City analysts believe Mike Ashley, the billionaire owner of more than 300 discount sports shops, including Lillywhites in central London, is to bid up to £200m to buy Blacks Leisure.
The Guardian questions whether London’s 2012 Games site is already behind schedule following Jack Lemley’s decision to quit as chairman of the Olympics Delivery Authority.
The Times questions how veteran property watcher and long-time critic of British Land Mike Prew felt when BL’s Sir John Ritblat was appointed as chair of Lehman Brothers’ new European…
The board of Signet, the jewellery retailer is understood to have rebuffed a £350m indicative approach for its UK division from a consortium including the entrepreneur Gerald Ratner and Royal…
The BBC and the government are discussing the broadcaster’s borrowing limits as part of talks over the licence fee settlement, which could make it easier for the BBC to fund…
The US economy suffered an abrupt slowdown over the past three months, with growth dropping to its weakest in more than three years as it succumbed to the toll from…
Plaza Centers, the eastern European property developer, raised £154m in an initial public offering yesterday. The offer price was set in the middle of the indicative price range at 180p,…
Newry in Northern Ireland can lay claim to be the UK’s property hotspot of the past decade with house prices managing a near fivefold rise, according to research published today.
The Alternative Investment Market is suffering from “indigestion”, one of its leading players has warned. Evolution, which processes more trades on the junior market than any other broker, issued a…
MJ Gleeson, the building, construction and property group, reduced its annual losses after selling three divisions to concentrate on urban regeneration, strategic land trading and commercial property.
German insurance group Allianz has made a £903m cash offer for John Laing, the schools, roads and hospitals bidder. The recommended offer of 385p a share trumped a rival 355p…
Honeycombe Leisure, the pubs operator, said that it would continue to hunt for a buyer after turning in another year of losses.