In Brief: Appeal success for Augean, Mint Hotel rebrands, and more
AN appeal against permission being granted for Augean to bury low level radioactive waste has been dismissed.
The Court of Appeal rejected the appeal made on legal grounds by a resident regarding the East Northants Resources Management Facility.
Permission to appeal to the Supreme Court was refused and a further request to refer the case to the European Court of Justice was rejected.
However, the claimant could apply directly to the Supreme Court for permission to appeal.
Wetherby-based Augean said it would continue to develop the market for low level waste disposal and commence commercial operations at ENRMF during the first half of this year.
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CASTLE Square Corporate Finance has led negotiations on the sale of Sheffield-based Pyramid Fire Protection to AIM listed Green Compliance.
Pyramid designs and installs bespoke fire detection and protection systems and includes Bradford Royal Infirmary, Sheffield Forgemasters and defence contractor Babcock International as clients.
Green Compliance is a business support services group with group turnover of around £20m.
Legal services were provided Taylor & Emmett solicitors.
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MINT Hotel in Leeds has changed its name to DoubleTree by Hilton Leeds City Centre.
The rebrand follows a deal that saw the Mint Hotels chain acquired by private equity company Blackstone.
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NEPTUNE Proteus, the device that is set to provide electricity to The Deep in Hull, has been towed into position in the River Humber.
Following a three-month commissioning period, the tidal stream device will provide electricity to The Deep.
It will provide around a quarter of the power required by the visitor attraction.
Nigel Petrie, chairman of Neptune Renewable Energy Ltd (NREL), said: “We would like to express thanks to all our suppliers in the Humber who are working with us on this project. We would also like to thank Hull City Council and The Deep for their support.”
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Q-PARK has been awarded a 10-year lease of the 284 space car park at St John’s Shopping Centre in Leeds, owned by Hermes Real Estate Investment Management.
Q-Park will be delivering a programme of improvements which will include a new CCTV system, improved lighting, new signage, replacement barriers and pay machines.
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LAW firm Lupton Fawcett has advised Austin Reed on the acquisition of a new flagship store in Regent Street in London.
David Bowden, lead director at Lupton Fawcett for the Austin Reed Group, was instructed to assign the lease of its old flagship store to Superdry and to take an assignment of the Aquascutum Store lease which is almost directly opposite the new store on Regent Street.
