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  British Land - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The British Land Company Plc (LSE: BLND) is one of the largest property development and investment companies in the United Kingdom.
British Land has been involved in Broadgate, which is one of the largest development projects in London in recent decades and is still incomplete, since 1984, and after making a string of acquisitions on the estate over the years it acquired the last piece in 2003.
In May 2005 British Land announced that it had agreed to purchase Pillar Property Plc for £811 million pounds in cash to boost its position in the out-of-town retail property sector.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Land   (387 words)

  
 British Land: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
British Land is one of the largest property development and investment companies in the United Kingdom[For more info, click on this link].
Broadgate is a large 32 acres (129,000 m²) office and retail estate in the city of london owned by british land and managed by broadgate estates....
British Land has been involved in Broadgate, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/british_land.htm   (663 words)

  
 British Land
British Land is planning to raise £307m by selling a number of City of London properties to a new joint venture with Westdeutsche Landesbank of Germany, and the proceeds will be used to reduce debt.
British Land and Centros Miller are bidding to transform the north of Portsmouth's city centre into a major retail and leisure complex, and they are expected to submit outline planning applications in June.
British Land and Crest Nicholson have formed a consortium that has been chosen to develop a £200m commercial and residential scheme on the north side of the harbour in Bristol.
www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /brd23434.htm   (870 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Business - Latest News - British Land tops forecasts
British Land, which owns the Broadgate office complex in the City of London, said its diluted adjusted net asset value rose to 1,256p per share at the end of the half year to September 30, from 1,128p at end-March.
British Land, whose City of London office space accounts for 28 percent of its portfolio, said the City was bouncing back as it announced the construction of 822,000 sq ft in new office space that will be ready in 2008.
British Land set an interim dividend of 5.2 pence a share, up 8.3 percent on a year earlier, and CEO Hester said the company was in a "confident mood overall".
business.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=2296982005   (769 words)

  
 CNN.com - British Land boosts income - May 30, 2001
British Land, which competes against market leader Land Securities (LAND) in the London offices market, develops and invests in offices and shopping malls and owns almost all of Broadgate, a landmark block in the City that has major banks as tenants.
British Land, which has more than half of its property holdings in London, said net rents rose 6.6 percent to £370.5 million compared with £347.5 million last year.
British Land (BLND)  shares rose 3.3 percent to 517.1 pence in London trading.
europe.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/05/30/british/index.html   (277 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Business - British Land on course to snap up AAM unit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
British Land is reported to be set to snap up AAM’s Aberdeen Property Investors unit as early as the end of next month for an expected price of about £80m.
British Land chairman John Ritblat said the company’s mix of retail and office property meant it was well-placed to withstand any economic downturn, particularly the stagnant London office market.
British Land’s office portfolio in the City of London - where rents are estimated to have fallen by as much as 25 per cent over the last year - declined by only 6.4 per cent.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /business.cfm?id=598852003   (613 words)

  
 Building Performance - Speakers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Stephen joined British Land in 1988 as an Estates Surveyor and has almost 30 years of experience in the asset management and valuation of commercial property investments of all types.
British Land is one of the largest quoted UK property companies and its stock forms part of the FTSE 100 index.
British Land's principal revenue source is rental income with current net annualised rents of £568 million, including its share of joint ventures.
www.building-performance.co.uk /page.cfm/action=ConfSpeaker/SpeakerID=8   (372 words)

  
 British Land   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
British Land reported that net asset value per share (NAV) rose 23.2% to 1390p in the nine months to December 2005.
British Land reported an 11.3% growth in NAV per share to 1256p for the half year to September 2005.
British Land is fairly evenly split between Central London offices (40% including a major development in Broadgate) and retail (48% including the Meadowhall Shopping Centre, 88 supermarkets and 66 retail warehouses).
investmentideas.co.uk /research/british_land   (214 words)

  
 British Land Annual Report 2004 - Directors & Officers
He served on the Board of The British Library between 1995 and 2003 and is Vice President of the Tennis and Rackets Association and the Hon.
Sir Derek Higgs joined The British Land Company PLC as a non-executive Director in July 2000, became Deputy Chairman in March 2001 and is also Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
John Weston Smith joined The British Land Company PLC as Secretary in 1971 from N. Rothschild and Sons Limited and was appointed an executive director in 1973.
www.britishland.com /financialreports/yearend2004/content/directors.htm   (870 words)

  
 Battle of Baltimore - Battle Sequence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Stricker receives word of the British landing and orders all baggage to the rear, while he arranges his brigade into three defense lines at the narrowest point between the Patapsco and Back Rivers.
The command of the British army is given to Colonel Arthur Brooke.
Brooke attempts to push forward a flanking movement on the American left, but is countered; the British return to their former (morning) position 1 1/2 miles to the east of Hampstead Hill.
www.bcpl.net /~etowner/bb2f.html   (689 words)

  
 Land Financing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
British Land - Activities > Financing- The aim of British Land's financing policy is to fund the Group to service its evolving corporate strategy and needs, and provide the flexibility to take advantage of opportunities as they arise.
Land Rover and its finance company, Land Rover Capital Group, are dedicated to making the financing of your new Land Rover vehicle a convenient and satisfying experience.
British Land - Property Investment UK- British Land PLC home page, British Land is a UK property investment company focused on actively managing, financing and developing prime commercial property in which modern business can thrive.
business-finance-guidebook.info /businessfinance/land-financing.html   (645 words)

  
 British Land Weapons and Vehicles
The 7.6 2 Brens are easily identifiable by their straight magazines, introduced to hold the rimless NATO round, and by the absence of the conical flash hider that was characteristic of the old WWII.
Used by the British Army in the Falklands War the M79 was designed as a close support weapon for the infantry, and was intended to bridge the gap between the maximum throwing distance of a hand grenade, and the lowest range of supporting mortar fire.
Issued to British Special Forces during the Falklands Campaign it fires a 5.56 calibre round and its rate of fire is 800 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 1000 metres per second; devastating at close range.
www.britains-smallwars.com /Falklands/b-weapons.htm   (1550 words)

  
 Lexicon of Zionism
A number of commissions of inquiry were sent to Palestine by the British government during the Mandate period, both to investigate the roots of the conflict between the Jews and the Arabs and to propose guidelines for British policy in Palestine.
The British government accepted the recommendations of the Peel Commission regarding the partition of Palestine, and the announcement was endorsed by Parliament in London.
During the disturbances of 1936-39, strategic interests led the British to allow a certain degree of military collaboration between the British army and police and the Haganah, which gave it a measure of legality.
www.mfa.gov.il /MFA/History/Modern+History/Centenary+of+Zionism/Lexicon+of+Zionism.htm   (9059 words)

  
 Case Study - British Land
In a move to enhance IT scalability, resilience and efficiency, leading property investment company, British Land, has selected hSo, to supply a remotely hosted, high availability, dual data centre computing platform on which to run its core business applications.
The solution is being provided on a rented ‘utility’ basis, enabling British Land to focus on the application of IT to its business and establishing maximum business benefit, rather than daily operational IT issues.
Among the applications being hosted is British Land’s award winning property portal, a secure online framework for the company’s business processes, document management and collaboration channels.
www.hso.uk.com /britishland.asp   (428 words)

  
 British Land   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The '''British Land Company Plc''' ({{lseBLND}}) is one of the largest property development and investment companies in the United Kingdom.
Since 1970 it has been chaired by John Ritblat, one of the best known figures in the British property sector.
In 2004 it received planning permission for a Richard Rogers designed skyscraper at 122 Leadenhall Street in the City of London which will become one of the tallest buildings in the London if and when it is built.
q-basic.xodox.de /British_Land_Company   (358 words)

  
 The British Land Company PLC information and related industry information from Hoover's
The British Empire may be past its prime, but British Land is building its own centralized empire closer to home.
The firm is the #2 UK property concern (behind Land Securities), with a portfolio of commercial space valued at £10.6 billion.
British Land joint ventures hold £2.4 billion of assets and include such partners as Land Securities and supermarket company Tesco.
hoovers.com /british-land-company/--ID__93548--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (425 words)

  
 Land Title & Survey Authority of British Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia (the "Authority") is an independent, not-for-profit corporation without share capital.
It is established under the Land Title and Survey Authority Act (the “Act”) and has responsibility for managing, operating and maintaining British Columbia’s land title and land survey systems.
The Mission of the Authority is to create confidence by delivering assured land title and land survey systems essential to the property market and economic foundation of British Columbia.
www.ltsa.ca   (356 words)

  
 Architecture.com
The British Architectural Library has purchased the Codex Stosch, one of the most significant 16th century collections of architectural drawings of the great buildings of ancient Rome, produced by Giovanni Battista da Sangallo.
The Japanese architect, Toyo Ito, winner of one of architecture’s most prestigious prizes, the Royal Gold Medal, was presented with his award by Jack Pringle, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, at a ceremony at the RIBA in London.
The Royal Institute of British Architects, with 30,000 members, exists to further the cause of architecture in politics and culture, in the UK and internationally.
www.architecture.com   (449 words)

  
 06/04/03 - British Land Junior National Ski Championships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Barcock (19, Bath) of The British Land Junior Team tumbled spectacularly on the first big hairpin turn, leaving the piste and ending up in the deep soft snow when his ski binding pre-released and failed to hold him through the sharp turn which held two nasty hidden bumps.
The strength and depth of young British skiing talent was on show again today as The British Land Junior National Ski Championships in Pitztal, Austria reached a fitting climax with a showdown in the Children's Slalom between two exciting young racers who have trained most of their racing life in Italy.
The good news for British skiing is that the pair may train as club-mates as Calum is considering moving to live in Lawrence's village to attend school there and train and race with the local Sansicario club.
www.snsc.demon.co.uk /news/2003/sngbnews030406.htm   (3036 words)

  
 United Kingdom (British Empire & Commonwealth Land Forces)
British Army Regiments and Corps, 1998, by Neil Baumgardner.
British Regiments in the War of 1812, and their uniforms, by Robert Henderson (Discriminating General).
Photographs of Soldiers of the British Army 1840 to 1920, by Fred Larimore.
www.regiments.org /nations/europe/uk.htm   (2347 words)

  
 News and Events - Manhattan Associates Delivers for British Land at Meadowhall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The ARC at Meadowhall was launched in 2002 by British Land as a unique 'off-site' fulfilment facility to serve retailers operating stores within Meadowhall.
British Land, Meadowhall's parent company, made the decision to install a warehouse management system in May 2004 following consultation with the retailers operating at the Meadowhall site.
Deliveries have been reduced drastically as retailers can take advantage of the proximity of their storage space, receiving perhaps one large delivery a week to the ARC itself, then replenishing the stores on a daily, in some cases even hourly, basis.
www.manh.com /news/news_releases_03162005_britishland.html   (968 words)

  
 ShareCast - News you can use
British Land was upbeat today as bosses said that the property giant is in “rude health” after releasing its first quarterly report showing a “very strong set of results” for the third quarter.
British Land delivered a healthy rise in net asset value as it revalued its properties managing a hike in rental income as well.
British Land pushed ahead as it sold its Heathrow Gateway development in Feltham to New Star's property unit trust for £65m.
www.sharecast.com /cgi-bin/sharecast/security.cgi?csi=10125   (454 words)

  
 THE BRITISH LAND SPEED RECORD HISTORY 1970 - 2005 THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC LAND SPEED RECORD PROJECT
Although, the record attempt was a publicity stunt, which ended spectacularly when the car left the track, ploughing into some trees, this record was to stand for 18 years.
The team said they'd be back in 2004 to raise the record further, but it seems they were too busy running the ABB E=motion, an electric record car, in Tunisia in that year.
Coincidentally, another contender for the outright British land speed record is Nelson Kruschandl, in his Bluebird BE3, an electrically driven car.
www.bluebird-electric.net /british_land_speed_record.htm   (558 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | British Land launches Pillar bid
British Land has made a £811m takeover bid for rival property investment company Pillar Property.
British Land, which specialises in developing and managing office and retail premises, said the deal would increase its assets to more than £10bn.
"The board of Pillar believes that British Land will be a good steward for the preservation and developments of the existing funds," he said.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/4572097.stm   (225 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | British Land portfolio bags £300m   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Property investment group British Land is to sell its residential portfolio in a multi-million pound deal.
A subsidiary of British Land will provide on-going asset management services for the portfolio, it added.
British Land chief Stephen Hester said the sale was part of the group's ongoing review of its portfolio to identify non-core assets for disposal.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/4733406.stm   (162 words)

  
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British Land focuses on actively managing, financing and developing prime commercial property in which modern businesses can thrive.
The business strategy that British Land adopts is both opportunistic and risk aversive, allowing them to achieve long-term growth in their shareholder value.
Flexibility is the key to high returns for British Land, both in terms of business organisation and financing.
www.checksure.biz /ftse_100_companies/british_land.htm   (273 words)

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