Virgin Active is letting marathon runners train for free in London gyms this week, but only if you wear a costume April 18, 2016 Don't be too unnerved if your colleagues are changing into chicken suits for their lunchtime workouts. The City normally leads the pack when it comes to running the Virgin London Marathon, but runners being forced to don fancy dress for this year's Virgin London Marathon can take comfort in the fact that the gym chain [...]
Working lunch in Canary Wharf: Iberica, Cabot Square July 14, 2015 Our guide to the best places to eat during office hours in the City and Canary Wharf WHAT? Sophisticated tapas in a sparse, rustic setting. Think massive contemporary light fixtures and hunks of meat served on chopping boards. WHERE? A vast industrial space just off Cabot Square in Canary Wharf. It has [...]
Herzog & de Meuron’s Canary Wharf tower given go-ahead July 28, 2015 Fancy living in a cylindrical waterfront tower? Soon homebuyers will be able to do just that after Canary Wharf Group secured detailed planning permission for its second residential scheme on the former Wood Wharf site. The 57-storey building, which is yet to be named, owes its quirky design to Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, [...]
M&G Real Estate move in on the east London housing market with development in Bow May 31, 2016 More tower blocks are set to pop-up in east London as property investors M&G Real Estate has signed a deal with Telford Homes to build new private rental homes in Bow. The £69.3m development will comprise two five-storey buildings and one 22-storey tower near the Langdon Park DLR station. Telford Homes is the developer and contractor of the scheme, which [...]
The Big Bang 30 years on: How the City of London has changed since 1986 October 26, 2016 Nothing stands still in the City. The world's financial services powerhouse has seen it all, from boom and bust to bouncebacks and Brexit. Its skyline has changed almost beyond recognition over the last three decades, as have the markets it serves. As we mark the 30th anniversary of the so-called Big Bang, we cannot help [...]
Coffee has been officially declassified as a cancer-causing substance by a World Health Organization-affiliated body June 15, 2016 Coffee lovers can rejoice today after a World Health Organization and United Nations-affiliated body declared there is not enough proof to link it to cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), concluded coffee can no longer be classified as a potential carcinogen and that there may be evidence that drinking it could actually lower [...]
Fuller’s brews mixed results as premium pub sales rises but beer demand falls July 21, 2016 London brewer and pub owner Fuller, Smith and Turner's premium pubs business grew in the second quarter in a "challenging" trading environment, but the company was hit by a drop in beer and cider demand. The figures Like-for-like sales in the company's managed pubs and hotels division rose 2.1 per cent in a trading update for the 16 [...]
Britain must be boldly pro-enterprise to master the Fourth Industrial Revolution September 7, 2016 Business leaders and politicians gathered in Davos at this year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting were told a revolution had started. Not a bloody revolution, but an economic and strategic one, with its impact felt across every industry and every country. This unprecedented, disruptive fusion of digital, physical and biological technological developments has been dubbed [...]
Champagne for Morgan Stanley banker after Galileo Gold wins big at Newmarket May 2, 2016 We expect a few sore heads at Morgan Stanley this morning following Sunday’s flat races at Newmarket. Galileo Gold, which City A.M. tipped to win big at the races last weekend, started as a relative outsider at 14/1 on Sunday, but quickly became an easy winner of the Qipco 2000 Guineas under Frankie Dettori after the [...]
Home is where the smart is: City A.M. meets Krystian Zajac October 31, 2016 When I first came to the UK, I was living in a tiny flat with five other people. I was educated, but washing dishes for a living. I did not care, the money was still better than what I got in Poland,” says Krystian Zajac, founder of Andrew Lucas. As far as rags to riches [...]