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...Tregenna was built in 1774 as a private home for Cornishman John Stephens and was expanded by GWR in the 19th century before moving back into individual ownership in 1992....
...the Aslef union will walk out on April 5, 6 or 8 depending on which operator employs them: Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway, West Midlands Trains and CrossCountry on Friday 5 April Chiltern, GWR...
...GWR, which has suffered the worst disruption, was on Thursday still advising passengers not to travel....
...GWR and LNER, two of the UK’s busiest operators, were advising customers not to attempt to make long-distance trips on Sunday, but TransPennine Express said services had returned to normal....
...“The DfT and Hitachi are currently testing the journey times of the new trains in diesel mode,” GWR said....
...GWR said customers would be disappointed....
Newts and dormice conspire with roadworks, councils and the weather to frustrate upgrade
...Underlying comparative figures included the results from GWR and IRN for the whole period, rather than just from the date of the merger on May 9, 2005....
...of Capital by GWR in practice....
...Earlier this month, the investment bank bought 65m shares, or 16 per cent of EasyJet, from Icelandic investment company FL Group and attempted to place the stock with clients....
...■GCap Media, the owner of Capital Radio and GWR, is planning to switch off the analogue signal for its radio stations still broadcast on the AM frequency, in order to encourage listeners to switch to digital...
...Private equity firms are believed to have run their slide rules over GCap Media, the radio group formed from the merger of Capital Radio and GWR....
...Last month, Capital and GWR completed their merger to form GCap Media, the UK’s largest commercial radio group, increasing pressure on others to follow suit....
...GCAP Media, the radio group formed this year from the merger of Capital Radio and GWR Group, was 7.5 per cent higher at 331¼p on reports private equity group Cinven was considering a bid....
...While he has claimed the digital investment is not reflected in GWR's share price, the discussions with Capital are about a nil-premium, all-share merger....
...Private equity firms are believed to have run their slide rules over GCap Media (valued at £550m), the radio group formed from the merger of Capital Radio and GWR....
...Infrastructure investments, 1000 new buses and 350 new drivers from Eastern Europe, should result in benefits over the next few years, said the company....
...Capital Radio rose 5.7 per cent to 431.25p while GWR Group gained 5 per cent at 254p....
...A share price fall was followed by speculation about a takeover bid from Mediawin Partners, a Swiss investment firm. HIT quashed those reports. Shares have since recovered....
...On the day of its market debut, through the merger of Capital Radio and GWR, it announced shockingly poor April advertising revenues. Not ideal timing....
...GWR claims that recent investment in audience research and in people has produced audience gains at its larger local stations such as Nottingham’s Trent FM....
...The investment company Bionex Investments rose 9.1 per cent to 1.8p after it reported full-year results with a profit of £0.4m, due mainly to the sale of its holding in Ark Therapeutics which raised more...
...GCap Media, the owner of Capital Radio and GWR, fell 6.4 per cent to 264p after it confirmed the gloomy assessment by Chrysalis on advertising....
...GWR forecast January like-for-like total group revenues would be down 4 per cent, while Capital said January revenues would be flat....
...The deal represents the biggest foreign investment in the country since the end of apartheid....
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