Radcliffe aims to finish on her terms July 2, 2014 Marathon icon tells Frank Dalleres why a sparkling career must end in London IT WAS meant to be a glorious homecoming, the crowning achievement of one of Britain’s greatest ever athletes at the scene of her breakthrough triumph. Instead the London 2012 Olympic Games became a nightmare for Paula Radcliffe, as injury not only denied [...]
Sorry Guv, i’m blockading the capital September 24, 2014 MORE than one thousand cabbies brought congestion to roads around Trafalgar Square yesterday in a demonstration against what they termed Transport for London’s “incompetence” in taking on taxi-booking app Uber, illegal minicab touting and electric rickshaws. The Licensed Taxi Drivers Association said it was also protesting at Mayor Boris Johnson’s planned 15-mile segregated bike route through [...]
Muddy Waters’ son keeps the blues alive in the City May 15, 2014 Mud Morganfield is back in town for the launch of Blues Kitchen Shoreditch – Alex Dymoke caught up with him FINALLY the square mile finally has a place to exorcise those blues. Last night Mud Morganfield was on hand to mark the opening of the Blues Kitchen Shoreditch, a new restaurant and music venue metres from [...]
City Moves for 09 April 2014 | Who’s switching jobs April 8, 2014 InvestecInvestec Specialist Bank has expanded its growth and acquisition finance team with the appointment of Helen Lucas. She joins from Barclays, where she was a vice president in its debt finance origination team. Knight Frank Investment ManagementThe investment management business has made two appointments. Belinda Harris joins as an investment manager from Capita, where she [...]
City Matters: The booming City cluster is driving growth across the whole of the UK April 27, 2014 SPRING in Britain is in full flow as the May Day bank holiday fast approaches. And this year, the economic news matches the improving weather. A new City of London Corporation report showed just last week that the Square Mile continues to play an important role in London’s ongoing success. The City is forecast [...]
Any Other Business – 26/03 March 26, 2014 Aldeburgh, in Suffolk, played host to an event called Names not Numbers this week, mixing novelists with journos, academics, actors and er, a paucity of bankers. The trip, which ended yesterday, involving Brompton bike rides and fish and chips on the beach, couldn’t be further away from flashy boardrooms and Sushi Samba. But Jenny Grey [...]
Shale will turbocharge UK Plc – but losers must be compensated May 23, 2014 QUESTION: What’s the diff-erence between the Home Counties and Texas? ANSWER: Nothing, if the predictions from the British Geological Survey that there are billions of barrels of oil in shale rocks in Sussex, Hampshire and Kent turn out to be true. It is obvious that this astonishing supply needs to be tapped; it could transform [...]
Shale will turbocharge UK Plc – but losers must be compensated May 22, 2014 QUESTION: What’s the diff-erence between the Home Counties and Texas? ANSWER: Nothing, if the predictions from the British Geological Survey that there are billions of barrels of oil in shale rocks in Sussex, Hampshire and Kent turn out to be true. It is obvious that this astonishing supply needs to be tapped; it could [...]
A view to dine for May 20, 2014 SOUTHERN GEMS Now we’ve told you to go to Ting, we can’t ignore the other brilliant restaurants inside The Shard. Hutong is also an Asian-inspired affair, while Oblix and Aqua Shard are focused on modern British cuisine – all massively capitalise on the panoramic views. Book in at Skylon brasserie in the Royal Festival Hall [...]
Inside the £12m penthouse April 10, 2014 Take a tour of one of the City’s most exclusive new addresses HIGH atop the City of London, towering over Moorgate station, neighbouring Linklaters, London Wall and The Barbican, sits the first major residential development to be built in the City of London for three decades. As such, the developer behind The Heron – not [...]