Freelance scribbler. Semi-retired hack.
Joined October 2013
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A 49,650 sq ft warehouse known as Sprint Point on Coventry Business Park is on the market with commercial property agent @BromwichHardy. Full story: insidermedia.com/news/midlan…
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Expanding flooring distributor @LikewisePlc wants to raise c. £30.5m via a share placing to fund more growth and increase long-term revenue targets to £300m. Part of the proceeds will buy a 60k sq ft unit in Corby, its fifth UK hub. Full story: thebusinessdesk.com/eastmidl…
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First-time buyers can buy new-build homes at a reduced cost through the government’s First Homes Scheme at @LioncourtHomes' Martley Fields development in Worcestershire in a @NicolandCo event on Saturday 8 August from 10am to 5.30pm. Full details: worcesternews.co.uk/news/264…
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Our investigation has found that the trust is in a deeper crisis than is publicly known, plagued by clinical failures within hospitals, growing internal discord and the shrinking budgets imposed by NHS England.
Click for more🔗
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A stone-polishing equipment supplier has launched in Redditch, thanks to a deal sealed by @JohnTruslove. AK Surface Solutions has taken a 5-year lease on a 1,180 sq ft unit at 12 Dunlop Road, Hunt End Industrial Estate, for £15.3k per annum. Full story: redditchadvertiser.co.uk/new…
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Expanding floors distributor @LikewisePlc won 'Fast Growth Business of the Year' at last night's West Midlands Business of the Year Awards 2026, beating off competition from @bdrgroup, BLD BRO, @CrownHighways, @ThePaceGroup and @WORD_360. Full story: thebusinessdesk.com/westmidl…
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Top commercial agency @BromwichHardy won the Property Business of the Year at last night's West Midlands Business of the Year Awards 2026, beating off competition from @FleetMilne, ONE Creative environments, @VailWilliams and @waltonhomes4. Full story: thebusinessdesk.com/westmidl…
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So now that you've all seen Dirty Business just think about govt's big idea, how it's gonna fix all of this, "we're going to give water companies MOT style check-ups".
Seriously?! Get a grip!
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An historic, chocolate box cottage in rural Worcestershire that shares its name with an @agathachristie murder mystery is for sale with @NicolandCo. The Grade II-listed Philomel Cottage in Sytchampton, close to Ombersley, is priced at £475k. Full story: birminghamworld.uk/lifestyle…
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A lively community centre with extra land in an inner city suburb of Birmingham is to be sold in @BondWolfe’s next auction. The freehold property will have a guide price of £200k+ in the livestreamed auction on Thursday March 26. Full story: propertyinvestortoday.co.uk/…
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Cavendish Walk Shopping Centre in Huyton, Merseyside shopping centre has been sold to Rugby Property Assets, based in Warwickshire, in a £1.5m deal sealed by @Watling_RE Watling Real Estate. Full story: thebusinessdesk.com/northwes…
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A property at 24 Shaftmoor Lane in Acocks Green, Birmingham that has hosted a Chinese takeaway for more than 20 years is to be sold in @BondWolfe’s next auction on 26 March with a guide price of £185k. Full story: insidermedia.com/news/midlan…
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Steve Whitmarsh, chief executive of @multifleet Vehicle Management, which trades as @runyourfleet, is the new chair of the J4 Business Forum, a networking group for Solihull businesses based near to Junction 4 of the M42. Full story: birminghambiz.co.uk/news/Mul…
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An industrial site that's home to the @AlvisCarCompany, one of Britain’s famous sports car makers, is for sale with @BromwichHardy. The investment property at Alvis Works on the Common Lane Industrial Estate, Kenilworth, has a price of £875k. Full story: warwickshireworld.com/news/p…
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"Sewage spills in London and South East worse than ever this year."
All the rhetoric, all the bluster, all the promises, all meaningless, things are getting worse. How's that getting tough with the water industry working out for you @DefraGovUK?
inews.co.uk/news/sewage-spil…
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"The Environment Agency has to reveal its area directors' financial interests after a two-year battle with a clean water charity."
Massive, massive victory for @WindrushWasp 👏👏👏 but once again why is it that campaign groups are having to resort to the courts just to get transparency and accountability, isn't that govt's job?
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Whether they like it or not we will have accountability.
Campaigners have won a two-year battle to force a green regulator to stop hiding alleged conflicts of interest between its bosses and water companies.
Huge victory for @WindrushWasp.
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Huge, MASSIVE victory for @WindrushWasp 👏👏👏
Bravo!!! 👏👏👏
The Environment Agency allows its Directors to have financial interests in companies they regulate.
Shocked?
It fought us for 2 years to hide the declarations and has just been ordered by a judge to deliver.
Full report from @StephSpyro
@premnsikka @Feargal_Sharkey
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A large, luxury detached home at 2 Beckett Road, in the select Northwick area of Worcester, is up for sale for £775k with leading local estate agency @NicolandCo. The property has five bedrooms, modern fittings and two home office cabins. Full story: malverngazette.co.uk/news/25…
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A giant warehouse in Leicestershire is being marketed by @BondWolfe with a price tag of £2.2m. The former Pilgrim's food factory off Mantle Lane, Coalville, is on a 3.13-acre site just 12 miles from East Midlands Airport. Full story: leicestermercury.co.uk/news/…