DOWNTON LORD LANDS IN THE LAP OF LUXURY November 14, 2011 HE SURVIVED the Great War and Spanish flu and yesterday Lord Grantham – aka the actor Hugh Bonneville – made his first public appearance since the end of series two of Downton Abbey to present the Walpole awards for excellence. No austerity measures at the luxury body’s annual gathering, held in association with Coutts – [...]
Fine Parchment to give Charlie Mann back-to-back wins in the Greatwood March 1, 2012 SPORT TRADER BILL ESDAILE AND DAVID WILD WITH THE WEEKEND’S BEST RACING AND RUGBY BETS THE calm before the storm will be how the next 10 days are referred to by countless racing people as owners, trainers, jockeys and punters nervously pray that their horses get to Cheltenham in one piece. There have been a [...]
British Land teams up with Canadians for City skyscraper October 25, 2010 British Land is teaming up with Canada’s Oxford Properties to develop the Leadenhall Building in the City, in the second of two crisis-hit skyscraper projects to be revived within a week. Britain’s second largest property company said it had agreed terms to build the 47-storey tall scheme in a 50:50 joint venture with the real [...]
British Land teams up with Canadians for City skyscraper October 25, 2010 British Land is teaming up with Canada’s Oxford Properties to develop the Leadenhall Building in the City, in the second of two crisis-hit skyscraper projects to be revived within a week. Britain’s second largest property company said it had agreed terms to build the 47-storey tall scheme in a 50:50 joint venture with the real [...]
Banks lead FTSE fight back July 19, 2011 The FTSE 100 fought back on opening today with banks recovering some of the ground they lost yesterday after the Eurozone debt crisis and US economic uncertainty sapped confidence. Following a grim session the financial sector found its feet today, clawing back losses which were partly triggered by analysts criticising European bank stress tests. Barclays [...]
My memories of the fallen on our new battlefields November 10, 2011 IRAQ, 2003 BRITISH WAR CEMETERY, BASRA I jumped down from the turret of the Warrior, and squeezed through the rusty gate and entrance arch of Basra’s British War Cemetery. A large walled plot lay ahead, filled with rubble, rubbish, spiky bushes and wild dogs. I wondered where the graves were. Below my boots lay fragments [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 29, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES BRITISH LAND TO BUY RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX IN THE CITY British Land is in advanced talks to buy a City of London residential complex, in its first acquisition under a strategy to focus on the booming market for prime homes in the capital. The UK’s second-largest property company has agreed to buy Wardrobe Court [...]
UBS awaits fate of new headquarters May 22, 2011 THE DEVELOPERS of the new UBS headquarters on the Broadgate estate are set to find out as soon as this week whether the existing office blocks will be recommended for listed status, stalling progress on the £340m project. English Heritage’s advisory board will meet on Wednesday to discuss the group’s recommendations, which will inform the [...]
City of London blasts English Heritage over Broadgate move June 3, 2011 THE City of London yesterday hit out at English Heritage’s decision to recommend listing the Broadgate estate, saying that such a listing would “damage the City’s reputation as a global financial centre.” The comments, made by the City of London’s policy chairman Stuart Fraser, follow a long-awaited announcement by English Heritage yesterday. The City of [...]
English Heritage to judge on UBS office May 24, 2011 A PANEL of planning and architecture experts will today meet to decide whether to push for listed status of the Broadgate estate near Liverpool Street. English Heritage is due to announce shortly afterwards whether plans to knock down two buildings on the estate should be put on ice, pending government approval. British Land, which owns [...]