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A £30 million development has been described as the “final piece of the jigsaw” in the regeneration of a prime city centre site.

London-based developer Square Bay has unveiled proposals to create housing, office, retail space and a hotel on the Block J site in Brighton’s New England Quarter.

It is thought the scheme will cost between £25 and £30 million and create hundreds of construction and commercial jobs.

The area, known as New England Square, has remained a derelict site since the collapse of plans to build a massive 42-storey tower block in 2007.

The news has been welcomed by the city’s leaders as a “terrific vote of confidence in the city”.

For full report see today’s Argus.

Some people may wonder if it is even possible anymore to make money from real estate. The answer is an emphatic “Yes!” Like any other investment, the goal is to buy low and sell high, and by finding foreclosed properties that banks are anxious to unload, you can certainly do the “buy low” part.

The skill you need is to know how little you can pay, and know ways you can purchase distressed real estate while risking little or none of your own money. When people default on their mortgages, the process of foreclosure isn’t instant, or even quick. It is a long, protracted affair during which many legal steps must be followed. Look at it from the bank’s point of view: a borrower has defaulted on his or her loan, has stopped making payments, and pretty soon the bank is going to be stuck with a piece of property that they’re probably going to have a hard time selling. It is far fro

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By the end of this post, you will be a more knowledgeable small business owner, all because you learned two very important words, and the specific reasons why those words are so vital.< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Both words can impact you and your company in a variety of ways depending on how you structure, plan, and implement some key corporate strategies.

Whether you run a business from home or lease office space it’s inevitable that you will eventually need some type of small business financing. W

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Could you use some helpful tips to grow your business?

I’m sure you can, and what better way to help small business owners like you then to share some of my favorite tips from our country’s top industry experts in their respective fields.  

Below you will find a personal collection of some of my favorite golden nuggets from the country’s brightest minds in the areas of startups, small business, corporate finance, credit, internet marketing, social media marketing, blogging, working online, selling online, branding, and much more. Now, without further ado, here they are:

#1. Lisa Barone. “If you want people to talk about you, you got to listen to something nine-time Grammy-winner Bonnie Raitt told us way back in 1991. People wan

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Fixed long term mortgage rates are mixed this week over last week. Fixed conventional 30 year mortgage rates are averaging 4.22 percent, unchanged from last week’s average 30 year mortgage rate. 30 year conventional home mortgage rates in Virgina are slightly lower than the national average 30 year mortgage rate. 30 year Virgina mortgage rates today are averaging 4.17 percent.

Conventional15 year home mortgage rates today are averaging 3.60 percent, up 8 basis points from the previous week’s average 15 year mortgage loan interest rate of 3.52 percent. 15 year home mortgage interest rates today in New Mexico are slightly lower at 3.51 percent.

Current jumbo 30 year home mortgage rates are averaging 4.72 percent, a slight decrease from last week’s national average jumbo mortgage rate of 4.73 percent. 30 year Califo

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Vectren Corp. saw year-over-year improvement in its third-quarter earnings, the Evansville-based utility company reported Tuesday.

Vectren’s third-quarter net income of $16.4 million (20 cents per share) beat its earnings from the same period last year, when the company reported net income of $12.4 million (15 cents per share).

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There are a range of benefits to be gained from undertaking online degrees. For this reason, the number of students enrolled in courses leading to online degrees has increased significantly since the mid-1990s. The makeup of the student groups is as diverse as any online program of study you might want to choose.

Whereas traditional learning institutions, over two thirds of them are now offering online degrees, either undergraduate or master’s degree. Read more…

Property tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten has been having a “purge” on businesses which he says owe him more than £100,000 between them.

Mr Hoogstraten, 64, told The Argus about his decision to forfeit leases and repossess properties at various locations around Brighton and Hove in recent weeks.

They include a children’s nursery, hotels, a nightclub and an estate agents.

Earlier this week, MRH Trustees, a company owned by Mr Hoogstraten’s family, terminated the lease at the Eaton Centre GP practice in Eaton Gardens, Hove.

The centre, a branch surgery for the nearby Goodwood Court Medical Centre run by GP Nigel Higson, was closed immediately.

Patients were diverted to the Goodwood court practice instead although some had to have their appointments cancelled.

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While the all too familiar phrase ‘It’s the economy, stupid’ has been so widely used in our political culture in a recent survey conducted by TD Bank there’s a new phrase ringing true for CFOs.

It’s the cash flow, stupid.

With over 69% of CFOs and other cash flow managers that were surveyed at mid-sized businesses cash flow management was said to be the greatest contributor to their stress. What was surprising was that even though cash flow remained a top concern less than 8% said they plan to cut costs next year.

In fact 39% plan on investing in new technology from projected increases they will receive. Here are s

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