A Midland’s property and development company has reported a record start to 2014 with lettings and commercial take-up back to pre-recessions levels. So far this year Birmingham-based Calthorpe Estates has secured more new tenants than any first... Read More
The NHS has attracted increasing levels of criticism in recent months. There has been widespread concern following reports of elderly patients being left without beds, falling hygiene standards and accusations of neglect in cases involving at-risk... Read More
The latest addition to Edgbaston Medical Quarter has moved a step closer after it was announced that construction of Birmingham Dental Hospital will begin next month. The £34 million development will house a range of public services alongside research... Read More
High street guru Mary Portas has been frustrated in her bid to rejuvenate town centres. Claims that funding initiatives have failed to work one year after the launch of her campaign have somewhat marred her attempts to turn things around, while some critics... Read More
Optical services and laser eye surgery group Optical Express has been rescued from collapse by its founder, preventing the loss of 1,600 jobs in the UK and Ireland. David Moulsdale has bought all the debt that the firm owes to the Royal Bank of... Read More
The Mayor's office has placed a bid to the London Enterprise Partnership for £1 million in seed money to create what it has described as a "golden triangle" in medical and life sciences research which will link the UK's capital city with Oxford and... Read More
Astra Zeneca, put its current difficulties aside this week when it unveiled Cambridge Biomedical Campus as the location of its new £330 million global headquarters. The pharmaceutical giant has suffered from falling sales of late as patents on some of... Read More
Stirling Properties has announced the grand opening of a new full-service Walgreens drug store in New Orleans. The 13,000 sq ft facility, which is located at 5518 Magazine Street, is situated in a building with plenty of patriotic history. Magazine... Read More
Edgbaston Medical Quarter will be officially launched today at a summit bringing together healthcare providers, academics and the private sector. The launch, in effect the branding of a district that already exists, provides the quarter with an identity which... Read More
Virgin Active is expanding its South African interests by opening a new and highly exclusive healthcare club in the upmarket Sandton area of Johannesburg, thanks to further investment from Sir Richard Branson. The tycoon has invested R150 million (just... Read More
