THE INFAMOUS Powergen site in Shirley is facing demolition after controversial plans to have it recognised as a ‘listed’ building have been rejected. Historic England, the body in charge of protecting historic and valuable buildings, have dismissed calls from petitioners to ‘list’ the building on account of it being the last public building designed by ‘Birmingham’s most significant modernist architect’ John Madin to still be standing. If successful, the listing would have Read more [...]

One of the UK’s oldest and best known gay venues, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT) in south London, has been designated a listed building after a campaign whose supporters included Sir Ian McKellen, Paul O’Grady and Graham Norton. The heritage minister, Tracey Crouch, on Wednesday announced the building would be given a Grade II listing. She said she was thrilled, adding: “The iconic cultural hub in the heart of London is of huge significance to the LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] Read more [...]

The RVT, the UK’s oldest LGBTQ pub, has been made a listed building today protecting it against radical redevelopment. According to RVT Future it’s the first building in the country listed for its significance to LGBTQ heritage. RVT Future chair Amy Lamé, co-founder and host of long-running RVT night Duckie, said: “The listing is a fantastic milestone for our community and a victory against the odds for our beloved pub. “We look forward to continuing our work to ensure the RVT remains Read more [...]

By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 23:22 GMT, 8 September 2015 | Updated: 23:22 GMT, 8 September 2015 View comments  Another London-listed insurer is set to fall into foreign hands after Amlin agreed to a £3.5billion takeover bid from a Japanese predator.Tokyo’s Mitsui Sumitomo blew any rival bids out of the water as it said it would pay 670p a share for Read more [...]

cr360, formerly CRedit360, has again been recognised as one of the UK’s fastest growing tech companies by the prestigious Sunday Times’ Hiscox Tech Track 100 league table. The company, which provides software for multinational businesses to manage their Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) and sustainability performance, has more than quadrupled its sales in four years, achieving a turnover of £9.5m in 2015, and rapidly expanded its team from 33 to 145. Founded by university friends Richard Read more [...]

The company has also returned to the black, recovering from an operating loss of £1.7m last year and posting a profit of £1.6m. Frontier reported revenues of £22.8m for the year ended 31 May 2015, an increase of 139 per cent from £9.5m a year earlier. EBITDA grew by 1,790 per cent to £6.1m from £300,000 in 2014. At the end of August 2015, Frontier Developments had sold 825,000 paid units of Elite Dangerous and generated 84 per cent of group revenues via a self-publishing Read more [...]

An Epsom pub is to be awarded Grade II listed status by Historic England (formerly English Heritage) as a fine and rare example of the "improved pub" movement which flourished in the inter-war years, writes Elisabeth Davis. Previously known as the Stoneleigh Hotel, the Station pub in Stoneleigh Broadway was built between 1934 and 1935 and is among 21 surviving inter-war pubs from across the country being protected by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Read more [...]

The author has posted comments on this articleReeba Zachariah Partha Sinha, TNN | Sep 8, 2015, 07.24AM ISTGoogle BookmarksNewsvineLive BookmarksTechnoratiYahoo BookmarksBlogmarksDel.icio.usApnaCircleMUMBAI: Technology-led startups are not only disrupting the traditional market place but are also setting new benchmarks in valuations. Several of the new age companies are raising money at valuations which far exceed the market capitalisations of many traditional and well-established players which have Read more [...]

Aid agency Oxfam has urged listed companies in Hong Kong to put more effort into improving society, saying such initiatives could help enhance their brands and attract investors. But one leading finance academic questioned whether local investors were ready to place corporate social responsibility (CSR) high on their list of priorities for companies in picking stocks. "Good CSR performance can build a good reputation, which enables listed companies to raise money more easily in the stock market," Read more [...]

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