The historic gatehouse to a former Birmingham metalwork factory could be saved from demolition after securing a Grade II listing. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has awarded the special status to the gatehouse at the former IMI factory in Wellhead Lane, Perry Barr. They are the only surviving buildings on the site and were constructed in 1915 when the factory, at the time owned by Kynoch Company and employing 18,000 people, was manufacturing munitions for the First World War effort. Read more [...]

Wesfarmers, the Australian retail-to-coal mining conglomerate, has acquired Homebase, the do-it-yourself unit of UK-listed Home Retail. The deal, which is priced at £340m (€445.7m, $485.5m), marks Wesfarmers's first acquisition outside Australia and New Zealand.The Australian conglomerate had last week offered A$700m (£339.1m) for the Homebase chain which has a portfolio of 265 stores across the UK, after the latter rebuffed a bid from J Sainsbury. Wesfarmers said the initial focus would be to Read more [...]

Legal Week Private Client Forum Americas 2016 Legal Week Private Client Forum Americas will unite the most senior private client lawyers from North America, Central, South America and Caribbean jurisdictions to address key issues facing private client practitioners. Taking place on February 10-12, 2016 at Rosewood Tucker's Point, Bermuda. Date: 10 Feb 2016 Rosewood Tucker's Read more [...]