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Hastings House, the former
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In April 2021, it was announced that MotorSport Vision had purchased the freehold of the
Donington Hall Estate comprising Donington Hall itself, former office building Hastings House, the Lansdowne workshops building and 28 acres (11 ha) of grounds adjacent to the Donington Park race circuit. It
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Gillies Shields and Joyce Pearce thanked all those who were providing clothing, books and toys for the children, promising that once the immediate crisis was over, it was their intention to turn Donington Hall into "a home and school for children of all nationalities who now live without
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purchased the hall from the
Shields family to renovate and convert into their headquarters. British Midland Airways moved to Donington Hall in 1982. The airline was subsequently rebranded as British Midland International, employing 800 workers at Donington Hall in 2007. In 2012,
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high-end motor engineering businesses which support the preparation and maintenance of vehicles kept at the
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hope in the displaced persons camps in
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announced it may lay off up to 1,200 BMI employees, with proposed layoffs mainly from the BMI head office at
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