Monthly Archives: May 2015

12 ideas to pack your bank holiday with fun

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Comments (0) WITH typically erratic – and wet – weather forecast over the bank holiday weekend, here are 12 ideas to keep the family entertained, both indoors and out. 1. Go to Crich Tramway Village – This famous county leisure destination is getting musical this weekend, hosting a Bands at Crich weekend from tomorrow until Monday.Groups and musicians from all genres will be performing but if you love brass, jazz and folk you will be particularly well Read more [...]

Jim Slater: Both these firms are fast-growing, but I’d only buy shares in one

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I prefer to invest in companies with low p/e ratios in relation to their earnings per share growth rates. The housebuilders attract me because they have low p/e ratios due to investors fearing that there might be another housing crash and worries about Labour’s plans to cap rents and prevent the hoarding of land. Bovis Homes' earnings will grow by 550pc over five years if forecasts are met However, after the election, whatever the shape of our new government, there will still be a shortage of Read more [...]

Spring Bank Holiday – what’s on

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What's on. The Early Spring Bank Holiday weekend has arrived and we have put together some suggestions for places to visit and events going on. Many of these depend on the weather so check they are still on before setting out.The Spring Show is being held at Ardingly Showground in Mid Sussex on May 3/4 http://seas.org.uk/south-of-england-show/ Read more [...]

Lord Janner was still director of his firm THREE WEEKS ago, it emerges as …

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Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders sparked outrage when she ruled the Labour peer's dementia meant he would not be prosecutedYet less than a week earlier, the former Labour MP was at the top of a list of company directors for his firm West Heath Road Seasons LtdJanner, 86, stood down as a director of the company on April 10, six days before Miss announced would not be charged with 22 child sex offencesBy Sam Greenhill and Sam Marsden and Rosie Taylor for the Daily Mail Read more [...]

Listed building in Coley: eight new homes in the grounds

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The site of a Grade Two listed building in Coley will be transformed if developers get their way. Barton Willmore held a public consultation on Saturday, April 25, to show off draft plans for numbers 1 to 3, Castle Crescent. A representative from Barton Willmore , which is providing architecture, heritage and planning services, said: “The current proposals will transform the current site. "The vacant listed building will be restored and converted into five apartments, whilst an additional eight Read more [...]

Slightly expensive housing market: Vancouver home sells for more than $2 …

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A Vancouver home sale that closed this month at more than $2 million — or 33 per cent — above the listed price is the latest eyebrow-raising real-estate deal in a city racked by worries about affordability. The home, at 1383 West 32nd Ave. in Vancouver’s tony Shaughnessy neighbourhood, was listed for $5,990,000 on Feb. 5 of this year, according to its MLS listing. It sold for $8,010,000 on Feb. 17, and the sale was finalized on April 16. The listing broker for the sale, Stuart Bonner of Re/Max, Read more [...]