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unusual facts about British Land



Carbon Trust

Organisations that have received the standard included Morrisons supermarkets, B&Q, Dfid, University of Central Lancashire, Thames Water, Trinity Mirror, BT Group, Kyocera, Barclays Capital, Hewlett Packard, University of Manchester, Citrica, Ricoh, Diageo, O2, Tesco, Mothercare, Moss Plastics, Manchester United, Serco, Linklaters, Bolton Wanderers Football Club, British Land and Motorola.

Euston Tower

The development around Euston Tower is now branded Regent's Place and is managed by British Land.

Real estate investment trust

The legislation laying out the rules for REITs in the United Kingdom was enacted in the Finance Act 2006 and came into effect in January 2007 when nine UK property companies converted to REIT status, including five FTSE 100 members at that time: British Land, Hammerson, Land Securities, Liberty International and Slough Estates (now known as "SEGRO").


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Chris Grigg

There has been some criticism of his decision to sell 50% of British Land's City of London Broadgate development to Blackstone Group, as well as 50% of the Meadowhall Centre, Sheffield.

Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave

In 1793, due to the fact that he was on a mission to the King of Sardinia in Turin, he was near at hand when British forces captured the French port of Toulon, and he briefly took command of the British land forces there, before withdrawing upon the arrival of more senior officers.

James Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie

James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie, DL (b. 17 January 1948), styled Lord Ramsay between 1950 and 1999, is a British land-owner.