Riba found the average three-bedroom home is 88 sq m (947 sq ft), which is 8 sq m (86 sq ft) short of the recommended minimum.

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The new 280, 000 sq ft (26, 000 sq m) four-storey John Lewis store, which opened for the first time at 0930 BST, will employ almost 800 people.

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The proposal would add 100, 000 sq m (108.000 sq ft) to the current 100-acre (40-hectare) site, which has been home to more than 1, 500 films over 76 years.

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The proposal would add 100, 000 sq m (107.64 sq ft) to the current 100-acre (40-hectare) site, which has been home to more than 1, 500 films over 76 years.

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Mr Clark says the store's expansion, which will increase non-food floorspace to more than 2600 sq m (27, 986 sq ft), will put Sainsbury's in direct competition with a number of town centre shops.

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The company has taken a long-term lease on a 70, 000 sq ft (6, 500 sq m) factory in Old Run Road in Hunslet.

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The ITC will be made up of four multi-level buildings, totalling about 230, 000sq m (2, 475, 699 sq ft) which Peel said will enable more than 1, 000 companies from emerging Asian markets in China, India and South Korea to exhibit and distribute their goods throughout Europe.

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The tree, which is usually 20 to 25 m (70 ft) in height and anything between 50 and 60 years old, is then shipped free-of-charge across the North Sea to Immingham by DFDS Tor Line.

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