Blockchain Tech Ltd (BTL), which recently joined the fintech stable at Canary Wharf's Level 39 technology accelerator, has become the first publicly listed blockchain company, on the Venture Board of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSXV:BTL).BTL Group, which is building a blockchain remittance service called Interbit, has also raised C$2m (£1m, €1.4m, $1.5m) from a group of investors including 2014 British Columbia angel investor of the year Shafin Diamond, mining magnates Harry Dobson and Brian Hinchcliffe, Read more [...]

If you fancy a pint in a pub with real character, we've got the Grade I and II listed venues for you. Kirklees and Calderdale have lots of listed buildings — including drinking halls with historic importance. Three pubs have made the highest two listed grades according to Historic England. The Old Hall, in New North Road, Heckmondwike and the Fleece Inn on Jepson Lane in Elland are both Grade II* listed buildings, achieving their listings in 1980 and 1968 respectively. GoogleMaps/Streetview The Read more [...]

07:30 05 November 2015 Callum Maclean Aerial picture of Shrubland Hall, April 2006. One of the most spectacular properties in Suffolk could soon reopen as a hotel, Read more [...]

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Ambition Festival in Croydon. Pic: Sara Bowrey A sprawling concrete hub, the home of Kate Moss and the place you only pass through to get to Ikea; Croydon seems to offer very little. That is why the town’s council decided it was time to change the way people view the borough. Now their efforts have been rewarded, as this year’s Ambition Festival in Croydon has been nominated for two national awards. Ambition has been nominated for Best Read more [...]

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The pro-forma EPS figure of 163¢ – up from 143¢ for the 2014 half year – gives a good indication of the strength of these numbers. But with the shares on 16 times forward earnings, we want to see more evidence that the company can drive profits even in a weak pricing environment. Hold.

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A Herefordshire Tory MP who cannot install solar panels on his cowshed because of listed building rules has demanded the "red tape" is removed "for the benefit of the planet". Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire) recently moved into a grade II listed farm but cannot install solar panels on the corrugated metal cowshed without first obtaining planning consent.The cowshed is separated from the main property by a public footpath but the rules state it lies within the "curtilage" Read more [...]

AN ‘ELOQUENT witness’ to the impact of war has been recognised by Historic England. The Chichester war memorial, in Litten Gardens, has been awarded a Grade-II listed status for its importance to the city during the 20th century.The memorial was erected in 1921. It was moved to Litten Gardens in 1940 from Eastgate, with Historic England citing ‘historic interest and design’ as the two main reasons for the listing. Town crier Richard Plowman, who is also a city and Read more [...]

A member of an aristocratic family who couldn’t afford to keep the listed mansion he inherited says Wales needs to change its “unrealistic” conservation rules. In 2010 Henry van Moyland became the owner of Cefntilla Court, the historic house near Usk where he spent much of his childhood. The mansion was first given to their heirs of Field Marshal Lord Raglan in recognition of his victories in the Crimea, after he died in 1855 a year after the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade. Mr van Read more [...]

Published at 12:41, Tuesday, 03 November 2015 A closure-threatened court building has been listed as an asset of community value. The Government wants to close West Cumbria Magistrates’ Read more [...]