Plenish juice drinks listed in Waitrose with new look

15 Oct 2015 | Vince Bamford Premium cold-pressed juice drink brand Plenish has unveiled a new look and secured its first mainstream supermarket listing.The brand is next week rolling out Boost, a 75% vegetable juice containing manganese and folic acid; and Lift, a 65% vegetable juice containing vitamin A, vitamin C and potassium to selected Waitrose stores. The drinks will be priced Read more [...]

Al Noor and Mediclinic merge to form London-listed healthcare giant

Private healthcare companies Al Noor and Mediclinic today announced their plan to merge and list on the London Stock Exchange. Mediclinic, which is currently listed in Johannesburg, will own a majority stake worth between 84 and 93 per cent, while Abu-Dhabi-based Al Noor Hospitals is offering its investors a special dividend of £3.28 per share, or the option to tender their stock for £11.60 per share.  The combined company, which is being branded Mediclinic International, Read more [...]

Birth of a sector: Europe’s listed real estate revolution

To be sure, we could have said almost the same thing in 2012 or 2009 – aside from the ‘securities’ part. However, for investors who cannot hold ‘bricks and mortar’ in a portfolio, or who prefer the liquidity of listed exposure, that suggestion would have been essentially useless. Today, after major advances in Europe’s listed real estate market, things are very different. For the first time, having a genuinely global listed real estate portfolio is a realistic prospect. We Read more [...]

Real life ‘Little Tikes’ car listed for sale on eBay

A replica of a popular children's toy car has been listed for sale on auction website eBay - and it's legal to drive on UK roads. The Crazy Coupe, based on the Little Tykes Cozy Coupe, was hand built by brothers John and Geoff Bitmead from Oxfordshire and has been turning heads on UK roads ever since. While the iconic red and yellow toy was the best-selling car in the country in 2011, the road legal version is one-off. The car, based on an old Daewoo Matiz SE 0.8, cost around £4,000 to build Read more [...]

Landmark Trust save Grade II listed Belmont House with £1.8m revamp

Belmont House was purchased by the Trust in 2007 in need of restorationCharity raised £1.8m and set about meticulously restoring original featuresBuilding has been decorated pink and boasts Victorian observatory towerElements of its former owners have been included throughout the project By Jake Polden For Mailonline Published: 07:51 GMT, 14 October 2015 | Updated: 08:01 GMT, 14 October 2015 Read more [...]

Pirelli on track to be de-listed as mandatory offer ends

MILAN Tyremaker Pirelli is on track to be de-listed from the Italian bourse, where its shares have been trading since 1922, following the end of a mandatory offer launched by an investment vehicle controlled by China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina). ChemChina agreed in March to become the biggest single shareholder of the world's fifth-largest tyre manufacturer as part of a 7.3 billion euro ($8.3 billion) deal, putting one of Italy's oldest household names in Chinese hands.Marco Polo Industrial Read more [...]

Canary Wharf food venues listed incorrectly as having poor hygiene

Tower Hamlets Council has apologised after three venues in Canary Wharf had food hygiene ratings listed on the Food Standards Agency (FSA) website incorrectly. After the scores were published, Supernatural , Cafe Brera and Crussh told The Wharf theirs were better than the ones shown online. The glitch was highlighted after a report on restaurants, pubs and takeaways with zero star ratings was made public through an ITV investigation . Nowhere on the Canary Wharf estate scored zero, but Birleys Read more [...]

Grade Two listed King’s Road offices could become 13 new flats

Plans are in hand to convert a Grade Two-listed office in the Eldon Square conservation area into 13 flats. Reading Borough Council’s planning committee will be considering the application tomorrow, Wednesday, October 14. The two connected buildings - 173 and 175 King’s Road - have a rear access in Orts Road, central Reading . One of the buildings is three storeys and one is five storeys built in Bath stone with slate roofs. The buildings are currently vacant and boarded up but the existing Read more [...]

Owner furious after Hampshire home listed as ‘escort agency’

IT is an imposing property that dates back to the 17th century but has become a much-loved family home. But when owner Gordon Meadow decided to do a little research into his house he was stunned to discover it was listed as being an escort agency. Mr Meadow, 42, moved into his new home on Winchester Road, Hampshire, with his wife and two children about a year ago. Knowing a little of the the 350-year-old home's history, Mr Gordon, a lecturer at Warsash Maritime Academy, Read more [...]