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BDP to lead revamp work in Gateshead

28 September 2007

Building Design Partnership (BDP) has been appointed to lead an advisory team on a 15-year project to regenerate Gateshead town centre.

Finance briefs

28 September 2007

The London Development Agency is to invest £20 million in youth services in the capital, London mayor Ken Livingstone announced last week. The funding, for the period 2008-10, will sit alongside £40 million of Youth Opportunity Fund and Youth Capital Fund cash from the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Green Cities wins contract to redesign Victorian houses

28 September 2007

A contract to redesign two Victorian houses in Manningham, Bradford, has been won by Manchester-based architect Green Cities.

Windmills and casinos

By Sir Peter Hall

28 September 2007

Do we really need the City of London?

Bid for Birmingham road improvements approved

28 September 2007

A bid for £588 million worth of improvements to Birmingham's road network has been approved by the Department for Transport.

Structural funding boost for Wales

28 September 2007

Brussels has approved the Welsh Assembly Government's plans for spending £570 million of European structural funding in West Wales and the Valleys over the next seven years.

Nathaniel Lichfield selected to assess Dorset retail potential

28 September 2007

A major assessment of retail and town centre potential in eastern Dorset is being carried out by Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (NLP).

Travel plans earn awards

28 September 2007

Four planning consultancies have won awards for their travel plans from the West of England Partnership.

Firms told to stump up to fund Crossrail

28 September 2007

The private sector will have to foot a portion of the bill for London's Crossrail project if it is to get the Government's approval in the Comprehensive Spending Review later this year, transport secretary Ruth Kelly told a meeting of bankers and other business leaders last week.

Crossrail could see other projects 'mothballed'

28 September 2007

The supposedly imminent deal to fund the £16 billion London Crossrail line could set back all other major London transport projects for up to five years, according to a well-placed senior source.