Comments (0) LISTED buildings and period homes are an exciting and specialist part of our work. We often find ourselves designing for unusual spaces and creating modern interiors within basement servants’ quarters or coach house stables, especially in Bristol. Such transformations mean taking apart some fairly challenging 1970s design disasters or ripping into an 80s fiasco of swags and tails. It all forms part of the interesting heritage of Read more [...]

League Two Newport County have released striker Danny Crow with immediate effect. The former Luton and Cambridge forward played 65 games for the Exiles, scoring eight goals, after joining in 2012. The 28-year-old has only made two appearances this season and was transfer listed earlier this month. The club say Crow has ambitions to go into coaching after helping out with County's Read more [...]

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 15 (Reuters) - South Africa's state-run Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) said it would not consider selling its holdings in listed companies in order to take pressure off the country's cash-strapped power utility, its chief executive told local media. South Africa's government has said it would dispose of "non-strategic" assets to raise much-needed money to help finance the ailing power utility Eskom and help end frequent electricity outages. Read more [...]

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RBS put Coutts' international operations up for sale last year as part of chief executive Ross McEwan's plans to increase the group's focus on the UK. Ten banks were reported to have entered the first round of bidding for the business, valued at around $1bn (£650m). Royal Bank could consider selling Coutts International to a single buyer or offloading the businesses in Asia and Europe separately. Meanwhile, Royal Bank has been granted a waiver by the US Federal Reserve from rules that will require Read more [...]