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The £260m Health Campus in Watford is one step closer to completion after developers put forward a hybrid planning application for this impressive regeneration project.The hybrid application (part outline and plan detailed), comprising 375,000sq ft of hospital redevelopment space, retail and business areas, housing and public open space, were submitted following extensive community engagement with the local community earlier in the year, a news report in the local business media could reveal.

Construction work on a new Multiplex cinema located on the former Tresham College site in Corby has officially started and should be completed in around 9 month's time, a news report in the local business media can reveal.The project will be co-developed by Mulberry Property Developments (MPD) and Savoy Cinemas, and is scheduled to open in February 2015.

HID Global, once of the most important global players in the field of access control, has recently published a very insightful study that tackles various organizations' perceptions about change and the importance of industry best practices, and how well today’s technology and policy best practices are being implemented.The survey managed to obtain relevant information regarding just how well organizations can defend against increasingly dangerous and costly security threats, both now and in the future.

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Interserve a contract for designing and building a high energy Proton Beam Therapy facility, the first of its kind in the UK.Proton beam therapy is a specialist form of radiotherapy which can very precisely target certain cancers, increasing success rates and reducing side-effects and its introduction to the UK will bring the treatment closer to patients who currently have to travel abroad to receive it.

A new £20m pound world class teaching centre is set to be built at Teesside University, a news report in the local media can reveal.Construction company BAM will be in charge of the redevelopment project, which is set to “transform the centre of the University campus offering unrivalled modern, flexible teaching facilities for students with state-of-the-art new and innovative learning spaces and technologies.”

Planning consultancy Turley, acting on behalf of Wiltshire College, has managed to secure planning permission from Wiltshire Council for building a new 9,100 sq m campus in Chippenham, a news report in the local media can report.The new £21m facilities will primarily focus on supporting growth in vocational training and apprenticeships in engineering, construction and hair and beauty as well as army resettlement.

Shepherd Construction has managed to win a contract for designing and building 50 residential apartments in London's Holland Park, Kensington, a news report in the local media has recently revealed.The development will comprise 41 luxury private apartments and nine affordable and shared apartments, and will be located in one of London's most sought-after locations, 205 Holland Park Avenue.

UNITE has managed to attain planning permission for building a new student property in Islington, London, comprising circa 900 beds, a news report in the business media has very recently revealed. The 1.4 acre, central London site earmarked for the development is located on Holloway Road and it is believed that the future 260,000 square foot scheme will help regenerate the area through the provision of community space and commercial units for local businesses on the ground floor, wit

The UK access control market is set to grow by an estimate of 7.3% between 2013 and 2017, the latest "Access Control Market Report 2013" from Research and Markets has recently revealed.The report focuses on the UK market for physical access control, which is primarily concerned with the restriction of a particular room, structure or site to authorised personnel only, allowing users to restrict or grant access, monitor throughput, and report unauthorised access attempts in certain areas.

A contract worth £12.5m for building a new cinema and leisure centre in Stoke-On-Trent's intu Potteries Shopping Centre has been awarded to Wates Construction, a news report in the local business media has revealed.The 58,000 sq ft facility will comprise a nine-screen cinema complex operated by Cineworld and will be housed in a new-build extension to the shopping centre, which will become part of a £20m leisure and catering development.

A new market report from Wintergreen Research suggests that the global biometrics market is certainly on the rise, with an estimated $16.7 billion set to be reached by 2019, a media news report on this topic has recently revealed.

Highgate Junior School in North London is set to extend and seriously improve its existing site by adding a whole new section and revamping an existing one, a news report in the local media has just revealed.