Monthly Archives: May 2015

Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s former family home goes on sale for the …

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Former family home of PM Harold Wilson has gone on sale for £1.7 millionThe ex Labour leader's property went on sale on day of General ElectionHe lived at the London home before becoming PM between 1948 and 1956Property was created for famous Australian artist Tom Roberts in 1909By Hannah Parry For Mailonline Published: 19:32 GMT, 12 May 2015 | Updated: 19:32 GMT, 12 May 2015 Read more [...]

Britain enters a new ‘golden’ age of luxury home sales

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Close to £1bn worth of property deal activity took place in the post-election dash to complete before luxury house prices rocketOne agent describes it as a “golden deals day”. Another says his mobile phone lit up like a Christmas tree as the results started coming in. As far as the high-end property industry is concerned, last week’s General Election produced the sweetest possible outcome, reviving a flagging market and unleashing a sudden torrent of deals. • Mapped: Where Read more [...]

Sydney 2000 rings which adorned the Harbour Brideg listed on eBay

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The Olympic rings from the Sydney 2000 Games are up for saleThey are listed on eBay with bids starting from $10,000The rings were mounted onto the side of the Harbour Bridge for the GamesThe sellers bought the warehouse they were stored in Bidding closes just after 10pm on Wednesday nightBy Heather Mcnab for Daily Mail Australia Published: 16:16 GMT, 12 May 2015 | Updated: 19:02 GMT, 12 May 2015 Read more [...]

Stripes on Kensington house are fun and here to stay, says owner

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The red and white stripes painted on a Kensington townhouse “add to the gaiety of the nation” and are here to stay, the property’s owner has said. Defying Kensington and Chelsea council’s ruling that the beach hut-style design should be removed, Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring said she was “entitled to do what I wish with it, and there are a lot of people who agree with me. Children absolutely love it ... They are fun.” “For most people it is cheaper to do what the wretched council wants Read more [...]

Is this AIM-listed oil explorer worth 563% more?

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Europa Oil and Gas (EOG) has just received the competent persons report (CPR) on its Frontier Exploration Licence 3/13 (FEL 3/13), off the west coast of Ireland. And it looks good. The unrisked mean resource estimate has jumped by a fifth to 1.49 billion barrels of oil equivalent (bboe) from 1.25bboe previously, and the explorer now has three drill-ready prospects here. One analyst is certainly happy and thinks the shares could be worth Read more [...]

Gateley hopes to become Britain’s first listed law firm with £140m sale

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Income and growth funds have both responded positively to the roadshow for Gateley’s float, and while most of the demand has come from UK institutional investors, some American firms are also expressing an interest as the US debates its own liberalisation of law firm ownership. In 2012, the UK rules changed to allow law companies to convert from partnerships to an alternative business structure and accept investment from non-lawyers. While more than 300 firms have registered for the new model, Read more [...]

Renovation of historic Culross property

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Culross House A historic property in Culross has been given a makeover to help safeguard its future. The National Trust for Scotland has purchased a vacant house in the heart of the west Fife village, for repair and eventual re-sale under the Little Houses improvement Scheme (LHIS).The LHIS is the Trust’s in-house building preservation trust, which acquires, repairs and sells on historic buildings that are at risk of being Read more [...]

Fallout 4 cinematic trailer listed on CG artist’s LinkedIn profile

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Gamers have been waiting a long time for signs of another instalment of Fallout 4 being prepared. Along the way there have been hoaxes to contend with, but also some clues to Fallout 4 that seem to be genuine. An interesting event coming up next month is Fallout publisher Bethesda hosting its first ever E3 Showcase. The games publisher teased that this presentation, on Sunday 13th June, will be "our most exciting event yet". However we must remember it also makes other games in the Doom, Read more [...]

Newly renovated Rotunda Business Centre offers space to North Liverpool …

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A newly-renovated serviced office centre in North Liverpool is offering 1,860 sq ft of office space to small or micro business. Rotunda Enterprise Centre, based in a Grade II-listed Georgian Villa, is located at the junction of Great Mersey Street and Stanley Road in Kirkdale. The building has been restored throughout to include many original ornate features. Created with the help of £1.6m from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the centre has been designed to be a place where “businesses can thrive”. Read more [...]