Galliford Try wins two affordable housing deals in London and Middlesbrough September 3, 2014 Galliford Try said yesterday that it had won two affordable housing contracts in east London and in Middlesbrough, in the north east, worth £106m. The FTSE 250 housing and construction group has been hired by Notting Hill Housing to build Great Eastern Quays, an £81m regeneration scheme in London’s Royal Docks that will have up [...]
Tidworth is top town in Royal Mail list of UK’s most desirable postcodes August 25, 2014 The UK’s most desirable postcodes, based on a range of qualities from education to the affordability of housing, were revealed by the Royal Mail yesterday, with a town in Wiltshire ranking top of the list. The study, which was conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) on behalf of the Royal [...]
2014 Christmas shows in London: From traditional pantomime to award-winning theatre December 11, 2014 Whether you’re a fan of cutting-edge theatre, a good old singalong or a traditional Christmas pantomime, London’s got you covered. Here are some of our favourites. MOTHER GOOSE Hackney Empire, from £10 Princess Priscilla has waddled into the life of Mother Goose and started laying priceless golden eggs. Now Mother can buy whatever [...]
Lazard poaches Greenhill director September 3, 2014 INVESTMENT bank Lazard yesterday confirmed former Greenhill managing director Richard Hoyle has joined the group. Hoyle, who spent 14 years at Greenhill having joined from Credit Suisse in 2002, has joined Lazard as a managing director at the group’s financial advisory unit. “Richard is a highly regarded advisor, and we expect he will be a [...]
Scottish independence: RBS confirms plan to move to England if there’s a Yes vote September 11, 2014 The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has confirmed it will re-domicile to England if the Scots vote to abandon the United Kingdom on 18 September. In a statement issued this morning RBS said: RBS has undertaken contingency planning for the possible business implications of a 'Yes' vote. RBS believes that this is the responsible and [...]
Saudi soap opera: The petro-kingdom’s day of reckoning is now approaching fast January 25, 2015 I have never understood the world’s fixation with soap operas; why obsess about EastEnders when the real world is so often far more dramatic and even less plausible? Even more to the point, why worry about 80s American re-runs Dallas and Dynasty when we have the true-to-life House of Saud, the world’s most prosperous family, [...]
Lord Myners to lead review into the IPO process? September 16, 2014 After a quiet couple of months, it looks like Royal Mail is at the top of the parliamentary agenda again. Lord Myners has been drafted in to lead yet another review into the handling of the controversial, £3.3bn privatisation of the company, it was reported this morning. Former City minister Myners will lead a panel [...]
Grapes and wrath: Why wine critic Robert Parker is skipping the famous Bordeaux tasting April 2, 2015 It’s tasting time in Bordeaux, when the wine world flocks to the banks of the Garonne to discover what the latest vintage has to offer. For the next few weeks critics and merchants will sniff, snort, swill and spit their way through hundreds of tastings before passing judgement on the wines of 2014. This [...]
Royal docks business park gets go-ahead for new development July 23, 2014 Plans by a Chinese developer to create a £1bn business park in London’s royal docks aimed at attracting more businesses from China to the capital were granted planning permission last night. Beijing’s Advanced Business Park (ABP) plans to transform a 35-acre site – currently strewn with empty warehouses and unused docks – to create a [...]
Anglian aims for £150m relisting September 28, 2014 SPECIALIST double glazing and house improvement company Anglian Home Improvements may be looking to return to the London Stock Exchange, over a decade after it was taken private. Anglian Home Improvements, which was founded in 1966 by George Williams as Anglian Windows, was listed for nearly 10 years, until it was taken private when private [...]