The most famous houses in Jamaica and how to visit them February 22, 2018 When the plane comes into land in Montego Bay, the view isn’t quite the Caribbean I imagined during all those hours flying over the Atlantic. A line of mid-rise holiday resorts, uniform in their whiteness, bear down on the sea like a single gleaming fortress. At the end of the runway at Sangster International Airport [...]
City Moves for 2 September 2016 | Who’s switching jobs September 2, 2016 Noble Foods Group John Gildersleeve has been appointed chairman of Noble Foods Group. John will oversee the implementation of the group's growth strategy for diversification and acquisitions. John spent 20 years on the Board of Tesco during its period of rapid expansion. Currently he is the chairman of British Land, a FTSE top 50 property [...]
Focus On New Cross: With year-on-year house price growth at nearly 15 per cent, SE14 is a safe bet in Zone Two July 3, 2017 Like many areas tipped for great growth in years to come, New Cross is a place that’s sandwiched in between two much trendier neighbours. The meteoric rise of Peckham and Deptford has left poor SE14 trailing in its wake, but there’s no reason why it shouldn’t be just as popular in just a few years. [...]
Retail property boss warns against panic selling in commercial real estate stocks July 5, 2016 As the sell-off in commercial real estate stocks and housebuilders continues, a retail property boss has defended the commercial property industry. Speaking to City A.M., Edward Cooke, chief executive of the British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) said: "People are panicking and thinking of their short-term interest. "But the fundamentals in the occupier market are [...]
Tower Hamlets rejects British Land’s major Shoreditch Estate development in Norton Folgate July 22, 2015 Tower Hamlets has rejected planning permission for a major new development put forward by British Land. The council threw out proposals for the Norton Folgate scheme, otherwise known as the Shoreditch Estate, during last night's strategic development committee. Had it been successful, the development would have comprised 320,000 sq ft of office, residential [...]
Housebuilders’ share prices drop after “dire” construction data released July 4, 2016 UK housebuilders' share prices fell this morning after the publication of data showing construction activity fell ahead of the Brexit vote. In afternoon trading Barratt Developments' share price was down 4.19 per cent, Persimmon's fell 4.94 per cent, Berkeley Group's share price fell 4.41 per cent and Taylor Wimpey's share price was down 4.59 per cent. Commercial real estate [...]
British car manufacturing rose in May despite export drop June 28, 2018 The number of cars produced in the UK rose in May, despite output in 2018 still remaining below what it was the previous year. An expected bump in domestic demand led to the 1.3 per cent increase in cars manufactured in the UK last month, with 137,225 cars produced through May, according to statistics out [...]
We just found out more details about Jim Ratcliffe’s new Land Rover Defender-inspired SUV February 13, 2017 We've just been given more details about a new SUV inspired by the discontinued Land Rover Defender, which fracking boss Jim Ratcliffe has vowed to lovingly recreate – although not to the letter, it turns out. Tom Crotty, the director of Ratcliffe's Ineos, told the BBC's Today Programme Ratcliffe is planning to create a Defender-style SUV. Pro-Brexit [...]
Silverstone owners cite F1 takeover in U-turn over sale of British Grand Prix home February 22, 2017 Silverstone’s owners have abandoned plans to sell the iconic racing track, home of the British Grand Prix for the last three decades. The British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) said it made the decision following the $8bn (£6.4bn) takeover of Formula One by Liberty Media earlier this year. Jaguar Land Rover had been among the suitors [...]
Entrepreneur housebuilders have been crushed: We must bring them back to life March 7, 2017 It's nothing new to say that too few homes are being built in the UK. Fourteen housing ministers in the last 20 years have acknowledged it time after time, just as they have recognised that housing – or the lack thereof – is the UK’s greatest modern economic challenge. Yet the frequency with which these individuals have [...]