Cast adrift: 5,000 flood families who are still homeless a year on

business.timesonline.co.uk | Jun 21, 2008

The plight of nearly 5,000 households still living in temporary accommodation 12 months after Britain was hit by widespread flooding will be condemned in an official review released next week.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/money/consumer_affairs/article4184170.ece

Colliers CRE - Commercial Ground Rents perform strongly at Colliers CRE Auction

Colliers CRE had a bumper start to the year with its first auctions of 2008, split between London, South Yorkshire and North West, realising almost £24 million with 181 of the 194 lots offered selling, and contracts being sent out post auction on four others.

http://www.collierscre.com/newsEvents/1194.aspx

Worldwide: Gleeds

A major British firm of International management and construction consultants - Gleeds has already been retained to be involved in the re-instatement and repair of damage caused by the floods in Prague's historic city centre.

http://www.gleeds.com/worldwide/media_centre.cfm?action=news&id=11

Furness Business Advice, Barrow Inward Investment, Help, Support and Grants - Furness Enterprise

A FURNESS power firm is celebrating after winning a £5m order from Saudi Arabia and creating 18 new jobs. It will bring the workforce at Acrastyle, next to the canal at Ulverston, to more than 140, says managing director Bill Rodger.

http://www.furnessenterprise.co.uk/furness_enterprise_newsdisplay.asp?newsID=435

Redevelopment of closed power stations

Given the significant changes to the UK electricity industry many power stations have reached the end of their useful or economic life or there have been other changes to the transmission and distribution network making them obsolete.

http://www.hamer-associates.co.uk/services/power-stations.php?section=commercial

EGPropertyLink - industrial premises B76 1AL

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General Industrial, Light Industrial, Warehouse / Distribution for sale - Trelleborg Premises, Maybrook Road, Minworth, B76 1AL - Neil Slade at Harris Lamb Ltd. on 0121 455 9455

http://www.egpropertylink.com/EGPLPROPERTY10274511.htm

Points of interest: 3-million-feature database created with PointX from private and public sectors

Points of Interest has a highly developed three-level classification system to help you identify the features you are interested in. Points are classified into 9 broad Groups, 49 subject categories and then around 615 highly specific Classes.

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/pointsofinterest/

Heritage Management Group

Manufacturing, assembling, processing, cleaning, testing, or repair of products from previously prepared materials, such as cloth, paper, plastic, leather, glass, metal, wood or chemical products.

http://www.heritagemanagement.com/cooper-zoning.htm