Monthly Archives: September 2015

Japan’s Mitsui snaps up Amlin for £3.5bn: Another London-listed insurer falls …

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By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 23:22 GMT, 8 September 2015 | Updated: 23:22 GMT, 8 September 2015 View comments  Another London-listed insurer is set to fall into foreign hands after Amlin agreed to a £3.5billion takeover bid from a Japanese predator.Tokyo’s Mitsui Sumitomo blew any rival bids out of the water as it said it would pay 670p a share for Read more [...]

How to watch Apple’s iPhone 6s event livestream, Plus: what Apple will announce

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Apple’s next generation iPhone 6s is almost here, with Apple set to announce the smartphone at its event tomorrow, 9 September 2015. The event is set to be one of Apple’s biggest ever, and we could see more than just a new iPhone tomorrow – there are rumours surrounding the new iPhone(s), the iOS 9 and watchOS 2 release date, a brand new Apple TV, and possibly an iPad mini 4 or an iPad Pro. The good news is that Apple will be hosting a live video stream directly from the event at The Bill Graham Read more [...]

Prima hotel portfolio for sale for £18m

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Prima’s portfolio of four regional country house hotels is for sale at a guide price in excess of £18m with Savills. The hotels are available to purchase as a group or as individual assets.The properties include the Grade II listed 17th century Hellaby Hotel near Rotherham, Yorkshire, which is the largest of the portfolio with 89-bedrooms and events space for up to 500-guests.Two of the hotels in the portfolio are located in Cheshire. Wilmslow’s four-star 55-bedroom Read more [...]

cr360 once again listed as one of UK’s fastest growing tech companies

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cr360, formerly CRedit360, has again been recognised as one of the UK’s fastest growing tech companies by the prestigious Sunday Times’ Hiscox Tech Track 100 league table. The company, which provides software for multinational businesses to manage their Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) and sustainability performance, has more than quadrupled its sales in four years, achieving a turnover of £9.5m in 2015, and rapidly expanded its team from 33 to 145. Founded by university friends Richard Read more [...]

Record revenues at listed video game developer

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The company has also returned to the black, recovering from an operating loss of £1.7m last year and posting a profit of £1.6m. Frontier reported revenues of £22.8m for the year ended 31 May 2015, an increase of 139 per cent from £9.5m a year earlier. EBITDA grew by 1,790 per cent to £6.1m from £300,000 in 2014. At the end of August 2015, Frontier Developments had sold 825,000 paid units of Elite Dangerous and generated 84 per cent of group revenues via a self-publishing Read more [...]

Local pub honoured with Grade II listed status by Historic England

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An Epsom pub is to be awarded Grade II listed status by Historic England (formerly English Heritage) as a fine and rare example of the "improved pub" movement which flourished in the inter-war years, writes Elisabeth Davis. Previously known as the Stoneleigh Hotel, the Station pub in Stoneleigh Broadway was built between 1934 and 1935 and is among 21 surviving inter-war pubs from across the country being protected by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Read more [...]

The former church at Kojonup has been converted into a two-bedroom home …

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The former church at Kojonup has been converted into a two-bedroom home. Picture: realestate.com.au Source: Supplied THERE are dozens of former churches on the market throughout Australia, just waiting to be converted into divine homes. The former church at Bribbaree still has its stained glass windows. Picture: realestate.com.au Source: Read more [...]

Startups challenge listed cos’ valuations

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The author has posted comments on this articleReeba Zachariah Partha Sinha, TNN | Sep 8, 2015, 07.24AM ISTGoogle BookmarksNewsvineLive BookmarksTechnoratiYahoo BookmarksBlogmarksDel.icio.usApnaCircleMUMBAI: Technology-led startups are not only disrupting the traditional market place but are also setting new benchmarks in valuations. Several of the new age companies are raising money at valuations which far exceed the market capitalisations of many traditional and well-established players which have Read more [...]

Michelangelo’s Italian home listed for $12 million

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The home of renowned Italian sculptor, painter and architect Michelangelo Buonarroti  has hit the market for €7.5 million ($12 million). It might not be his famed Sistine Chapel, but the home itself is pretty impressive. Up for sale through Handsome Properties International, the home sits on 2.4 hectares of lush gardens – but its desirability doesn’t stop there. The house is surrounded by gardens and sits on 2.4 hectares. Photo: Supplied Located in Tuscany’s Castellina and bought Read more [...]