Aldi rewards property agents who help budget grocer find new London sites March 21, 2024 Discounter Aldi is dishing out financial rewards to London property agents who help them find new supermarket sites.
Keely Hodgkinson to make London Stadium track and field debut April 27, 2023 British superstar Keely Hodgkinson will make her debut at the London Stadium this year in track and field’s Diamond League leg in the capital in July. Hodgkinson has never competed in the stadium that was built for the London 2012 Olympics and will be looking to build on her recent indoor and outdoor medals. Hodgkinson [...]
FTSE 100 live: London’s blue chip stocks end the week in the black as March bows out ‘like a lamb’ with bulls ‘licking their wounds’ March 31, 2023 London’s premier index ended the week in the black, just. The FTSE 100 was last up at 7,631.74 just 11.31 points or 0.15 per cent. The FTSE 250, which is more UK focused ended the week slightly in the black up at 18,928.30 or 20.56 points higher. Today was the final trading day in a [...]
London rents: Good news – historically high rates are only going up a little bit March 20, 2024 The rate at which rental costs are rising have slowed, but prices still remain at their most expensive when compared to earnings in over a decade, according to a new report by Zoopla.
Huge jump in London construction firms closing as project delays and inflation bite September 4, 2023 The number of London construction firms going bust has risen by almost a quarter since the pandemic, new data reveals.
London is crying out for more homes –here’s how the next mayor can build them March 5, 2024 It will take a young couple on a normal income 30 years to save a deposit to buy the average property in London, but there is a way to change that, writes Sam Richards London is in a housing crisis. The boom the city has experienced over the past three decades has seen the number [...]
A Stoke Newington gelato serves up a reminder that immigration makes London tick September 6, 2023 An 8pm queue for a Stoke Newington gelato joint may not be an obvious starting point for a column about the City’s competitiveness, but start there we will. Every evening, especially in this welcome burst of long-overdue sunshine, there is a line at least 10-or-so outside of Romeo & Giulietta. Amongst the families bribing small [...]
Mozambique president has immunity in London ‘tuna bond’ case, court rules September 4, 2023 Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi cannot be sued in Britain over allegations he accepted unlawful payments in the country's lawsuit against Credit Suisse.
More than half of London’s bank branches have shut since 2015 December 1, 2023 The capital has seen 745 branches - or 58 per cent - close down in the past eight years, data from Which.co.uk revealed.
FTSE 100 today: London markets set to open higher following Asian peers’ lead April 4, 2024 Japan’s Nikkei led an Asian market rally. Oil and gold prices soared. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated a cautious stance on rate cuts, while investor focus shifts to upcoming Fed speeches and U.S. jobs data.