Revamp scheme for listed Sedgefield pub approved (From Darlington, Aycliffe …

TWO houses will be built on a pub car park to help fund the renovation of the Grade II listed coaching inn. The Hope Inn, on Front Street, Sedgefield, is currently shut and the condition of the building and its grounds have started to deteriorate. At a meeting of Durham County Council’s area planning committee (south and west), held in Spennymoor on Thursday, July 23, councillors approved a proposal that will bring it back into use. J A Read more [...]

Revamp scheme for listed Sedgefield pub approved (From Darlington and Stockton …

TWO houses will be built on a pub car park to help fund the renovation of the Grade II listed coaching inn. The Hope Inn, on Front Street, Sedgefield, is currently shut and the condition of the building and its grounds have started to deteriorate. At a meeting of Durham County Council’s area planning committee (south and west), held in Spennymoor on Thursday, July 23, councillors approved a proposal that will bring it back into use. J A Read more [...]

Revamp scheme for listed Sedgefield pub approved

TWO houses will be built on a pub car park to help fund the renovation of the Grade II listed coaching inn. The Hope Inn, on Front Street, Sedgefield, is currently shut and the condition of the building and its grounds have started to deteriorate. At a meeting of Durham County Council’s area planning committee (south and west), held in Spennymoor on Thursday, July 23, councillors approved a proposal that will bring it back into use. Read more [...]

Ladbrokes merges with Coral to create £2.3bn bookmaking giant – Telegraph …

Coral executive Andy Hornby, the controversial former banker who presided over the collapse of HBOS at the height of the financial crisis, will take the role of chief operating officer of the UK betting shop and digital businesses, but he will not be on the public company's board. "This is a major strategic step for Ladbrokes which firmly accelerates our strategy to improve the customers' experience and build recreational scale," said Ladbrokes chairman Peter Erskine. "Ladbrokes and Coral are two Read more [...]

Shares of unlisted companies beat returns delivered by listed equities – The …

MUMBAI: Priced a little over Rs 60,000 each, shares of Tata Sons are the most coveted in the informal market for unlisted shares. Avid investors like Indra Bagri of Kolkata — he owns shares in over 300 unlisted companies, but not a single Tata Sons share — are willing to pay a small premium for it. "It's almost impossible to get it as the supply is so limited... Individual shareholders do not want to let go of Tata shares," he said. Tata Sons is among several unlisted companies that have seen Read more [...]

Italy’s Ferrari Files For New York Listing

Italian sportscar maker Ferrari could soon be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Its parent company filed an initial public offering with US regulators to list Ferrari shares in New York. In paperwork filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles proposed an IPO of 10% of the luxury carmaker's shares. Fiat Read more [...]

Historic England agree to application to give Dalton Grange a Grade II listing …

The bitter battle over the future of Dalton Grange, which was set to be demolished, has taken a fresh twist. The handsome Gothic building owned by international chemicals giant Syngenta has now received Grade II-listing following an application made by its tenants, Mike and Kim Dean, who run it as an events venue for the local community. This protection will make it much harder for Syngenta to proceed with its plans to demolish the building on Bradley Mills Road, Bradley Mills. The company originally Read more [...]

Historic England agree to application to give Dalton Grange a Grade II listing

The bitter battle over the future of Dalton Grange, which was set to be demolished, has taken a fresh twist. The handsome Gothic building owned by international chemicals giant Syngenta has now received Grade II-listing following an application made by its tenants, Mike and Kim Dean, who run it as an events venue for the local community. This protection will make it much harder for Syngenta to proceed with its plans to demolish the building on Bradley Mills Road, Bradley Mills. The company originally Read more [...]

Last Night’s ‘Million Dollar Listing’ SF Got Bernal Heights Hilariously Wrong …

Andrew's listing in the "crap neighborhood" of Bernal Heights. The Bernal plot line kicks off when Andrew gets a listing at 535 Gates Street. It's a classic Bernal flip, and developer Anders Kang has spent $500,000 renovating the property. He wants $2 million, but Andrew talks him down to listing for $1.8 million. "This is not Pacific Heights," he explains. "This is Bernal Heights, meaning this is going to be a challenge." Is he living in the 1990s or something? His only challenge should be Read more [...]