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Friday 6 February 2015

Digging for Britain on BBC 4


Series 3 with Alice Roberts and Matt Williams – last night I watched the first episode on BBC 4 reviewing excavations in the East of the country – covering the following excavations:


Brilliantly presented by both presenters and archaeologists!  In terms of style, the 'Top Gear' of Archaeology!  Well worth a watch on the iPlayer if you missed it.  Look out for episode 2 which will be on Tuesday Feb 10th at 8pm on BBC 4.




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Don't forget the British School at Athens, Annual Open Meeting in Thessaloniki

Pic from Independent
If you are in the area.....

10 February 2015
British School at Athens, Annual Open Meeting in Thessaloniki
Cast Gallery of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki

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And now for something a little more interesting and light-hearted!


New head named for rebadged English Heritage

Duncan Wilson has been named as the first chief executive of Historic England - one of two new arms formed when English Heritage officially splits in April.

Wilson run the new government agency which will have responsibility for listing buildings and giving advice on planning applications. 

Meanwhile Kate Mavor will be in charge of the other arm - a new trust which will retain the English Heritage name and which will take care of our national heritage collection of more than 400 historic properties.

Hope the re-badging, reorganisation, restrucuturing, reanimation works!!




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Thursday 5 February 2015

Towergate takeover takes dramatic twist

The drama at Towergate continues, leaving staff and customers wondering what is going on and where the future lies.  The insurance industry's Insurance Age reports:

Reports suggest unsecured creditors in deal to take hold of the troubled consolidator.

The takeover of Towergate has taken a new twist with reports that unsecured creditors are set to grab hold of the business.

According to the Financial Times the move will involve a cash injection of £300m from the junior creditors led by Highbridge Capital Management - an arm of JP Morgan - and involving private equity firm KKR, and Sankaty Advisors, a global credit specialist.

On Monday Towergate announced that it was in the process of selling to secured creditors in a move that would halve its debt.

The plan was to swap the debt of existing senior secured creditors into £375m of new debt, £150m of payment in kind notes and 100% of the firm's shareholding.


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