Camborne and Redruth fire station sales expected to fetch Cornwall Council £750000

Comments (0) TWO FORMER fire stations have been put up for sale as the buildings get ready to start a new chapter in their existence.Cornwall Council has placed Camborne and Redruth fire stations for sale with the sales expected to swell council coffers by almost £750,000.The buildings were closed this summer as Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service moved into its new purpose built headquarters at Tolvdaddon and Hayle.Truro based Redgrave Commercial has been instructed Read more [...]

Taylor Swift makes brief Spotify return… with track listed as Lostprophets song

"We take the integrity of our catalogue very seriously, and will immediately remove any content that is found to be incorrectly licensed or attributed to the incorrect artist or composer. The track was taken down as soon as it was discovered (3 days after it was delivered), and we will be taking the matter further with the provider who delivered this track. " The song appeared on Spotify (left) and Apple Music (right) The track appeared as a single song on an album of the same name, and was accompanied Read more [...]

Bracebridge Heath: Property and area guide for LN4

Comments (0) Bracebridge Heath is a cliff village on the southern edge of Lincoln city centre. It straddles the A15 to Sleaford and sits between the edge of RAF Waddington and Cross O'Cliff Hill. Its location on the 'Lincoln Edge' means it overlooks the southern part of the city and has views of the Witham valley to the west and spectacular views of the Cathedral to the north. It is a large village and one that is destined to grow even further in size as local Read more [...]

Investor wants IHG to keep its independence

Dutch billionaire John Fentener van Vlissingen upped his stake in the listed company last week.   “I leave it to the management to do whatever they think is good to do,” van Vlissingen told The Sunday Telegraph.   He said that he expected further consolidation in the hotels industry. Last month Marriott International announced a deal to buy Starwood Hotels Resorts.   IHG declined to comment to The Sunday Telegraph. Read more [...]

Guardian Media Group appoints new chief financial officer

Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Kerr as chief financial officer. Richard joins GMG from UBM, the global events-led marketing and communications services business, where he was most recently CFO and interim CEO of UBM EMEA. Richard will sit on the GMG Board and the Guardian News Media Executive Committee. He will oversee the finance, corporate development, risk and commercial legal functions. In addition, the company secretary will report into Richard, Read more [...]

Czech church hands two houses near UNESCO-listed Kromeříž Palace

Prague, Dec 4 (CTK) - The Czech Catholic Church took over from the state Saturday the Mint House and the Prince House in Kromeriz, south Moravia, located near the UNESCO-listed Archbishopric Palace, which the communists confiscated from the church after they seized power in former Czechoslovakia in 1948. The agreement on the return of the palace and the adjacent garden will be signed by the National Heritage Institute (NPU) and the church in 2016, NPU spokeswoman Simona Jurackova Read more [...]

Towry courts £600m sale as float plans dumped

Palamon Capital Partners has brought in bankers at Evercore to find new investors, sources told the Sunday Times, and is expected to offload Towry early next year. Bids are due before Christmas. A sale would mean Towry's 900 employees - including advisers - would receive a windfall, as they each hold shares in the company alongside Palamon. Related articles The decision follows talks about a stock market float, and the adviser could still be listed if the Read more [...]

10 of the best home-swap and home-sharing websites

Homestay Homestay.com is an accommodation marketplace that connects guests with local hosts in more than 150 countries. With a database of 50,000 homestays, there are plenty of stays to choose from, and the site tries to match guests and hosts with similar interests so as to provide an authentic travel experience.• homestay.com Couchsurfing Photograph: Alamy Backpackers’ failsafe Couchsurfing has, in a few short years since its launch in 2004, transformed into a global community made Read more [...]

Miami Dolphins ask state for stadium funding; short on ROI, long on wishful …

Four Florida sports teams have come to Tallahassee with the hope of leaving with state money to renovate and improve facilities, a process where the first step is scheduled to begin at month’s end. Each applicant – Daytona International Speedway, the Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jacksonville Jaguars – is jostling for a slice of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity pie, in the form of cash from the Sports Development Program. No one wants to go home empty-handed; Read more [...]

Demat mandatory for all listed firms from January 15

Dec 7, 2015- Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) has said it will make electronic share transactions mandatory for all listed companies from January 15.Currently, only commercial banks’ shares ownership certificates have been dematerialised.Sebon Chairman Rewat Bahadur Karki said the move was aimed at fully computerising stock trading.“After carrying out a demat transaction, clearing can be carried out under a fully automated mechanism,” said Karki at a press meet here on Sunday.The provision, Read more [...]