Iconic Sydney beachside hotel listed for sale

By James Atkinson One of Australia's most famous hotels, The Hotel Bondi, has been listed for sale after 44 years under the same family ownership.  Jones Lang Lasalle has been appointed exclusive agent to offer the hotel for sale by an international Expressions of Interest campaign closing September 2. “It's arguably Bondi’s most recognised landmark and certainly the most aspirational hotel operating opportunity we’ve ever offered,” said John Musca, national director - Investment Read more [...]

Median asking price of for-sale businesses in Sacramento area is $217000 – Merced Sun

The median asking price of small- and medium-size businesses for sale in the Sacramento area during this year’s second quarter was $217,000, according to San Francisco-based BizBuySell.com. That was down from $225,000 in this year’s opening quarter but up from the median of $209,000 reported in the second quarter of 2013. Second-quarter calculations were based on 178 Sacramento-area businesses listed at BizBuySell.com. The Sacramento statistics Read more [...]

OptimumBank Holdings, Inc. Announces Continued Listing on NASDAQ

OptimumBank Holdings, Inc. Announces Continued Listing on NASDAQ FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 24, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OptimumBank Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPHC), the parent company of OptimumBank ("Company"), announces that it has regained compliance with NASDAQ minimum shareholders' equity rule per NASDAQ Listing Qualification Notice dated July 14, 2014. The Company will continue to be listed on NASDAQ. The Company completed the sale of 755,286 shares since March 31, 2014 for an aggregate Read more [...]

West Bank landfills acting as pits for foreign aid

In a valley of wheat fields near the village of Rammun, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, a quiet territorial war is raging. Territorial wars are the norm for this holy strip of land between the Jordan and the Mediterranean – call Rammun’s fight a territorial skirmish instead. They aren’t fighting for religion, history, or vengeance; nothing so grand or ephemeral. They’re fighting for a pit between the hills that might someday be a landfill, a fight as hidden by the geopolitical Read more [...]

Firefighters called to listed building

Firefighters were called to Elmfield Hall in Church after plastic covering a light set on fire.

The Grade-II listed building off Riding Barn Street is currently undergoing renovation and crews from Hyndburn were called at around 11am on Thursday, July 24.

A fire service spokesperson said: “There was a fire to a lighting unit. It had been covered with a plastic sheet and when the light was turned on the heat made it catch fire.”

No injuries were reported.

Gwen’s Gavin and Stacey home up for sale and listed as a ‘piece of television …

The house which became the spiritual home of Gavin and Stacey has been put up for sale - after welcoming 13,000 fans since the show was first broadcast.47 Trinity Street is the house famed for Gwen’s omelettes and feisty elderly neighbour Doris, but its owners are selling up after over 30 years.Home owner Glenda Kenyon said: “Since the filming of Gavin and Stacey, I have welcomed over 13,000 visitors to the house including organised coach tours on a weekly basis.“I will be miss both the street Read more [...]

Grade II-Listed Portland Hotel in Southsea unsold at auction

  The Portland Hotel, a Grade II-listed building in Southsea, Portsmouth, dating back to 1847 and known most recently as the popular Havana Bar went under the hammer of Clive Emson Auctioneers earlier today with a guide price of between £1.4m and £1.6m.  The landmark hotel, which is ripe for development potential, is back on the market after a lack of sale in the auction. The disused five-storey property at 38 Kent Road “attracted interest from several parties”, said Rob Marchant, Read more [...]