Dog days

It's six weeks since the deadline for "expressions of interest" in buying Television Centre from the BBC - one of Auntie's last major freeholds at 14 acres. Things are quiet - does that mean that there's too much interest to process, not enough interest to make a sale worthwhile, or just that everyone's on holiday ?

• One businessman still very much at work is John Whittaker, of the Peel Group, who acquired £1m of additional shares in Capital Shopping Centres, taking his stake to 20%.  Capital now owns the Peel-built Trafford Centre.  Perhaps John is hoping for a sales boost, as Five Live arrives in MediaCityUK in numbers next month.