Monthly Archives: July 2015

Listed Buildings And Architecture At London Zoo

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London Zoo has had its fair share of famous residents in the past. But many visitors who spend a day at the zoo watching the gorillas or tigers fail to realise that many of the buildings they're looking at are also significant. The Regent's Park zoo is home to a number of listed buildings and structures, reflecting its history as the world's oldest scientific zoo. Lubetkin Penguin Pool (Grade I listed) The Lubetkin Penguin Pool. Photo: G Travels under a Creative Commons LicencePerhaps most famous Read more [...]

University of Akron for sale? Craigslist ad pulled after few hours

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AKRON, Ohio - The University of Akron, which is cutting expenses and laying off employees to reduce a $60 million deficit, was listed for sale on Craigslist Tuesday night. The ad, which indicated that it was posted by President Scott Scarborough, was taken down from the site after a few hours, but that was long enough for people to save it and share on social media. It was apparently posted by a recent UA grad. See the ad below or click here if on a mobile device. "It is with a heavy Read more [...]

Britain’s ‘most expensive council houses’ for sale at £3-million each in Southwark

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The controversial sale of 21 and 23 Park Street, Borough — billed at the time as the most expensive ex-local authority sell-off in history — saw the investor secure the two neighbouring houses for £2.96 million.   Now, after an 18-month renovation by Camu Morrison, the first of the houses has been put back on the market — for £3.35 million.   Southwark council granted planning consent for the refurbishment of both houses, including building new conservatories and replacing balconies with Read more [...]

Listed IFA sees rising revenues and profits in H1

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Listed IFA AFH Financial Group has grown both revenues and profit before tax by 13 per cent during the first six months this year, to £8.22m and £610,000 respectively, on the back of adviser acquisitions and new fundraising. While the first half results noted that 55 per cent of revenue growth during the period was generated organically, it also stated that seven acquisitions were made during the period, for a maximum consideration of £9.4m.However, new Read more [...]

The history of Shoreham’s Buckingham House and its many different faces

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I read with interest Mike Mendoza’s column about Buckingham House (Shoreham Herald, June 25) and agree that Woodview Court, which now stands joined to the ruins, is totally out of character with both them and the houses in Woodview Close. Ironically, it was this incongruity with the houses in Woodview that helped save the walls from demolition in 1966, when no one wanted the responsibility for their upkeep – in spite of them being listed. The listing in 1954 was due to the last-minute Read more [...]

Grant saves rare medieval house

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THE future of the most significant inhabited building at risk in Wales is now secure. The Landmark Trust, which took over Llwyn Celyn in 2012, a Grade I-listed medieval hall house, near Abergavenny, announced this morning that it has secured £2.5million from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards its restoration. The rare medieval building at Crucorney Fawr, which is less than six miles away from Llanthony Priory, is regarded as one of the most remarkable of all surviving Read more [...]

North West listed companies ‘boost value by £2bn’

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Data from the business advisory firm's latest North West Share Index report shows a particularly strong performance from Styles Wood, which more than trebled its market capitalisation in the period following the refinancing of outstanding convertible preference shares. Other big risers included 4D Pharma (71 per cent), Ensor Holdings (65 per cent) and Renold (50 per cent). The majority of the region's entries on the FTSE 350 list of leading listed companies also Read more [...]