A developer has renewed its bid to build new houses overlooking two of Blackpool’s oldest properties. Newfield Construction was refused planning permission in February for eight houses on land bounded by Fishers Lane, Common Edge Road and Ecclesgate Road, Marton. Developers are only interested in making money Blackpool Council’s planning committee turned down the application on the grounds of fears over flooding and the need to protect the historic cottages on Fishers Lane Read more [...]

The former journalist shocked the fashion world on Wednesday night by walking away from the business she set up 15 years ago – weeks before the completion of a £1bn merger with its Italian e-commerce competitor Yoox.Ms Massenet, who has made £100m from selling Net-a-Porter shares, is expected to launch a new company over the next few months, although it is unlikely to be a direct rival. Sources close to her said she had decided on holiday that she was “an entrepreneur at heart” and did not Read more [...]

As the Shanghai stock market has plummeted in recent weeks, Charlie Awdry, manager of the Henderson China Opportunities fund, has been ploughing more of his fund into US-listed stocks. Onshore Chinese shares have slumped more than 40 per cent from their mid-June peak despite policymakers’ attempts to prop up the market, with Hong Kong stocks also suffering. The Hang Seng index is down 25 per cent over the same period.China funds have posted similarly steep Read more [...]

An official bid for Liverpool city centre pub the Roscoe Head to be listed as an asset of community value has now been submitted. Campaigners fear for the long-term future of the pub, which is set to get new owners as part of a huge deal between Punch Taverns and property firm NewRiver. NewRiver insists it has no plans to change the use of the popular watering hole but fans of the pub still plan to go ahead with their application. The Roscoe Head is one of dozens of premises included in a £53.5m Read more [...]

It was a record-breaking transfer window for Boro as 10 new faces jetted into Teesside and gave the club a much-needed breath of fresh air. Following last season’s Wembley demise, it was always going to be a big summer as Boro looked to pick themselves up off the canvas and get ready for another nine month-long rounds in the ring. Last season’s loan quartet Patrick Bamford, Jelle Vossen, Ryan Fredericks and Kenneth Omeruo all left in the aftermath of the play-off final, leaving Boro’s squad Read more [...]

A further six general FE colleges have been listed by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) as intending to take on learners from the age of 14. The EFA yesterday published an updated list of FE colleges intending to start ‘direct recruitment’ of full-time younger learners for 2015/16. The six new providers are Cambridge Regional College (CRC), Central Bedfordshire College, East Durham College, East Kent College, John Ruskin College, in Croydon, and South Tyneside College, according Read more [...]

A couple has made a planning bid to move their osteopathy clinic to a Victorian Grade II Listed building owned by their church. St Margaret’s Church’s Rector Simon Newham backed Bridgeham Clinic’s proposals for 1 Lychgate Cottage, Ifield Street,in the Ifield Village Conservation Area.If approved, an extension and air conditioning units and internal alterations would be made. The building’s use would change from community church to clinic and a new outbuilding a vehicle crossover Read more [...]

A couple has made a planning bid to move their osteopathy clinic to a Victorian Grade II Listed building owned by their church. St Margaret’s Church’s Rector Simon Newham backed Bridgeham Clinic’s proposals for 1 Lychgate Cottage, Ifield Street,in the Ifield Village Conservation Area.If approved, an extension and air conditioning units and internal alterations would be made. The building’s use would change from community church to clinic and a new outbuilding a vehicle crossover Read more [...]

A Coventry pub has been given listed status as part of a national drive to protect historic venues that pre-date World War Two. The Biggin Hall Hotel, in Binley Road, was awarded Grade II listed status by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport following a project led by Historic England to protect pubs built between World War One and Two. The pub, built in 1923, was created in a style called Brewer’s Tudor-style. Architects and breweries hoped to invoked memorise on “Merrie England” through Read more [...]

1 September, 2015 | By Colin Marrs BDP's Northern Bank head office, Donegall Square West, Belfast Source: Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections BDP’s 1976 Northern Ireland headquarters for Danske Bank is among 19 new buildings in Belfast granted listed status In 2004, the building was the scene of Northern Ireland’s largest bank robbery when a gang got away with the equivalent of £26.5 million from previous Read more [...]