Jaguar Land Rover to build new Discovery Sport on Merseyside June 19, 2014 CAR giant Jaguar Land Rover has announced a £200m boost for its plant at Halewood, Merseyside, where it will manufacture the new Discovery Sport. This will secure 250 new jobs at the site, where the it already builds the Range Rover Evoque. The plan will boost the numbers employed at Halewood to 4,750. Richard Else, [...]
“Boris Island” or Heathrow expansion: Did the CBI just back Heathrow? September 1, 2014 The CBI looks like it has put its weight behind an extension to Heathrow airport in a blow to the London mayor's Thames Estuary airport plans, otherwise known as “Boris Island". It comes just days ahead of a decision due from the Airports Commission as to whether the concept of a new airport on the [...]
The UK housing market needs Help to Supply – not Help to Buy May 21, 2014 THE UK housing market needs Help to Supply, not Help to Buy. The government’s housing scheme has helped first-time buyers get a leg-up onto the property ladder, but that privilege has come at a price – with house prices higher than otherwise, as the subsidy became capitalised in prices. The planning system has created a [...]
Cirrus Des Aigles on track for QIPCO British Champions Day October 6, 2014 BILL ESDAILE VISITED CORINE BARANDE-BARBE’S STABLE IN CHANTILLY YESTERDAY TO CHECK ON CIRRUS DES AIGLES CIRRUS DES AIGLES will head to Ascot on Saturday week without a win in the prep race he has dominated for three of the last four seasons after his controversial disqualification in Saturday’s Prix Dollar at Longchamp. Corine Barande-Barbe’s eight-year-old [...]
Mercedes is making a million dollar car June 27, 2014 Mercedes is set to unveil a luxury car with a million dollar price tag, making it the most expensive sedan in the world. The Mercedes S-Class Pullman, part of its flagship range, is slated to have armour plating and a separate section partitioned off from the chauffer, Bloomberg reports. The model, due to go on [...]
British Land in £143m bet on Ealing shoppers February 11, 2013 BRITISH LAND has snapped up a portfolio of London properties from Dutch investment firm Wereldhave for £183.8m, the property giant confirmed yesterday. The biggest asset in the portfolio is Ealing Broadway shopping centre in west London, which is anchored by retailers including Marks & Spencer and Primark and attracts 15m visitors each year. British Land [...]
Miliband outlines Labour Party’s economic plans: No big spending, more banks, 200,000 new homes a year July 19, 2014 Ed Miliband has told Labour there will be no return to the high spending of the previous Labour government and that the party will commit to "balancing the books" at the Party’s national policy forum in Milton Keynes today. The Labour leader outlined economic plans to party activists in a speech ahead of next year’s [...]
Student loans, uranium, and six other things on the Shareholder Executive’s to-do list May 27, 2014 The government’s Shareholder Executive announced today that it has picked Robert Swannell as its new chair. Swannell, who is also chairman of Marks & Spencer, has been on the board of the group since January, giving him some experience of the group's various portfolio companies. Here are some of the projects that are [...]
Facebook picks Frank Gehry to design new London offices November 8, 2013 FACEBOOK has picked a British Land building near Euston for its new London offices and has hired one of the world’s top architects Frank Gehry to design the interiors. The social media giant signed a 10-year deal yesterday for three floors at 10 Brock Street in Regent’s Place, which is also home to Debenhams, Twitter [...]
Facebook picks Frank Gehry to design new London offices November 7, 2013 FACEBOOK has picked a British Land building near Euston for its new London offices and has hired one of the world’s top architects Frank Gehry to design the interiors. The social media giant signed a 10-year deal yesterday for three floors at 10 Brock Street in Regent’s Place, which is also home to Debenhams, Twitter [...]