Financial Services Ltd reported earnings before tax, depreciation and amortisation of £1.2m, up 45 per Read more [...]

Lakewood-area Sly mansion on Edgewater Drive listed for sale

View full size   The Heideloff House at 13474 Edgewater Drive, also known as the Sly mansion, is back on the market. The home has sparked controversy lately, as neighbors, not the property owners, attempted to designate the home, built in 1912, as a historic property. The home has a listed sale price of $1,599,000, and was listed on Zillow.com on March 19. The owners, Michael and Stacey Semaan, purchased Read more [...]

Spitbank Fort and Havant school short listed for architecture award

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Landmark Leeds city centre church to re-open after big refit

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Time to get to grips with changing marketing world

HOW real estate marketing has changed. In the late 1990s when I worked in central London's booming real estate market, we had no idea what a website was.Our office was situated in the heart of the business district and like most agents at the time, printing out property lists of homes "for sale'' and "rentals'' available was a daily task.Other marketing duties included updating the window display to entertain those who stared at the information daily on their Read more [...]

Library Engulfed By Huge Fire In London

Almost 100 firefighters and officers are tackling a "sizeable" fire at a library in south east London. Part of the roof of the Newington Library on Walworth Road, Southwark, is on fire and the crews of 15 engines were expected to spend several hours putting out the blaze, the London Fire Brigade said. Flames were coming out of the historic building's roof Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 12.30pm Read more [...]

EU Suspends Sanctions On Bulk of Zimbabwe Listed Companies, People

The sanctions were introduced in 2002 following violence and human rights abuses Western governments blamed on President Robert Mugabe and his allies. The EU had put 112 people and 11 companies on the sanctions list but it had already started to trim it down in February, as Zimbabwe’s main political parties had reached an agreement on drafting a new constitution. Read more [...]

Knicks’ Tyson Chandler listed as questionable for tomorrow’s tilt against the … – The Star-Ledger

View full size The Knicks have listed Tyson Chandler (neck) as questionable for tomorrow's game in Boston. Brad Penner/USA Today   The Knicks (42-26) have gotten along nicely these past four games -- thanks to Kenyon Martin's play -- but they'll happily welcome back All-Star center Tyson Chandler to the mix for tomorrow's matchup against the Boston Celtics (36-33). Chandler, who is listed as questionable Read more [...]

Postponements for Monday’s sports events

Following is Monday's schedule of York-Adams sports events. Postponements are already pouring in after Monday morning's snow. They are listed below. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL York Catholic at Bermudian Springs, 4:15 p.m. Postponed until 4:15 p.m. Monday, April 1. Biglerville at Littlestown, 4:15 p.m. Postponed, no rescheduled date set. Dallastown at Northeastern, 4:15 p.m. Postponed until 1 p.m. Saturday, April 6. Delone Catholic at York Suburban, 4:15 p.m. Postponed until 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 2. Spring Read more [...]

In demand: market town homes with outdoor space

Each spring the garden foams with blossom, tulips and daffodils, and the meadow area is thick with wild flowers – cowslips, bluebells, violets and fritillaries. In summer it becomes a rose garden with an arching copper beech and an outdoor dining room created by two old twined apple trees. “It is a shaded dining room on the lawn, and the scents from the honeysuckle and clematis growing up the old stone walls are quite lovely,” says Beatrice. A greenhouse contains a huge Read more [...]