Sunday trading rules set to be scrapped for Games March 18, 2012 SHOPS will be allowed to open for more hours on Sundays during the Olympics, George Osborne said yesterday, boosting sales in London by hundreds of millions of pounds. Current rules limit large stores’ opening times to six hours on Sunday, which means Olympic visitors will miss out on evening shopping – sending out a signal [...]
Sunday trading rules set to be scrapped for Games March 18, 2012 SHOPS will be allowed to open for more hours on Sundays during the Olympics, George Osborne said yesterday, boosting sales in London by hundreds of millions of pounds. Current rules limit large stores’ opening times to six hours on Sunday, which means Olympic visitors will miss out on evening shopping – sending out a signal [...]
Capco gets the green light for Earls Court plan September 13, 2012 CAPITAL & Counties (Capco) has been given the nod for its £8bn regeneration plans at Earls Court. Hammersmith & Fulham Council yesterday approved planning permission for the Sir Terry Farrell-designed scheme, which will see the Earls Court Exhibition Centre and several housing estates demolished. Capco intends to replace the estates with 7,500 new homes, around [...]
Capco gets the green light for Earls Court plan September 13, 2012 CAPITAL & Counties (Capco) has been given the nod for its £8bn regeneration plans at Earls Court. Hammersmith & Fulham Council yesterday approved planning permission for the Sir Terry Farrell-designed scheme, which will see the Earls Court Exhibition Centre and several housing estates demolished. Capco intends to replace the estates with 7,500 new homes, around [...]
What the other papers say this morning August 23, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES Cameron pressed on Greening David Cameron is coming under increasing pressure to appoint a new transport secretary in next month’s cabinet reshuffle after the prime minister admitted his support towards the expansion of Heathrow – a policy implacably opposed by Justine Greening. Republicans eye gold standard The gold standard has returned to mainstream [...]
Trade and tech are the solution to the world’s food crisis October 15, 2012 THE United Nations recently reported that, with global food prices rising, food shortages will likely emerge in developing countries at the end of this year and into 2013. And with today being World Food Day, we must get serious about one of the greatest humanitarian challenges of our time: feeding a global population that is [...]
Trade and tech are the solution to the world’s food crisis October 15, 2012 THE United Nations recently reported that, with global food prices rising, food shortages will likely emerge in developing countries at the end of this year and into 2013. And with today being World Food Day, we must get serious about one of the greatest humanitarian challenges of our time: feeding a global population that is [...]
Owen grabs lifeline and signs pay-as-you-play Stoke deal September 4, 2012 FORMER England striker Michael Owen insists he cannot wait to play again after yesterday securing a return to the Premier League by joining Stoke City on a one-year deal. Owen, a free agent since being released by Manchester United at the end of June, has been hampered by injuries in recent seasons but is hopeful [...]
Without You struggles with London life September 6, 2012 THEATRE WITHOUT YOU Menier Chocolate Factory | By Cathy Adams *** SOME PLAYS belong in London, some don’t. The Globe, for example, plonked in any other city would probably be dismissed as some backdoor village-hall-production-cum-barn-dance. American megaplay Rent, basically La Bohème with an extra injection of HIV, couldn’t exist in any other city apart from New [...]
Sunday shoppers give London retailers a run for their money July 22, 2012 AS THE Olympic torch wound its way around the streets of London yesterday, the city’s shopkeepers did their best to tempt milling spectators through their doors by using new powers to extend their Sunday trading hours. Recent profits at several high street names have fallen flat as the expected Jubilee Jump failed to materialise, and [...]