What was in the 2015 Queen’s Speech, bill-by-bill May 28, 2015 A full employment and welfare benefits bill aiming to create 2m more jobs and 3m more apprenticeships An enterprise bill to cut red tape and help small and medium-sized businesses resolve late payment disputes A personal tax allowance bill raising the personal allowance to £12,500 and linking future increases to the minimum wage A finance bill [...]
Sunlight Mews: A stunning mix of old and new in Fulham May 21, 2015 A mews used to mean one thing – bijou homes in boroughs such as Notting Hill or Chelsea that once served as stables and staff quarters for Britain’s wealthy. Built in the 1800-1900s, mews houses were typically nestled away at the back of much larger, grander houses and lined two sides of a cobbled lane. [...]
Styropack and Jablite deal sets up factory floor-to-corner office rise move April 27, 2015 THE DIRECTORS of Jablite and Styropack, including one who started his career on the factory floor at the latter 28 years ago, have completed a management buyout from previous owner Synbra Group. Richard Lee, managing director and new joint owner of the expanded polystyrene manufacturing business, started working at Styropack aged 17, and has worked [...]
London space race takes off: City firms scramble for offices as demand hits highest level since 2000 June 18, 2015 Demand for office space in the capital has boomed to levels not seen in 15 years, new figures show, as companies, spurred on by the improving economic environment and stability following the General Election, pick up their search for space. The amount of space under offer in central London leapt by 25 per cent [...]
Great Portland Estates and Aberdeen Asset Management sell £222m Wigmore Street office block April 27, 2015 Great Portland Estates and Aberdeen Asset Management have sold a huge office scheme at 95 Wigmore Street in London’s West End for £222.4m. The Wigmore Partnership, the companies’ joint venture, said yesterday that UBS Global Asset Management’s real estate business has bought 95 Wigmore Street near Bond Street station. The 98,800 square feet office block [...]
Allardyce cools talk of switch to Sunderland job March 19, 2015 WEST HAM manager Sam Allardyce has dismissed suggestions he could return to former club Sunderland in the summer but admits his Upton Park future hinges on agreeing terms on a new contract. Allardyce’s current deal expires at the end of the season and has been allowed to run down despite engineering what has been, despite [...]
Chris Tremlett: Restructuring might spell end for under-fire Moores May 6, 2015 I wouldn't be surprised if there were to be changes within the England set-up and a change in the head coach. By all accounts the mood in the camp is good and the players are training well. That’s great, but at the end of the day it’s about results and it has been a poor [...]
Focus on Clerkenwell: Prices soar on the City’s edge May 7, 2015 While the Square Mile is London’s historical home of trade and finance, Clerkenwell on its northern edge is clearly the design equivalent. Since the Industrial Revolution, the area has housed craft workshops, printers, clockmakers and jewellers. The area is celebrating its rich design heritage this month with the sixth annual Clerkenwell Design Week from 19 [...]
The night-time economy just got its own industry group May 7, 2015 The £66bn night-time economy will now be backed by its own industry group, which has been set up to trumpet the broad-based contribution it makes to the UK. The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) said it will be making the case for the sector, which was responsible 1.3m jobs and £66bn in annual revenue back [...]
West End offices are the world’s costliest March 5, 2015 LONDON’S West End held onto its title as the world’s most expensive office market for the third year in a row, after hot demand and limited supply help push up rents last year. Businesses paid an average of €2,344 (£1,697) per square metre in 2014 for a foothold in the West End, according to Cushman [...]