Galliford Try wins £82.8m of hotel and housing contracts
Contractor to build three hotels in Surrey, Berkshire and Oxfordshire as well as student flats in London
Contractor Galliford Try has won four hotel and housing contracts worth £82.8m …
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Horbury seals first class £2.8m deal
Horbury Group has won a series of contracts for work on educational institutions, worth almost £2.8 million.
Two of the Rotherham-based specialist construction firm’s subsidiaries – Horbury Building Systems and MWS Joinery – have won contracts to work on projects to expand student accommodation at Sheffield and Leeds Universities …
Official opening for student village – Leeds
A student village boasting nearly 500 bedrooms will be opened today in Leeds.
Rosie Winterton, Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber, is to officially open the Carnegie Village student accommodation at Leeds Metropolitan University’s Headingley campus.
The development, which is set to welcome its first students, is provided by student accommodation specialist UPP …
The 10 most expensive student towns, and the 10 cheapest
Getting a degree is a pretty expensive pursuit these days: the average student can now expect to leave a three year course with £23,000 of debt.
This means that deciding where to study is no longer just about tossing up between the institutions that offer the most suitable course and those with the best night life, students also have to factor in how much it will cost to rent property in the town.
The prices of student accommodation vary enormously. While the average weekly rent for student accommodation across the UK is £62.61, those at university in London will have to pay an average of £104.13 a week …
Metropolitan Police warn of student flat scam
Students seeking college digs are being warned about a bogus landlord scam on the internet. Fraudsters are asking students to provide bank details or send money to secure properties – only for them to discover no such house or flat exists.
In a review of recent internet-related crime, the Metropolitan Police found almost a third involved this sort of ruse …
Auction sale sees Liverpool Bridewell bought for student accommodation
A former Liverpool prison is preparing for a new sort of inmate.
A Merseyside property company has bought the Main Bridewell at auction and now aims to convert it into accommodation for university students.
The Bridewell, formerly owned by Merseyside police authority, is a Grade II*-listed building and was the city’s main lock-up for more than 130 years.
It went under the auctioneer’s hammer yesterday, with Wirral-based Students Lettings Point snapping up the slice of history for £450,000 …
Telecoms watchdog Ofcom publishes guide to student broadband …
As we head towards the new academic year, undergraduates across the country are facing the prospect of having to leave home and and set up their own pads ready for study time. Of course, unless they want to spend their whole year in their university library, most will be currently looking into ways of kitting themselves up with broadband during term time.
Telecommunications watchdog Ofcom has released a guide to broadband especially for students, giving them advice on choosing the most appropriate package or advising them on the differences between fixed-line and mobile broadband …
Proposals for Gloucestershire’s County Ground on Nevil Road, Bristol
Following their public consultation in July, Gloucestershire have announced details of the revised plans for the £10million development of their cricket ground on Nevil Road, Bristol.
Since the launch of the proposals, the design team have reviewed the comments and suggestions received from the public at the exhibition and have amended the proposals in response to many of these comments.
The proposals include a 20,000 seat capacity stadium, a new Media Centre, improved conference facilities, upgraded public gymnasium facility including a swimming pool and enhanced education facility.
They are also proposing to include student accommodation within the proposals as ‘enabling development’ which is needed to fund the development …
Boost for Cambridge University growth plans
The University of Cambridge has welcomed local planning inspectors’ support of proposals for its massive North West Cambridge development on a site between Madingley Road and Huntingdon Road.
The wide-ranging development includes market housing and key worker homes for university staff, new academic and commercial research buildings, student accommodation, community facilities and significant public spaces …
Gloucestershire unveil new blueprint for County Ground – Bristol
New plans for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club’s £10 million expansion show where up to 350 students would live at the revamped ground.
Following July’s public consultation the plans for the new 20,000-seater ground have been altered to reduce the number of student flats that form part of the development …