Royal Baby named: Charlotte Elizabeth Diana is the latest member of the monarchy May 4, 2015 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their baby Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, a Kensington Palace statement has confirmed. Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, as she will now be known, was born early on Saturday morning weighing 8lbs 3oz. It had been reported that her parents, Prince William and Princess Catherine, had not [...]
City Moves for 2 June 2015 | Who’s switching jobs June 1, 2015 DTZ The commercial real estate services provider has announced three appointments to its data centres team. Mark Trevor joins as senior director, Begoña Cerdan joins as a director, and Michael Hunter joins as an associate director in its London office. Lloyds Bank Andrew Charnley has been appointed regional head of the trade and working capital [...]
UK house prices: No respite in sight for the housing market August 21, 2015 The housing market shows no sign of easing up this summer with prices climbing and mortgage lending seeing its strongest month for seven years. City level house prices are seeing their fastest growth for over a decade, property market analysts Hometrack said today. It said asking prices had increased 4.3 per cent in the [...]
Keep the winnings ticking over with Time Test June 17, 2015 HER Majesty The Queen fields Peacock in this afternoon’s Tercentenary Stakes (3.05pm) and it would be lovely to see a royal winner at Ascot this year. The son of 2009 Queen Anne Stakes victor Paco Boy finished only 1½ lengths behind Investec Derby hero Golden Horn in Newmarket’s Feilden Stakes. He then followed that up [...]
VE Day 2015: Here’s how London is celebrating 70 years since World War II ended May 8, 2015 Exactly 70 years ago, Winston Churchill broadcast to the UK that World War II had come to an end, marking an Allied victory in Europe following six years of war. Victory in Europe (VE) Day, as it is known, has been celebrated across the continent every year since 1945. London never fails to take part, [...]
Royal Mint Court set for a big makeover April 1, 2015 DELANCEY has formed a joint venture with LRC Group over the ownership of Royal Mint Court near the Tower of London, ending a year-long stalemate and paving the way for a redevelopment of the five acre estate. Delancey bought the freehold from the Crown Estate in 2010, but LRC acquired debt, secured against the leasehold [...]
Berkeley says interest rates hike could ease London house price rises June 17, 2015 Housebuilding giant Berkeley Group Holdings said yesterday that the prospect of an interest rate hike may help ease the pressure on London’s rising house prices, which have been fuelled by a lack of available homes in the capital. Data from the Office of National Statistic yesterday showed that wages have risen at their fastest [...]
Scientists know when you’re unemployed… just from your phone calls June 16, 2015 As if you didn't already feel like you're phone knows more about you than, well, you, scientists can now use it to tell whether you have a job or not. Researchers from MIT have managed to identify people's employment levels simply through analysing how they use their mobile phone. It may sound creepy, but it [...]
Retail giants aim to go the extra mile June 2, 2015 Online demand is moving retail sheds closer to town THE BOOM in online retailing has created a scramble for small plots of land close to city centres that can be used as nimble distribution hubs for the click-and-collect generation. Vast 500,000 square feet to 1m sq ft warehouses at the heart of the countryside were [...]
Restaurant review: Fall down the culinary rabbit hole at Céleste at the Lanesborough hotel August 18, 2015 Céleste at the Lanesborough 9 Hyde Park Corner, SW1X 7TA Tel: 020 7259 5599 These are halcyon days for the London restaurant scene, a time when seemingly everybody is a foodie and every borough in London has at least half a dozen restaurants worth visiting. You can start to take it all for granted, [...]