... "The record number of entries this year along with a continued rise in standards has given the judges some difficult decisions to make in selecting the shortlist", declared Peter Bird, immediate past BCC chairman and chairman of the "Britain's Cleanest City" competition judging panel...

... retail and service uses tend to dominate. Looking to the future, planned bank mergers, increasing competition within the financial services sector and further growth in the importance of new technologies in facilitating customers’ banking transactions seem likely to lead to the continuing closure of many...