Student accommodation provider Unite has posted a £2.7m profit before tax saying that its refinancing strategy was paying dividends.

This year's Donovan Purcell lecture, organised by The Stone Federation will be given by Ptolemy Dean, the architect who is historic buildings adviser to the BBC's Restoration series and Hank Dittmar from the Prince's Foundation.

HRH The Earl of Wessex yesterday visited JCB’s World Headquarters to present a Queen’s Award for International Trade to the company’s Loadall Business Unit.

The jury for the prestigious Andrew Doolan Award have been named by the RIAS today.