Brexit white paper: City figures scathing over “blow” to financial services July 12, 2018 The City has blasted the government’s decision to drop its favoured post-Brexit trade model for financial services following the publication of the long-awaited white paper. A senior City of London policymaker said the move was "a real blow" to financial services, while a top lobby group called it "regrettable and frustrating". The white paper, which [...]
Who owns London? The capital’s biggest landowners: Qataris own as much land as the Queen and TfL put together March 17, 2017 A company part-owned by the Qataris own almost as much land in the capital as Transport for London and the Queen put together, a new ranking has suggested, while the City of London was ranked second. Figures compiled by Datscha for property trade bible Property Week showed Canary Wharf Group, which is joint-owned by Qatari [...]
Civil servants are moving to Canary Wharf December 6, 2016 Civil servants are moving to Canary Wharf in a bid to save them from working in "ugly and expensive buildings". The 5,700 employees from various departments are moving from Whitehall to 10 South Colonnade, a building owned by Canary Wharf Group. The relocation should be completed by the end of 2018. Read more: This is what your [...]
New homes at Canary Wharf Group and Qatari Diar’s Southbank Place unveiled February 10, 2016 The next phase of homes at Canary Wharf Group and Qatari Diar’s Shell Centre scheme on the South Bank has been unveiled today. The developers behind the 5.25-acre riverside site have put 164 homes at Casson Square on the market, with prices range from £650,000 for a studio and £3.6m for a three-bedroom flat. The apartments are split [...]
Focus On Aldgate: The shiny new towers of E1 are luring City bankers from their traditional west London hangouts January 19, 2018 Whitechapel or Aldgate? Whatever you call this area on the cusp of the City, it’s always been a dividing line between the bankers and proper East Enders. But that line is getting thinner and thinner every day. Skyscrapers now pierce the eastern sky from every angle, and the amount of development undergone in recent years [...]
The Blockchain Brothers: BTL’s Guy and Hugh Halford-Thompson on running the world’s first public blockchain firm July 10, 2017 Based on Fenchurch Street, it’s not so often I mosey down to Canary Wharf. I suffer a terrible contradiction of mind when I do. Its Dubai-lite pastiche is soulless and underwhelming, yet as a location, its essence is one of unassailable purpose: a financial powerhouse, driving upwards of £100bn into the UK economy every year. [...]
Sadiq Khan unveils Brexit panel featuring Lord Mandelson and Santander chair to advise on getting “best deal” for London December 19, 2016 Sadiq Khan has recruited an assortment of business leaders, investors and academics in an effort to boost London's Brexit credentials. The mayor announced a new Brexit Expert Advisory panel to advise him on the risks, challenges and opportunities for the capital in the wake of June's vote to leave the European Union. Members include Sir George Iacobescu, [...]
Focus On Victoria: A £4bn investment has completely changed the area from dowdy offices to shiny penthouses and hip restaurants March 5, 2018 If the Queen’s getting a £369m refurbishment of Buckingham Palace, it seems only fair that the neighbourhood surrounding it should get a polish, too. £4bn should just about cover it, and that’s how much has been invested in the area by developer Land Securities over the last five years. Around £700m of that has gone [...]
Island Poké review: Hawaiian street food has hit the streets of Canary Wharf this week, so we try it out to see if it’s any cop December 5, 2017 Island Poké Broadgate Circle, EC2M WHAT? If you haven’t already said aloha to poké, the biggest street food trend of the year, then you better hurry up because there isn’t much of 2017 left. Pronounced pok-eh, the word means “cut” or “dice” in Hawaii. WHERE? The one we visited was nestled into the second tier [...]
Island Poké review: Hawaiian street food has hit the streets of Canary Wharf this week, so we try it out to see if it’s any cop December 5, 2017 Island Poké Broadgate Circle, EC2M WHAT? If you haven’t already said aloha to poké, the biggest street food trend of the year, then you better hurry up because there isn’t much of 2017 left. Pronounced pok-eh, the word means “cut” or “dice” in Hawaii. WHERE? The one we visited was nestled into the second tier [...]