Labour mayoral hopeful Sadiq Khan wants to pedestrianise Oxford Street June 24, 2015 Sadiq Khan, a frontrunner for the Labour mayoral candidacy, has backed plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street as part of a campaign for cleaner air in the capital. He said he will turn the capital’s flagship shopping street and tourist attraction in to a one and a half mile tree-lined walkway, as he vowed to tackle [...]
Stella McCartney, Huge Boss and Yoox Net-a-Porter in talks to move to Stanhope and Mitsui’s White City Place February 22, 2016 Three leading fashion brands are in talks to move their London headquarters to new offices being developed inside the former BBC Media Village in White City, City A.M. understands. Designers Stella McCartney, Hugo Boss and online fashion website Yoox Net-a-Porter have separately approached developers Stanhope and Mitsui about taking office space inside White City Place. [...]
Leviathan’s tentacles: How the true size of the state is hidden from the electorate April 7, 2016 The Institute of Economic Affairs published a “Nanny State” Index last week, showing the UK was the third most meddling country in the EU for intervening in lifestyle choices around cigarettes, tobacco, food and alcohol. This reminds us yet again that the Total Intervention Index (TII) for the state includes both tax and spend and [...]
Brent and US crude oil prices shrug off yesterday’s turmoil January 5, 2016 Oil prices stabilised today, shrugging off yesterday's volatile trading – but fears over a supply glut kept a lid on prices. Brent crude, the global benchmark, was down 0.35 per cent at $37.09 per barrel in morning trading, while West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, shed 0.33 per cent at $36.64. Oil prices yo-yoed yesterday, driven by an escalating diplomatic [...]
Smart City: How London’s next mayor can harness the capital’s entrepreneurial energy to revolutionise local services and save millions March 22, 2016 Londoners are smart – you only have to look at the thousands of exciting, innovative new businesses sprouting up across the capital to see the benefits of such a tremendous concentration of human and intellectual capital. But is the capital itself as smart as the people who call it home? The new mayor, whoever it [...]
MK Dons 1, Chelsea 5: Terry to leave Blues after contract snub January 31, 2016 Iconic Chelsea captain John Terry has revealed that his illustrious 18-year Stamford Bridge career will come to an end this summer after the club decided against offering the former England skipper a new one-year deal. The 35-year-old centre-half made the announcement after Chelsea eased into the FA Cup fifth round with a crushing 5-1 victory [...]
Brent crude and WTI: Oil prices stay higher after US jobs report March 4, 2016 Oil prices rose today, as strong US employment data fed into optimism that the market may have finally bottomed out. Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 1.4 per cent to $37.59 per barrel this morning, putting it on course to end the week with a gain of more than five per cent. Meanwhile, West Texas Intermediate crude, [...]
The blockchain payments app: How Circle plans to change the way we spend – and think about money May 9, 2016 You don't pay to send someone an email – to send information from one place to another. And merchants typically pick up the cost of actually making the transaction when you buy something online. And the founders of Circle – the free, blockchain-enabled payments app – don’t think you should pay to send money, either. [...]
Fancy living opposite painter Hogarth’s House in Chiswick? January 28, 2016 New homes do have a certain reputation for being identikit, sterile, cramped places to live in, but on the other hand, traditional period homes are dismissed as draughty, stuffy and expensive to maintain. But a new development in Chiswick, currently being marketed by a former Apprentice finalist, is aiming to strike somewhere in the middle with [...]
Euro 2016: Arsenal, Tottenham and West Ham representatives feature in team of the tournament after first round of fixtures June 15, 2016 The first round of Euro 2016 fixtures have come to an end and now every team has played, odds have shifted, wayward pre-tournament predictions have been hastily denied and new heroes have emerged. Pre-tournament favourites France, Spain and Germany got off to predictably strong starts, Italy proved their doom merchants wrong and even England raised an eyebrow or two. Less [...]