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News - October 2008

Cabot Circus Opens for Business

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LAST MONTH’S opening of Cabot Circus in Bristol marked the completion of an eight year programme to deliver one of the largest retail-led city-centre urban regeneration projects in the UK.

College to Provide ‘skill-build’ Areas

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WEST CHESHIRE College has received planning permission for two new-build projects designed by Bond Bryan Architects. The buildings are at the Ellesmere Port campus and on the Handbridge campus in Chester where students of different trades can work alongside each other as on a building site, and will be able to build a house within an internal ‘Project Court’.

£42m Academies to Deliver New Way of Teaching  » 

THE £42M BASILDON Academies contract from Essex County Council entails part refurbishment and part new build of two federated secondary schools, Barstable School and Chalvedon School, in East Basildon. These schools will become academies in September 2009.

Office Space Aims to Stimulate Regeneration

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DETAILED planning approval has been given to develop two new office buildings and redevelop the adjacent railway engine shed into a new bar and restaurant, at the heart of Forthside, Stirling’s 40-acre waterfront regeneration site.

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Green Light for South Bank Scheme

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THE SECRETARY of State, Hazel Blears has approved Coin Street Community Builders’ proposals for a public swimming and indoor leisure centre and residential development on London’s South Bank.

New Galleries to Transform Museum of Scotland

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THE £46.4 MILLION redevelopment of the National Museum of Scotland site in Chambers Street, Edinburgh is set to get underway this year. The three-year project will transform the Museum through the creation of 14 new galleries.

Silverburn Car Park Unveiled

Silverburn Car Park Unveiled  » 

THE DUNNE GROUP has completed a £15m contract to design and build the multi-storey car park at Silverburn shopping centre in Glasgow. Main contractor Dunne Building & Civil Engineering completed the car park, believed to be the largest of its type in Scotland with almost 2000 spaces, on behalf of Retail Property Holdings.

Stamp Duty Package Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Stamp Duty Package Doesn’t Go Far Enough  » 

THE PACKAGE of new measures introduced by the Government to ease current challenges in the housing market, will help some first time buyers make the leap onto the property ladder, but will not get the market moving says Marios Gregori, director of corporation tax at PKF Accountants.