Goldman Sachs and Wellcome offload iQ in UK’s largest-ever private property deal
Blackstone has struck the largest-ever private property deal in the UK by agreeing to acquire the UK student accommodation firm iQ in a £4.7bn deal.
The New York-based private equity firm is buying iQ from the US investment bank Goldman Sachs and the health research charity Wellcome Trust.
Continue reading...Are you thinking about packing up your family home and finding somewhere smaller to live? Here, the NAEA Propertymark offers advice to make the process a little easier: Planning is key – Packing your home into boxes can be a real chore, particularly when you are moving to a smaller property, but planning well in advance can […]
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Owners of apartments wrapped in dangerous cladding urge PM to release billions in funding
Owners of high-rise apartments wrapped in combustible cladding have demonstrated in Westminster to demand Boris Johnson release billions of pounds to end a national fire safety crisis that continues nearly 1,000 days after the Grenfell Tower disaster.
Families with young children, retirees and working couples from tower blocks in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Southampton, Ipswich and Birmingham were among more than 100 residents who travelled to London to rally on Tuesday for an end to their “living nightmare” by announcing a bailout in next month’s budget.
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If I put washing up water on my vegetable patch, will my vegetables taste of washing up water?
Peter Hanson, Whitestone, Exeter
Continue reading...The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
If I put washing up water on my vegetable patch, will my vegetables taste of washing up water?
Peter Hanson, Whitestone, Exeter
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