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A new private diagnostic and cancer treatment centre is set to open at the former Hovis building in the heart of Windsor, Berkshire, a news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

Plans for a new state-of-the-art life sciences building that will create 600 jobs across Brighton, Hove and the region have been submitted to Brighton & Hove City Council and Lewes District Council on behalf of the University of Sussex, a news report has been able to suggest. The university said the new building, which has been designed by Hawkins Brown Architects, will remain true to the vision of its founding architect, Sir Basil Spence.

Plans put forward for a new residential development scheme in Havant have received the green light, with construction work set to start in the near future, a news report has revealed. The 48 new homes – a mixture of houses, flats and accessible flats – will be built on council-owned land to the rear of Blendworth Crescent, with the £7.3m project targeted for completion by spring 2018.

Construction work has recently started on a new affordable housing scheme on the outskirts of Andover, Hampshire, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Stonewater is working with Test Valley Borough Council and contractor Taylor Wimpey to build 44 new homes for local people in East Anton, on land known as ‘Parcel B’ in Augusta Park.

A Kent cucumber grower has revealed plans to create 50 new jobs following the launch of a new greenhouse, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest. The greenhouse is almost 16 acres in size and is the Birchington-based Thanet Earth’s fifth in total. The recruitment drive to add 50 works will take its headcount to about 700.

Deploying a state-of-the-art, latest-generation time and attendance and access control system should be a top priority for the owners of any new, modern logistics hub, such as the DHL Express UK’s new South East operation and head office near Heathrow Airport.

Multiple jobs are in danger after two family-owned transport companies in Southampton have been placed in administration after suffering from cash flow issues over the last few months, a news report in the local business media has been able to suggest.

Plans for the major redevelopment of a former cosmetics factory in Ashford have been approved by the local authority, with new facilities set to be built there including a grounds maintenance depot, a ready-mix concrete plant and 70,000 sq ft of industrial warehouse units, according to a local news report.

Construction work has recently begun on the University of Reading’s Thames Valley Science Park in Shinfield, which is set to provide more than 800,000 sq ft of new offices, labs and conferencing facilities, a news report in the local media has been able to find.

Plans for building a new residential development on a the site of a former prison have been approved by the local authority’s planning committee, a news report in the local business media has been able to find. Portsmouth City Council has approved City & Country’s planning application to construct 230 new homes at the site of the former Kingston Prison.

Plans to transform a West Sussex shopping centre into a new restaurant quarter have been approved recently by the local authority, a news report in the local business media has been able to find.

Construction work has recently begun on a speculative development of a 35,582 sq ft grade A office building at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, a news report in the local business media has been able to reveal recently.