The galas, black-tie dinners and concerts marketing experts will be showered with at Advertising Week April 18, 2016 Now, City A.M. is a pro-business rag, fully supports the efforts firms make to promote their services, and would never endorse damaging a company's event by gatecrashing it. However, whether you are that way inclined or not, you'll be spoilt for choice with all the A-list events happening next week as part of Advertising Week Europe. Advertising week will [...]
Qatari Diar unveils plans to turn US embassy in Mayfair into luxury hotel April 4, 2016 The Qatari owners of the US Embassy in London’s Grosvenor Square have unveiled plans to turn the Grade II-listed landmark into a five star hotel as the US government prepares for its move to Nine Elms next year. Qatari Diar, a subsidiary of sovereign wealth fund the Qatar Investment Authority, will launch a public exhibition next Monday before submitting plans to Westminster [...]
Mother’s Day 2016: Where to spoil your mum in London this Mother’s Day Weekend February 28, 2016 Mothering Sunday will soon be upon us, and we know you've probably left a few details till the last minute. To help you spoil your mum this year, we've found some of the best bottomless brunches, afternoon teas and events happening around the city this weekend. For the politically active maternal figure in your life, [...]
Prime central London house prices are being outpaced by outer boroughs, says Savills March 30, 2016 Prices of prime London residential properties dipped in the first quarter of the year, as uncertainty around the economic outlook and the EU referendum largely offset any investor or second home buyer rush to beat the buy-to-let stamp duty hike deadline. Values across the whole of prime London slipped by an average of 0.3 per cent in [...]
EU referendum: Companies hunting for new London offices shrug off Brexit fears April 19, 2016 Companies were still on the hunt for new offices in London in the first quarter of the year, despite fears that economic jitters and the prospect of a Brexit could stifle demand. More than 3.1m square feet of space was snapped up, with Thomson Reuters' deal to decamp all of its staff to new 315,400 sq ft Canary Wharf headquarters lifting overall take-up [...]
Focus On Bloomsbury: House prices are blooming marvellous in this intellectual corner of central London June 16, 2016 Bloomsbury conjures up images of fusty intellectuals like former residents Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, EM Forster and John Maynard Keynes. Home to austere, prestigious institutions like the British Museum, the Royal Portrait Gallery and University College London, it isn’t necessarily somewhere you’d think of moving to. But the recent clamour for central London property has [...]
Brexocalypse Now? The multi-billion pound Brexit risk to the Square Mile, mapped May 13, 2016 Here's another apocalyptic view of the potential consequences of Brexit – this time on the City of London. [Scroll to the bottom to see a visualisation of how Brexit could affect the City's property sector] New research suggests billions of pounds in property value and thousands of jobs are at risk of being wiped from the [...]
Euro 2016: Where to watch the UEFA European Championships in London with a touch of glamour June 13, 2016 Many football fans are content with heading to their nearest boozer to watch the latest Euro 2016 action, but some City folk might want a venue that’s a bit more flash. Whether you're a City fund manager or a Canary Wharf banker, be sure to watch the beautiful game with a touch of glamour. Steam & Rye Minutes [...]
Focus On Walthamstow: the outer London hotspot where house price growth is frankly ridiculous June 13, 2016 There was a time when the postcode East 17 was tainted in the popular consciousness by a band of shirtless youths with odd taste in hats. But, thankfully, those days are gone, and it’s been restored to its rightful owner, Walthamstow in north-east London, and it’s one of the fastest-growing, up-and-coming places in the capital. [...]
St James’s Place share price up after company hikes dividend and reveals strong operating profits for the year ended December 2015 despite uncertainty in global stock markets February 25, 2016 Share price in St James's Place rose today as the company impressed investors with a healthy operating profit for its year ended December 2015 and a hike to its dividend. The wealth management company reported operating profits of £660.2m for 2015, up from £596.4m in 2014, while profits from new business rose to £440.7m, up [...]