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Winchester-based PegasusLife has recently acquired 11 sites as part of the development of a large-scale retirement homes project worth around £500m, which will support the opening of 30 developments in the next three years. According to a news report in the local media on this matter, The company has acquired two sites in Sevenoaks and Seaford, five sites in the South West, one site in the Midlands, one in Suffolk and two in London.

Retail chain John Lewis has finished construction work on an ‘at home’ store in Ashford, which is likely to create 125 new jobs in this area, a news report in the local media has revealed. The 40,000 sq ft premises is located near junction 9 of the M20 and will provide furniture, electronics and home technology as well as in-store computer terminals for customers to browse wider John Lewis stock.

Over 900 builders are planning to offer the Help to Buy equity loan scheme, housing Minister Kris Hopkins has recently revealed, according to a new report in the specialized business media. Furthermore, it’s quite interesting to note that over 600 builders (80%+) are smaller builders, building less than 40 homes.

Amec, an international engineering and project management company, has revealed plans to create more than 300 highly-skilled jobs in its Clean Energy Europe business, a media news report on the matter has revealed. Based in the north west of England, Amec will focus on boosting its nuclear business and aims to bring in a wide range of disciplines, including safety consultants, project managers and mechanical and electrical engineers.

Food and beverage companies across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire have expressed plans to invest in facilities, equipment, IT and product development in their businesses over the next 12 months, a media news report has revealed.

Construction and support services company Interserve has just managed to secure a very lucrative contract with the BBC, following which it will be responsible for 26 services including critical broadcast engineering and business continuity services. As a media news report has revealed, the contract is worth £150m for the five-year term and includes management and delivery of s

A 1.5 hectare area at Lawrence Road, in Tottenham, that is currently occupied by empty and unused 1960s industrial warehouses, is set to be redeveloped into more than 260 houses and apartments, a media news report has revealed.

Residential developer Crest Nicholson will shortly start working on the first phase of its 168 hectare development at Finberry, in Ashford, which is the first to be built under the Government’s Get Britain Building programme.

Leicester City Council has managed to obtain £1m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to go towards a £2.5m project to create Cathedral Gardens – a new public area outside Leicester Cathedral – and reconstruct Peacock Lane and St Martin’s, a news report in the local media has revealed.

The building at No 1 Whitehall Riverside, one of Leeds’ landmark offices, is set to undergo a major,£1m refurbishment programme, targeting the property’s two 17,159 sq ft vacant office floors. According to a news report in the local business media, the building has the largest floorplates and amount of vacant grade A space currently available in any one building in the city centre, joint leasing agent Jones Lang LaSalle said.

A new research study published by banking powerhouse Santander revealed the fact that workers in the UK collectively spend £67bn per year on costs related directly to their jobs, and these costs are going nowhere but up.

Regeneration specialist St Modwen has just started working on a new Ambulance Special Operations Centre, as a part of the Skypark project developed in partnership with Devon County Council near to Exeter Airport. According to a news release in the local media, when the development work is complete, Skypark will provide 1.4 million sq ft of warehouse, industrial and office space and deliver up to 6,500 new jobs.