This government should not try to hinder Heathrow August 28, 2012 AIRPORTS are an umbilical cord for the economy – tourism, inward investment and export opportunities all flow into Britain through them. Any constriction, or lack in capacity, has a harmful effect, limiting our potential for growth. Particularly when we are in the midst of double dip recession, we should be looking to the parts of [...]
THREE NEW WEST END RESTAURANTS April 25, 2011 ST JOHN HOTEL The brand new West End outpost of Smithfield’s most famous restaurant is a smart, bijoux haven of white-washed calm and simple culinary brilliance. Suckling pig for two with watercress and potato is an adventure in itself, snails and bacon are heavenly, while even tripe and onions has been winning fans. 1 Leicester [...]
England’s fightback turns into a damp squib at rainy Headingley August 5, 2012 ENGLAND’S hopes of grabbing an already-unlikely win in the second Test of this summer’s series against South Africa appeared to have been washed away for good last night, after a torrential storm saw play abandoned on the fourth day. The visitors will resume this morning – assuming the Headingley outfield has drained sufficiently overnight – [...]
Olympics boost for West End January 15, 2012 RETAIL sales are set to rise 3.5 per cent this year thanks to the Olympics and Jubilee, New West End Company predicted yesterday. Shopkeepers believe sales will hit £7.7bn in 2012 with the key events offsetting a slow start to the year. More than £2bn of sales is expected to come from luxury-seeking international shoppers [...]
Olympics boost for West End January 15, 2012 RETAIL sales are set to rise 3.5 per cent this year thanks to the Olympics and Jubilee, New West End Company predicted yesterday. Shopkeepers believe sales will hit £7.7bn in 2012 with the key events offsetting a slow start to the year. More than £2bn of sales is expected to come from luxury-seeking international shoppers [...]
Olympics boom sees 5.5m flock to Stratford City August 15, 2012 STRATFORD City, Europe’s biggest shopping mall, attracted 5.5m visitors during the Olympic Games, its Australian developer Westfield said as it reported a 31 per cent increase in its first-half profits. Stratford’s bustling shops contrast with retailers in west London that lamented a lack of visitors, particularly in the first week of the Games, after warnings [...]
INDITEX BUYS FLAGSHIP ZARA STORE IN WEST END FOR £155M June 18, 2012 Inditex, the world’s largest fashion retailer, yesterday announced it has bought the flagship Zara store at the heart of London’s West End for £155m. The Spanish-listed group, which owns Zara, said it had bought the 7,000 square-metre property at the intersection of Oxford Street and New Bond Street from German fund manager Deka. Last year [...]
To nest or invest is the crucial decision buyers must make September 9, 2012 FOR most, buying a property is likely to be the most expensive purchase that they will ever make. As such, one of the key decisions that buyers face is where to buy their property. The average price of a London property currently stands at £302,000, according to Nationwide. But the performance of house prices have [...]
Meet the investment banker who gave insurance a whirl October 14, 2012 AFTER the chaos of last year, 2012 has so far been something of a relief to the insurance industry. A perfect storm of floods in Australia and Thailand, the Japanese tsunami and nuclear disaster and the earthquake in New Zealand made 2011 the second most expensive on record for the Lloyd’s of London market, and [...]
Plans unveiled for revival of Midtown area June 10, 2012 MAJOR BUSINESSES and political figures will meet tomorrow to discuss plans to rejuvenate London’s Midtown, an area wedged between the City and the West End, and drive investment over the next five years. Inmidtown, the business improvement district with authority over the area, will showcase a new framework aimed at restoring it as a commercial [...]