Archive for April, 2008

Why Derry needs Ilex

Paul Gosling responds to calls for Derry’s urban regeneration company to be scrapped.
On a recent trip to Leicester, I was taken to the top of the council offices to look at a sky line dominated by cranes. Bill Kirk – chief executive of Derry’s urban regeneration company Ilex – promises a similar horizon here within [...]

Tewkesbury floods leave Abbey bank customers up creek

Hundreds of customers of the Abbey bank will be without valid debit cards tomorrow, as the impact of the floods spreads.

The manufacturer of Abbey’s debit cards is in Tewkesbury and had to cease production as staff were unable to work during the worst of the flooding.
Abbey’s customers whose existing debit cards expire today may [...]