Newspaper roundup: 6 September


Property company Land Securities is considering a break-up to unlock shareholder value, according to the Guardian. Analysts said that the sale of Trillium, Land Sec’s property outsourcing business was the most likely option.

The Independent said that a piece of architecural history is for sale in the shape of a flat-pack corrugated iron home - the last of its kind.The three-bedroom Ballintomb Cottage, which a local farmer ordered from London in Edwardian times for £425 is now on sale for £175,000.

Spain’s 10-year economic boom looks as if it is set to slow, according to a report in the Guardian. Spain is the only country to have outranked Britain in terms of rising prices in the past five years, but the government said unemployment figures have increased sharply as workers are forced off site in anticipation of a slow-down.

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska is taking legal action after being blocked from taking a majority shareholding in Hochtief, according to the Times.



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