Galliard Homes to develop £140m luxury flat complex above Crossrail station November 12, 2019 Galliard Homes will develop a £140m luxury residential and retail development above Tottenham Court Road’s Crossrail station. The property investor has exchanged contracts with Transport for London for £43m, it announced today. Read more: Crossrail will not open until 2021, bosses admit Tottenham Court Road West (TCRW) will include 92 flats – with prices for [...]
Trainline hits back at Virgin with its own ‘split ticketing’ initiative January 11, 2020 Ticketing app Trainline has launched its own version of “split ticketing” just days after Virgin Rail launched its own app with the legal loophole in a bid to end Trainline’s stranglehold on the market. Split ticketing purchases two or more tickets for a journey at a lower price than a standard fare. The split ticketing [...]
Oil prices fall again as Russia rejects further Opec cuts March 6, 2020 Oil prices plunged four per cent today after Russia rejected oil cartel Opec’s proposal to deepen production cuts by an additional 1.5m barrels per day until the end of the year. The drop means that prices are at their lowest point since July 2017 after a source told Reuters Russia would only agree to extend [...]
Crossrail crisis: Businesses react to £1.4bn bailout and further delay December 11, 2018 The crisis facing Crossrail deepened yesterday as Transport for London (TfL) confirmed that the delayed project could need up to £2bn in extra funding to keep afloat. Crossrail chief executive Mark Wild also admitted that the railway, which had already been delayed from December 2018 to autumn 2019, may not open until 2020. While the [...]
Only Fools and Horses The Musical review: This plonker of a cockney knees-up is as dodgy as a nine bob note February 28, 2019 Only Fools and Horses, the revered and endlessly repeated BBC sitcom you resort to watching only once you’ve scrolled past the show about police dogs and the other one about furious Vietnamese women trying to smuggle papayas past New Zealand customs, occupies a very special place in the British psyche. It’s a treasured relic of [...]
Christmas travel disruption: everything you need to know December 21, 2019 It’s Christmas! Which means, among happier things, torturous travel planning as city-dwellers escape to the country for a few well-earned days off. But fear not – we at CityAM have put together this handy guide to make your holiday travel as pain-free as possible. Here’s a list of planned disruptions, reduced services and engineering works [...]
Toyota RAV4 Plug-in review: an expensive way to save money January 26, 2021 The Toyota RAV4 Plug-in is a part-electric, part-hybrid SUV with impressive fuel economy and emissions – but a high price tag.
Trump’s peace plan has shifted the Palestinian direction of travel February 5, 2020 History is usually a cruel mistress to its losers, particularly in the case of peoples attempting to create new nations who failed in their aspirations. Not much is heard today of the Republic of Biafra, for example, an attempt led largely by the Igbo people to create an independent state carved out of Nigeria’s eastern [...]
FTSE 100 bounces back as Trump declares end to oil price war April 2, 2020 The FTSE 100 looked set to end the day on a high as US President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia and Russia had ended their oil price war. Energy stocks jumped to propel the London index back into the green after a tumultous day for global stocks. Staggering data showed 6.6m US jobless claims occurred [...]
Les Ferdinand interview: QPR director of football on making the club a talent factory again February 5, 2020 Les Ferdinand harbours dreams of leading QPR back into the Premier League but the club legend and current director of football insists a new era of success in west London will not be ushered in overnight. Ferdinand, who marked five years in the role this week, believes the Championship outfit’s return to a philosophy of [...]