Anna Hodgekiss Freelance
Property Week
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Bidwells hatches Oxford ‘brain belt’ plan
24 June 2011
Consultancy opens office in university city to exploit UK “Silicon Valley”
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Irish and Danish bed down in Bedford
24 June 2011
Vision Modular Systems and Lantmannen Unibake snap up shed space
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Stevenage homes plan buffeted by regional planning row
24 June 2011
Hertfordshire town core strategy deemed “unsound” by Planning Inspectorate
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Railway at heart of Guildford’s revamp route map
10 June 2011
Council to unveil 18-year plan with station largest of 25 sites
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Vesta hopes for blades of glory in Kent
10 June 2011
Turbine company eyes up Port of Sheerness, but wants assurances
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Life’s a beach for Sea Space in Hastings
10 June 2011
Plans for offices and a restaurant follow the scheme’s initial success
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LandSecs joins Caddick for 1m sq ft Leeds ‘Bullring’ ...
24 August 2007
Companies to redevelop and combine neighbouring retail schemes into Trinity Leeds
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Irish investors in final furlong to buy Bond Street’s Boodles
24 August 2007
Sloane Capital, backed by racing tycoons Magnier and McManus, closes in on Mayfair jewellery store
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Procter & Gamble hangs on to JLL
23 August 2007
Procter & Gamble has retained Jones Lang LaSalle as the global provider of its facilities and property management services.
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Erinaceous sale talks end
22 August 2007
Erinaceous, the AIM-listed property services firm, is no longer in talks to sell itself.
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Negative feeling towards commercial property grows
22 August 2007
Sentiment towards UK commercial property is getting increasingly negative by the day, according to the latest research by Drivers Jonas.
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CBRE appoints new planning head.
22 August 2007
Chris White has joined CB Richard Ellis to head the planning and regeneration department in Birmingham.
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Quorum Estates acquires 15,000 sq ft in Macclesfield.
22 August 2007
Cheshire-based developer Quorum Estates has acquired a former mill in Macclesfield for redevelopment.
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Bradford scheme gets green light
20 August 2007
The £350m regeneration of Bradford has been given the go-ahead by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
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Pineapple debuts at Hatfield
20 August 2007
Fashion label Pineapple is set to open its first designer outlet at Land Securities’ Galleria shopping centre in Hatfield.
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UK Coal and Gazeley submit Ashby de la Zouch plans
14 August 2007
UK Coal and Gazeley have submitted plans to develop a former coal disposal site in Ashby de la Zouch
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Edinburgh office take-up soars 73%
14 August 2007
Half-year office take-up in Edinburgh rocketed by 73% compared with the corresponding period in 2006, according to the latest analysis from Jones Lang LaSalle
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Hammerson plans Westmorland extension
14 August 2007
Hammerson has submitted its plans for an extension to Westmorland Retail Park in Cramlington, north of Newcastle.
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Citycon buys Helsinki's Iso Omena mall
14 August 2007
Citycon Oyj, a property investment company specialising in retail, has bought the Iso Omena shopping centre in Helsinki, Finland,
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Bench opens in Northen Ireland
14 August 2007
Fashion retailer Bench has signed up for its first standalone store in Northern Ireland.
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MWB to open four new centres
14 August 2007
Serviced office provider MWB Business Exchange has announced it will open four new centres.
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Redevco wins consent for City debut
13 August 2007
Redevco has been granted planning permission for the redevelopment of 120 Moorgate in the City of London
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Barclays hands over £40m funding for Barnsley scheme
13 August 2007
Gateway Plaza, the £70m mixed-use scheme in Barnsley, has received £40m funding package from Barclays Bank.
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Bee Bee and Buccleuch submit Kettering plan
10 August 2007
A joint venture between Bee Bee Developments and Buccleuch Property has submitted a planning application to build 5,500 homes as part of the eastern expansion of Kettering.
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Piano in play for Paddington scheme
10 August 2007
Council has mixed-use plans for school site near Edgware Road
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Credit Suisse takes shine to Glasgow’s Aurora
10 August 2007
Office building sold for £92m in Scotland’s biggest investment deal for two years
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Blow for Tesco at Sunderland Vaux Brewery site
8 August 2007
Tesco has been dealt a blow in the ongoing planning row over the former Vaux Brewery site in Sunderland.
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Staffordshire school gets new food technology centre
8 August 2007
A food technology centre in South Staffordshire has been granted £1.2m of funding by regional development agency Advantage West Midlands.
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Rok gets green light for £10m Yorkshire scheme
8 August 2007
Rok is to develop a £10m office scheme in North Yorkshire aimed at small businesses.
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Native Land wins Lambeth Fire Station contract
7 August 2007
Residential developer Native Land has won the right to develop the Lambeth Fire Station site on London’s Albert Embankment.
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LandSecs sells Greater London House for £165m
7 August 2007
Lazari Investments has bought Greater London House in Hampstead Road, north London, from Land Securities for around £165m.
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St. Austell town centre redevelopment gets the go ahead
6 August 2007
The £75m regeneration of St. Austell town centre has been given the green light after the South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWERDA) and David McLean Developments signed an unconditional agreement.
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Flannels takes to Liverpool One
1 August 2007
Fashion retailer Flannels has signed for a second store at Grosvenor’s £950m Liverpool One scheme.
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Warner buys City's Cable House
1 August 2007
Warner Estate Holdings has bought Cable House, 56-62 New Broad Street in the City of London.
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Greek shipping magnate buys Telegraph HQ
1 August 2007
Achilleas Kallakis has bought the Barclay brothers’ Telegraph Newspapers headquarters in London’s Victoria.
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Estate agents who dodge HIPs could be banned
31 July 2007
The Office of Fair Trading has warned that estate agents who fail to comply with new Home Information Pack (HIPs) regulations could be banned from working.
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Irish investor buys £65m Lanarkshire centre
31 July 2007
A Northern Irish investor has bought the Regent Centre shopping centre in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
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Welbeck bags £1bn Rochester contract
30 July 2007
Welbeck Land has been named as the preferred developer for part of a £1bn regeneration project in Rochester.
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ReBlackpool unveils People's Playground
30 July 2007
ReBlackpool, the urban regeneration company behind the redevelopment of Blackpool, has unveiled its latest proposals for the People’s Playground at a new public exhibition.
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Jones Lang LaSalle appointed to market Korea's tallest building
26 July 2007
Gale International has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle as the sole leasing agent for what will be Korea’s tallest building - the Northeast Asia Trade Tower.
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Final stage planned at Liverpool's St Paul's Square
25 July 2007
English Cities Fund has submitted a planning application for the final phase of St Paul’s Square in Liverpool.
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Candy-backed resi scheme gets go ahead
24 July 2007
Plans to redevelop two Thistle Hotels in Kensington into a luxury residential scheme have been approved by planners.
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Housebuilders buys Lanarkshire site for new resi development
24 July 2007
Housebuilder Manor Lane has bought a 37-acre site near Bellshill in Lanarkshire to develop a residential site of around 500 homes.
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Derby lands £1.3m footbridge
24 July 2007
Plans have been unveiled for a new £1.3m footbridge in Derby City Centre.
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Crown Estate buys hotel in Windsor
23 July 2007
The Crown Estate has bought Ye Harte & Garte Hotel in Windsor for £26m.
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Cluttons buys cost consulting firm
23 July 2007
Cluttons has bought the niche cost consulting firm Paul Jennings Associates for an undisclosed amount.
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Sustainable communities are cost-effective
23 July 2007
Sustainable communities are at least as commercially viable as conventional developments, if not more so, according to research published today by the Prince of Wales.
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Erinaceous to buy Eddisons for £10m
20 July 2007
Top ten-rated agency continues its spending spree with takeover of Leeds-based firm
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GCP in £160m central London spree
18 July 2007
The Great Capital Partnership, the 50:50 joint venture between Great Portland Estates and Capital & Counties, has bought £160m of property in central London.
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Property profits rise at UK Coal
18 July 2007
UK Coal’s property division is expected to report a £30m rise in profits this year, following ‘significant progress’ in developing the portfolio.
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ING wins £560m advisory role
17 July 2007
ING Real Estate has won a £560m advisory mandate for one of the UK's largest property pension funds.
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Peel plans Liverpool airport hotel
17 July 2007
Peel Holdings has submitted a planning application for a hotel near Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport.
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Warner snaps up America House lease
17 July 2007
Warner Estates has bought the long leasehold of America House in the City of London from London and Regional Properties.
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Plans submitted for Manchester's Piccadilly Basin
11 July 2007
Town Centre Securities has submitted two planning applications for the next phase of its Piccadilly Basin scheme in Manchester.
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Hammerson man joins Candys’ army
6 July 2007
Andrew Locke joins luxury developer to take charge of Chelsea Barracks
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Google to search London for new HQ
6 July 2007
Internet search engine giant on hunt for up to 250,000 sq ft
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Meadowhall bears brunt of flooding
6 July 2007
British Land’s Sheffield shopping centre closed for a week
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Derby gets a new footbridge
3 July 2007
Plans were today unveiled for a new footbridge over the River Derwent in Derby city centre.
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Wimpey warns of housing slow down
27 June 2007
Wimpey, the house builder which is merging with Taylor Woodrow, today warned of ‘less buoyant market conditions’ in the second half of 2007 as rising interest rates continue to sap consumer confidence.
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East Midlands lands two new stations
26 June 2007
The Department of Transport has confirmed that the East Midlands will benefit from two new railway stations.
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Competition watchdog to probe housebuilding
22 June 2007
Britain’s housebuilding industry is to be the subject of a competition watchdog investigation.
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Society asks for US embassy to be listed
22 June 2007
Twentieth Century Society wants embassy and Centre:MK to be grade II*
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Mackays takes Northern Ireland retail unit
21 June 2007
Mackays Stores has taken the remaining retail space at the Laharna Retail Park in Northern Ireland
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Kenmore buys Sheffield office scheme
21 June 2007
The Scottish property company has bought an office scheme in Sheffield from Priority Sites for £13.3m.
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New stadium for Nottingham Forest
20 June 2007
Wilson Bowden and Nottingham Forest FC are in talks to develop a new football stadium as part of a major mixed use scheme.
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Southwark Council to relocate
20 June 2007
Southwark Council confirmed today it would relocate its headquarters to Tooley Street in London Bridge.
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Gladman plans £14m Scotland office scheme
19 June 2007
Gladman Developments is planning a speculative £14m office scheme in Cumbernauld, near Glasgow.
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Carillion makes first Castlegate sale
19 June 2007
Carillion Developments has sold the first building at its £80m mixed-use scheme in Castlegate, Sheffield.
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British Waterways appoints new development manager
18 June 2007
British Waterways has appointed Aiden Johnson-Hugill as a development manager for its expanding development programme.
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British Waterways in new residential focus
15 June 2007
Atisreal picked for new management role
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Icelandic company buys in Belgravia
14 June 2007
Zegna III Holdings, an Icelandic offshore company, has bought a prime residential site in London’s Belgravia for £85m.
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Oracle reveals £305m Canary Quarter plans
13 June 2007
Oracle Group has revealed plans for its £305m Canary Quarter scheme on the former Indescon Court site at Millharbour in London’s Docklands
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St Martins submits Thames-side resi plans
12 June 2007
Developer and investor St Martins Property Corporation today submitted a planning application to Southwark Council for the redevelopment of a site beside the River Thames
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Rutley Capital boosts Euro fund with €163m portfolio
12 June 2007
Rutley Capital Partners has bought €163m (£110m) of property in Germany, the Netherlands and France for its European property fund
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Redrow receives Barking Central approval
12 June 2007
Redrow Regeneration has received approval for the second phase of its Barking Central scheme in east London
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Operators lose battle against government casinos
11 June 2007
Casino operators today lost their High Court battle to halt the 17 government-proposed casinos around the country
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Westminster defers decision on Middlesex Hospital revamp
8 June 2007
Westminster City Council last night deferred making a decision on the future of the Middlesex Hospital site in London’s West End.
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Developer found guilty of causing Gumball rally deaths
8 June 2007
Cheshire property developer Nicholas Morley has been found guilty by a Macedonian court of causing the death of an elderly couple at the Gumball rally last month.
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Rock on a roll
8 June 2007
Entrepreneur Paul Kemsley talks about football, one of 2006’s deals of the year, and being Sir Alan Sugar’s rottweiler on The Apprentice.
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Bank of Scotland buys 50% Kilmartin stake
8 June 2007
Bank to provide Wotherspoon’s company with £300m debt facility
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DevSecs submits Hammersmith scheme
6 June 2007
Development Securities has submitted a planning application for a major mixed-use scheme at Hammersmith Grove in west London.
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EPREA appoints new chief exec
6 June 2007
The European Public Real Estate Association has appointed Philip Charls as its new chief executive from 1 October.
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Aberdeen shopping centres get £25m revamp
1 June 2007
Aberdeen’s Bon Accord and St Nicholas shopping centres are to undergo a £25m extension
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West Midlands team plans £160m mixed use project
1 June 2007
Birmingham developer Chord and Coventry-based Deeley Properties have applied for planning permission for a £160m mixed-used scheme in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.
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Invista and Bank of America invest £127.5m in resi
1 June 2007
Invista Real Estate has bought a portfolio of 317 houses in south-west England in a joint venture with Bank of America for £127.5m.
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Cadbury’s to quit West End
01June 2007
Sky-high rents to force £15bn group out of Mayfair
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Pearl plucks Islington Council portfolio
01June 2007
Independent occupiers fearful of hikes in £65m shops
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DP World wins Essex container port approval
30 May 2007
Dubai Ports World has been given the go-ahead for its London Gateway container port and business park in Thurrock, Essex
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CTP masterminds Sheffield hotel and office scheme
30 May 2007
Sheffield Hallam’s former student union, the Nelson Mandela building, is to be redeveloped into a hotel and office scheme.
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Progress with six-star Glasgow hotel
29 May 2007
Progress Property Developments has today submitted a planning application for Glasgow’s first six-star hotel, The Argyle International.
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Billionaire salutes former US Navy HQ for £250m
29 May 2007
Richard Caring, the billionaire entrepreneur, has emerged as the buyer of the former US Navy headquarters in London’s Grosvenor Square
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Structadene to buy Islington Portfolio
25 May 2007
David Pearl’s Structadene is to buy the controversial Islington Portfolio in north London for more than £65m.
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Morston sells Kings Lynn industrial park
25 May 2007
Morston Assets has sold its Kings Lynn industrial park to the German-owned Palm Group.
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Auction sales defy interest rate rise
25 May 2007
Allsop, Cushman and JLL raise £200m with appetite ‘still strong’
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MacQueen ready for West End planning battle with mayor
25 May 2007
Leicester Square and Oxford Street overhauls at top of chief planner’s list.
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Mystery consortium buy US Navy site
23 May 2007
Christian Candy’s CPC Group has lost out in the bidding for the coveted US Navy site in Grosvenor Square to an unknown private consortium
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Bank of Scotland invests in Norfolk developer
22 May 2007
Bank of Scotland Corporate has taken a 20% stake in Morston Assets, the Norfolk-based developer owned by Sir Tom Farmer and Tom Harrison.
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Crown Estate appoints independent valuers
21 May 2007
The Crown Estate has appointed independent property valuers for the first time for its core urban estate.
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Hammerson buys London office building for £71m
21 May 2007
Hammerson has bought Stockley House in London’s Victoria from a private client of DTZ for £71.4m, reflecting a net initial yield of 4.3%.
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Opposition and occupiers join protest over ‘£3bn’ rate row
18 May 2007
Retailers and CoreNet Global condemn ‘stealth tax’ as campaign hits the Commons. Anna Hodgekiss reports
