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Corks will be popping after Cotswold auction
Corks will be popping after a Cotswolds antiques auction next week – when a large collection of vintage wines will go under the hammer. The sale at Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester on Friday, November 19 features enough wine, … Continue reading
UK’s biggest straw house nearing completion
Work on what is believed to be the UK’s largest straw house is nearing completion. After twelve months of huffing and puffing, builders working on the five-bedroom detached country house at Rushall, between the Wiltshire market towns of Marlborough and … Continue reading
Tasty deal leads to bigger slice of market
The expansion of a Marlborough business has seen the return of a delicatessen to High Street and the opening of a large new coffee shop. Last week the coffee and sandwich shop trading as The Food Gallery moved into larger … Continue reading
Picture postcard farmhouse is a paradise for horse-lovers
A PICTURE postcard farmhouse, and a paradise for horse-lovers, has come on to the Cotswolds property market with a guide price of £975,000. Birds Frith Farm is an historic 17th century cottage set in nearly 30 acres of gardens, paddocks … Continue reading
Contemporary art pipped to post by Spanish beauty
CONTEMPORARY artists including David Hockney and Dame Elizabeth Frink were pipped to the post by an unknown Spanish beauty in the race to secure the top spot at Moore Allen & Innocent’s Selected Picture Sale on Friday (October 22). A … Continue reading
Helping hand for employees facing redundancy
EMPLOYEES across the UK who are being made redundant from work are being given a helping hand with a range of online resources, thanks to two Wiltshire companies. Swindon-based Connect offers outplacement services to companies who are making employees redundant. … Continue reading
Cotswolds property auction market ‘on fire’ – experts
THE COTSWOLDS’ property auction market is ‘on fire’ with healthy prices being achieved by homes going under the hammer, according to three leading Cirencester estate agents. While Wednesday’s Spending Review by the Chancellor of the Exchequer (October 20) was sending … Continue reading
Orchestra celebrates 70 years of hitting the right notes
A WILTSHIRE orchestra is celebrating 70 years of hitting all the right notes with an anniversary concert this November in the market town where it was founded. The celebration concert at Chippenham’s Neeld Hall on Saturday, November 20 will feature … Continue reading
Big names in contemporary art at auction
PAINTINGS, drawings and prints by some of the biggest names in modern art – including David Hockney, Dame Elizabeth Frink, Sidney Nolan and Brett Whitely – will go under the hammer at Moore Allen & Innocent’s Selected Picture Sale next … Continue reading
Christmas Lights will be spectacular again
Britain’s widest high street will burst into colour and festive cheer again on Thursday, November 25 when the Christmas Lights are switched on. Marlborough Christmas Lights Association has been fundraising hard to ensure the town’s festive display continues to be … Continue reading