Principal London and Bloomsbury Hotel revamp to draw in a younger crowd April 20, 2018 We had no brief when we started this project,” says interiors guru Tara Bernerd, showing me around the former grandiose Hotel Russell on Russell Square. It re-opened on Monday but rechristened as the Principal London. Built in 1898 by the English fin-de-siecle architect Charles Fitzroy Doll, its magnificent Renaissance-revival terracotta exterior is Grade II-Listed, along [...]
This Tube map shows average salaries near each London Underground station January 2, 2018 A new London Tube map reveals which stations have the highest paid jobs around them, with Barbican the top Tube stop for average salaries. Average salaries near the Barbican top £52,000, followed by Monument at £51,222, and Bank and Cannon Street, both at £51,217. Job search engine Adzuna compiled the map by analysing average advertised [...]
Bond Street dumps its rubbish trucks March 15, 2017 Bond Street has dumped its bin men in a bid to attract overseas investment. The number of rubbish trucks going along the iconic shopping street has been slashed by 75 per cent over the past year, with the number of service providers falling from 40 to just two. Read more: Retailers in Mayfair and Bond [...]
The UK must not get left behind by China’s rise as a new superpower February 5, 2018 Last week, the Prime Minister visited China, a country set to have the largest economy on Earth by 2030. Its rapid growth is expected to continue for another generation. In 2016, foreign direct investment from China reached $180bn – a striking figure when compared with 2002, when it totalled less than $5bn. The sophistication of [...]
Brexit deal live: UK would vote to remain in EU in a second referendum January 17, 2019 Hello and welcome to our Brexit vote live blog. Stay tuned for reaction to Labour's no confidence vote yesterday, after Theresa May's Brexit deal slumped to a historic defeat in parliament on Tuesday night. Please manually refresh this page for the latest updates What you need to know: The Prime Minister’s deal was defeated by [...]
Ready to regulate: Why crypto and the City need each other April 30, 2018 The financial services sector is rife with inefficiency. The global financial system moves trillions every day and serves billions of people in the process, yet legacy technology and siloed systems make change immensely slow, if not impossible. The majority of core banking systems are over 30 years old, and almost half of financial intermediaries suffer [...]
A sovereign wealth fund could diffuse the UK’s debt timebomb June 13, 2018 There’s a hint of sunshine peeping out from behind the grey clouds of austerity. After eight long years of belt-tightening, we’re living within our means at last. Our taxes cover our day-to-day spending on things like health, education, policing and defence, so we’re only having to borrow to invest in long-term infrastructure like roads and [...]
The End of Longing review: Could Matthew Perry’s new West End play BE any more like Friends? February 12, 2016 The Playhouse Theatre | ★★★★☆ It’s unfair to judge someone’s work based on a project they were involved in many, many years ago. But Matthew Perry, writer and star of new West End play The End of Longing, mentions Friends in the very first sentence of his programme notes, so he’s kind of asking for it. [...]
Interiors: Westfield London’s flagship John Lewis wants to usher the high street into the 21st century with ‘experiential’ shopping March 24, 2018 It’s been 10 years since Westfield shopping centre opened its doors to much fanfare in White City, and this week its £600m expansion opened a full six months early. Westfield London, as the west London outlet is called, is already the largest retail destination in Europe and it has more potential customers than ever as [...]
Crossrail coming: The new Tube map featuring the Elizabeth Line has been revealed with a year to go | City A.M. December 19, 2017 With a year to go until the big start of Elizabeth Line services and opening of 10 new London stations, Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled a new December 2018 Tube map featuring the Elizabeth Line. The Crossrail project is nearing the final stages of construction and the Elizabeth Line, as it will be known [...]