A Coventry pub has been given listed status as part of a national drive to protect historic venues that pre-date World War Two. The Biggin Hall Hotel, in Binley Road, was awarded Grade II listed status by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport following a project led by Historic England to protect pubs built between World War One and Two. The pub, built in 1923, was created in a style called Brewer’s Tudor-style. Architects and breweries hoped to invoked memorise on “Merrie England” through Read more [...]

1 September, 2015 | By Colin Marrs BDP's Northern Bank head office, Donegall Square West, Belfast Source: Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections BDP’s 1976 Northern Ireland headquarters for Danske Bank is among 19 new buildings in Belfast granted listed status In 2004, the building was the scene of Northern Ireland’s largest bank robbery when a gang got away with the equivalent of £26.5 million from previous Read more [...]

Listed IFA consolidator AFH has announced that executive director and chief investment officer Toby Denne has stepped down from the board to focus on other business interests.He remains a significant shareholder in the firm, having acquired 20,000 shares in May, increasing his overall holding to 454,411 or 2.27 per cent of AFH’s issued share capital.Mr Denne was previously a director of Allium Capital and Octopus Investments. He was appointed to AFH’s Read more [...]

Sep 1, 2015By Editor in Highlighted, News No Comments Tags: Dundee, Morgan McDonnell Architecture Plans have been unveiled to transform an iconic listed building in Dundee into offices and flats. Morgan McDonnell has submitted proposals to the council for the 100-year-old former DPL building on East Dock Street which will house ground floor office space with ten flats above. Edinburgh developers Stone Acre will demolish Read more [...]