New homeowners have been warned against becoming victims of fraud, after new research found they are being increasingly targeted by crooks who steal personal details . Credit report agency Experian says it has seen a 35 per cent rise in the number of young first-time buyers becoming fraud victims in …
Read More »Smart parcel delivery platform iParcelBox launches
A new platform aims to put an end to the problem of missed deliveries. Smart parcel delivery box iParcelBox is monitored and controlled via a smartphone app. The interface has been specifically designed to be quick and easy for couriers to use, with no app or access code. Couriers simply …
Read More »Islington Square homes: Upper Street sorting office conversion
The redevelopment of a former Edwardian postal sorting office into Islington Square — with 263 homes and new boutiques, bars and restaurants, a theatre rehearsal space, health club and cinema — is contained in a fashionable new quarter in Upper Street, N1. The four-acre site had been closed to the …
Read More »Former Drews Ironmongers could be demolished and replaced with flats
The former home of a Reading institution could be knocked down and replaced with a housing development. S2 Developments, which owns the former home of Drews the Ironmongers in Caversham Road, put its plans for the site on show in Reading on Wednesday, July 24. Official plans have yet to …
Read More »Seven Days: 19 July 2019
Brexit delayed? New president speaks New EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen hinted at the possibility of a delay to the United Kingdom’s exit from the bloc, which is scheduled for 31 October 2019. “I stand ready for further extension of the withdrawal date, should more time be required …
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