The development at Thainstone, near Inverurie, could create hundreds of jobs. ANM Group said the new business park - with new office buildings and parking - has been in the planning for several years.
It featured those who work there and the farmers who rely on the auctioneers to help sell their livestock. ANM Group chairman Pat Machray said: "The proposed expansion of Thainstone Business Park has been in our plans for a number of years and is the next natural step for the site. Students will also be barred from taking exams and anyone helping them cheat will be charged and sent to jail. Last year, the government was embarrassed after parents and friends of students were photographed climbing school walls to pass on answers.
An estimated 1. The tests are seen as crucial for a successful career. About people, mostly parents and relatives, were arrested last year in Vaishali district, Bihar after photographs showed blatant cheating emerged in the media. Students were seen copying answers from smuggled-in note sheets, and police posted outside test centres were even seen being bribed to look the other way. But Bihar Education Minister Ashok Chaudhury said that his government was determined to avoid cheating this year.
Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, an official in the education department, said CCTV cameras would be installed in most schools. India's Bihar state has announced tough measures like fines and jail terms to stop cheating in school exams. The dispute centres on "accruing resources". This means money gathered by departments, such as farm subsidies or Housing Executive rents. The finance minister's claims were in a memo to Executive colleagues.
In it, she warned that if Stormont cannot agree a budget and a civil servant takes control he would be legally prevented from spending any accruing resources, leading to huge cuts. However the finance committee said that while it may be "inconsistent with normal practice", it would not be unlawful. The advice says that the Department of Finance can direct the use of accruing resources even in the absence of what is called the Budget No 2 Act. That act is the piece of legislation which puts the budget into law.
