What you need to know about the new vaping legislation coming into force on 20 May May 19, 2016 From tomorrow, new legislation will significantly clamp down on and choke off e-cigarettes throughout the European Union. Here's everything you need to know about what will change, where the laws have come from and where you can still vape. What will change tomorrow? The maximum capacity of nicotine in an e-cigarette will now be 20mg, [...]
Business landlord Workspace sells five London buildings for £64m February 11, 2016 Small business landlord Workspace has sold off five industrial buildings across London for £64m as it looks to raise cash to invest back into new schemes. The FTSE 250-listed group, which owns and manages 80 properties let to 4,000 growing companies, said the industrial estates had an average rent of £9.07 per sq ft and were sold at a [...]
With mortgage rates heading towards 1 per cent, should we be worried about a bubble in the market? February 29, 2016 Scott Corfe, director at the Centre for Business and Economic Research, says Yes. Most of the house price growth seen in the UK over the past couple of years has been fundamentals-driven. Supply of new homes simply hasn’t caught up with demand. However, one does wonder if we are now veering into bubble territory – particularly [...]
At the close: Miners send the FTSE higher as the banking roller coaster rolls on April 28, 2016 The FTSE 100 has somewhat recovered after a dreadful afternoon and has managed to pick up from earlier lows thanks to a rally in oil prices. The FTSE ended the day flat at 6,322.4 points, up just two points from 6,319.91 on Wednesday. Investors were initially caught off-guard by the news that the Bank of Japan would not extend its stimulus plan. [...]
London Marathon 2016: What time it starts, where to watch, what the weather forecast is and the best pubs along the route April 18, 2016 Carb-loading, hamstring-stretching and thanking your lucky stars that you can actually have a lie in from next weekend onwards? Welcome to the London Marathon…. This weekend the capital will be over-taken by more than 35,000 runners (and more than a few walkers) looking to finish the 26.2m course. If you haven’t been sleeping, eating and [...]
The remarkable rise of east London: Zone changes signal a shift in the capital’s economy January 7, 2016 Amid the January gloom, rail commuters began their somewhat subdued return to work this week. Alongside headlines on fare increases and improvement works, a more unusual move was announced: a change to London’s fabled Tube map structure. Stratford and a clutch of other east London stations – largely in the borough of Newham plus Tower [...]
As east London’s population explodes, we must build more tunnels and bridges to connect north and south communities across the Thames February 8, 2016 London’s population is booming and nowhere more so than in east London, which is expected to see its population increase by 600,000 in the next 15 years. It is a region ripe with opportunity – hundreds of thousands of new homes and jobs can be created in the area. But with just three road crossings [...]
London has more international universities than any European country – with Imperial College and UCL at the top January 14, 2016 London has more cosmopolitan universities than any country in Europe – or, indeed, the US, Canada and China. In fact, if London were a country, it would only be beaten by Australia, Switzerland and the UK itself for the number of institutions with a mix of international students. Meanwhile, the UK has by far the [...]
I would trust Google’s DeepMind with my personal data more than the NHS May 4, 2016 The NHS is not a data company. Google's pretty good with that kind of thing. No wonder, then that the millions of pieces of information the health service has amassed about the nation's wellbeing – from admission times to blood tests – is being shared with the company in pursuit of the shared and very human [...]
Impending tax increase sparks buy-to-let rush – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors January 21, 2016 A higher tax rate on house purchases due to start in April has caused a surge in demand from buy-to-let investors, new figures show this morning. From April, buy-to-let investors will have to pay three per cent more in stamp duty land tax (SDLT) than residential buyers. In December, 10 per cent more chartered surveyors in [...]