[ad_1] The area around Reading’s IDR and Vastern Road is not known as a beauty spot. It’s unlikely architects or historians will be rushing to preserve what is known as the “TGIs roundabout” or the buildings housing the various shops around the area. In fact, Caversham Road Fire Station is one of only a few…
[ad_1] Plans have emerged which could see nearly 1,000 homes built in a “primarily car free” development on a Reading retail park. Aviva Investors has unveiled its vision for the Reading Station Shopping Park between Caversham Road and Vastern Road. The company is working on an outline planning application which could see between 750 and…
[ad_1] 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 the first six months…
[ad_1] 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 press the button to…
[ad_1] 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 public for generations, but…
[ad_1] 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 be submitted, but the…
[ad_1] 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 for a good reason,”…