I came to Bradford with £3 in my pocket

The University of Bradford honoured six national and international figures with honorary degrees and honorary fellowships at its graduation ceremonies in its Great Hall. One of those honoured was Nirmal Singh Sekhon MBE, a businessman who has set up numerous businesses over the years, including the Sekhon Group which owns over 800 properties. Mr Singh […]

£20m worth of Huddersfield student flats go up for sale

Two large student apartment complexes are up for sale and set to net the Huddersfield property magnate behind them almost £20m. The Palace Studios and the nearby Kirkgate Residences on Oldgate in Huddersfield town centre have been put on the market for £12.5m and £7m respectively. ADVERTISING Both have been redeveloped in recent years by […]

Bradford Means Business

Now he is one of the community’s best known figures and tells Bradford Means Business what the city means to him. NIRMAL Singh has just added an old school building on Manningham Lane, Bradford, to his extensive property portfolio. “That’s the hot-off-the-press news,” he says. “We haven’t decided what to do with it yet.” Mr […]

An exterior view of the Unit Four Cinema, observed from the west, in Shipley, West Yorkshire

This cinema, originally named the Prince’s Hall Picture House, was opened in 1911 and built upon the site of the former Shipley Pavilion to the design of architect William Illingworth. After a major renovation in 1962, the cinema came under the Stars Cinema chain in 1972, where it was transformed into a four-screened facility. The […]

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