Monthly Archives: March 2015

Kurt Cobain’s childhood home has sale price cut by $100000

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Do you hanker to live like Kurt Cobain? Now you can – at a specially discounted price. The Nirvana frontman’s childhood home is for sale, and it can be yours for $400,000 (£263,000) – a 20% drop on when Cobain’s mother put it up for sale in 2013. The four-bedroom home, built in 1923, is being sold through Aberdeen Realty, Inc, which says – in a listing that celebrates capital letters – “There Are A Number Of Exciting Possibilities For This Unique Property, Including Moving The Building Read more [...]

The colourful world of Chelsea FC’s forex partner

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Only one company in the Heron Tower has alluded to this week’s police raid. Julian Harris and Charlotte Henry ask who they are... THREE days ago police raided offices in the Heron Tower, hauling 13 City workers out of the building and away for questioning. The event has sent shockwaves through the Square Mile; but aside from pub gossip and wine bar speculation, there has been little but eerie silence throughout the rest of the week. The City of London police issued a statement Read more [...]

Key Halifax town centre site listed for sale as part of wider £100m …

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A key town centre site is being listed for sale today. And Calderdale Council say the sale of Northgate House and the Central Library site will form part of the wider £100m regeneration and investment in Halifax town centre. The site is today - Friday - being marketed as a cleared site and the authority has secured £1.3m from the Leeds City Region towards demolishing it ahead of major redevelopment. Ian Gray, director of economy and environment, and James Crawley, corporate project lead, set out Read more [...]

Virgin Money doubles annual profit in first results since its stock market listing

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Virgin Money has more than doubled annual profit in its first set of results since the bank backed by Sir Richard Branson floated on the stock market. The bank, which bought the “good” part of Northern Rock from the government in 2012, became a public company in November. It is one of several banks seeking to break the big lenders’ dominance after the financial crisis. In the year to the end of December, underlying pre-tax profit increased to £121.2m from £53.4m the year before. Profit growth Read more [...]

Full refurbishment for listed building, Dunoon Primary School

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Michael Russell, MSP for Argyll Bute, has welcomed the announcement by new Education Secretary, Angela Constance, that more than £20 million of Scottish Government funding has been secured for new primary school building projects. Schools to benefit include Dunoon Primary School, which will be fully refurbished to allow it to retain its listed building status.Mr Russell says ‘This news will be very warmly welcomed in Dunoon where the long running saga of primary building or re-building looks Read more [...]

Dream Home: £200k Grade II-listed apartment set in private grounds of former …

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VIEW GALLERY This luxurious two-bedroom corner apartment has much to shout about when it comes to a dream place to live. Set in a Grade II listed building in the village of Great Ayton, its stunningly designed interiors match an outside that boasts 30 acres of private communal grounds with tennis courts, a meadow and the River Leven running through the gardens. The tranquil home is also peppered with original features including the Georgian windows that let the light flood in - and views Read more [...]

Ticket resale websites face fresh clampdown to end profiteering

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Ticket resale websites such as Seatwave and Viagogo have been told they must be clear and upfront about their costs as part of a fresh clampdown on the £1bn sector. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had taken action to ensure that people who bought concert, sports and theatre tickets from the main “secondary market” websites were given better information about charges and any restrictions that might apply. As a result of the CMA’s intervention, four of the main Read more [...]

Toronto-listed Mart Resources In sale talks with Nigerian independent And …

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By Martin Clark It looks to be the end of the line for Canada’s Mart Resources, a name that has been playing in and around the West African oil and gas scene for many years.The company announced this week that it is in talks to be acquired by an indigenous Nigerian firm, Midwestern Oil and Gas, the operator and one of Mart’s co-venturers in the Umusadege field. Umusadege, in the Niger Delta, is Mart’s flagship oil project and has recorded steady production increases during recent Read more [...]