New-look website brings helping hand for local businesses

A new website has been launched for the Business Lincolnshire Growth Hub. Lincolnshire County Council hope this will make it even easier for local businesses to find the help and support they need.It can now be found online at www.businesslincolnshire.com.The hub offers information on local business support schemes and services that can help to start or grow a business.The site includes an advice and grants scheme finder, an interactive tool that lists all of the business Read more [...]

Was Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital patient’s death ‘expected’ or partly …

KALAMAZOO, MI -- The death in March of a woman in the Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital set into motion events that turned the hospital on its ear -- not because she died, but because of how details of her death were reported to the state. Privacy laws prevent the hospital's release of Majel Joyce Youdell's name and many of the medical details of her case, but friends, family and other public documents, including her obituary, death certificate and hospital reports, confirm her death at KPH on March Read more [...]

72-Room Germania Bank Building on the Bowery is Listed for Sale

The most iconic building on the Bowery, and a personal Boogie favorite, has been listed on the open market, albeit in mysterious fashion. Photographer Jay Maisel’s epic, 72-room single family residence at 190 Bowery, known predominantly as a longtime haven for graffiti artists, may soon change hands. This would be a huge domino to fall in neighborhood gentrification… A real estate listing for the landmarked Germania Bank Building just surfaced on the RFR Realty website. The firm is marketing Read more [...]

Dixons Carphone Launches As Listed Company

Dixons Carphone Merger Is Boardroom Challenge Updated: 2:53pm UK, Thursday 15 May 2014 By Ian King, Business Presenter, Sky News Ever since Carphone Warehouse and Dixons announced in February that they were in merger talks, there has been much speculation as to what was in it for both sides. This applies particularly for Carphone, which does not currently Read more [...]

Former Slaithwaite Library among the auction lots Kirklees Council is looking …

Seven Kirklees Council-owned buildings or plots of land are going up for auction.And the lots could net Kirklees Council close to £1m.Among the seven lots is the former Slaithwaite Library and a former council depot in Bradley.Kirklees Council is listing its surplus assets for sale to net income and remove the cost of maintaining control of the buildings and land.If all seven plots sell for their highest prices, it will boost Kirklees coffers by £945,000The plot with the highest price-tag is Dryfield Read more [...]

Houston’s hottest bungalows for sale

Single-family homes are flying off the market in Houston, but the popularity allows sellers to list their homes with sky-high price tags. Even the cutest little bungalows can give you sticker shock. The trend of updating and expanding the existing homes from the 1920's and 30's has swept through the area in recent years and we've found the priciest bungalows new to the market in Houston. Take a look at the slideshow above to peek inside the properties you can score Read more [...]

This House Listed for Sale in Detroit Looks Pretty Haunted

By all outside appearances, the house at 621 Clairmount Street would make a lovely Detroit home. It's a colonial, four-bedroom brick house just off Voigt Park near the Boston-Edison Historic District. At $19,500, it is yet another property priced for a difficult market marred by vacant homes. (kw.com listing)Unfortunately, the House on Clairmount Street has a message for potential buyers. (kw.com listing)The various real-estate listings for 621 Clairmount all feature a footnote: "previously was Read more [...]