Hints and tips:
...Cath Purdy, chief executive, Vela Homes. Jeremy Richardson, formerly chief executive, Injured Jockey’s Fund, the housing group. Mark Ridgway, MD, Group Rhodes, the machinery company....
...Vela International, the Dubai-based shipping arm of Saudi Aramco, declined to comment....
...“At this time, Vela is awaiting further contact from the pirates in control of the vessel,” a statement said....
...The Sirius Star, flagged in Liberia and operated by Vela International, has a deadweight tonnage of 318,000 tonnes and sits 10m above the water level....
...The Islamists appear to have been particularly enraged by the Sirius Star’s seizure because the vessel is owned by Vela, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Saudi Aramco oil company....
...Cost and return “Converting an old building is very complicated,” says Robert Soning, managing director of the Londonewcastle property company....
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