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Whitbread PLC announces retirement of Richard Baker as Chairman and appointment of Adam Crozier…

Watkin Jones plc (AIM:WJG), a leading UK developer and constructor of multi occupancy property assets, with a focus on the student accommodation and build to rent sectors, is pleased to announce the receipt of a number of planning consents during December 2017….

Further to the announcement made on 29 August 2017, the board is pleased to announce that Sungkai Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of MPE, has completed its acquisition of Sunrich Plantations Pte Ltd (“Sunrich”), which owns 95% of an Indonesian company, PT Bumi Mas Agro (“BMA”), which in turn owns an oil-palm plantation in Indonesia….

Custodian REIT (LSE: CREI), the UK property investment company, is pleased to announce a further property purchase…

The Company has acquired a 24,845 sq ft car dealership on Pride Park business park in Derby, two miles from the city centre and prominently located on the busy A6. Nearby occupiers include Rolls Royce, Volkswagen, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Land Rover, and Ford….

Park (AIM: PKG.L), the UK's leading multi-retailer, multi-channel gift voucher and prepaid gift card provider, today announces that Martin Stewart, Group Finance Director, after some 13 years of service, has given notice of his intention to leave the company in August 2018….

F W Thorpe is pleased to announce the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Famostar B.V. (“Famostar”) in the Netherlands, a specialist in emergency lighting for a range of different sectors….

Concurrent Technologies Plc (AIM: CNC), a world leading specialist in the design and manufacture of high-end embedded computer products for critical applications in the defence, aerospace, telecommunications, transportation, scientific and industrial markets, announces a trading update for the year ending 31 December 2017….