PROPERTY FIRM OF THE YEAR | THE SHORTLIST DAY 4 June 22, 2011 The property sector has experienced mixed fortunes this year. While work on record-breaking skyscrapers has really picked up the pace, other projects have been left unfinished or even empty once completed. London has continued to enjoy the best conditions for investing and developing real estate – with nominees British Land, Land Securities and Heron among [...]
OUT OF OFFICE June 29, 2011 OPEN AIR THEATRE, REGENT’S PARK With any luck the rain is behind us now, and the warm weather here to stay – perfect conditions for a spot of al fresco theatre. The current production is John Gay’s famous tale of highwaymen, hangmen and the mean streets of old London, the Beggar’s Opera. Expect a typically [...]
OUT OF OFFICE June 29, 2011 OPEN AIR THEATRE, REGENT’S PARK With any luck the rain is behind us now, and the warm weather here to stay – perfect conditions for a spot of al fresco theatre. The current production is John Gay’s famous tale of highwaymen, hangmen and the mean streets of old London, the Beggar’s Opera. Expect a typically [...]
OSBORNE’S PR ADVISER GOES BACK TO BLACK June 29, 2011 ALL CHANGE in George Osborne’s advisory team, as The Capitalist hears the Chancellor’s head of press, Jean-Christophe Gray, will be replaced by Jonathan Black as the Treasury’s top spinner by the end of the week. Gray, the man responsible for briefing the media throughout the banking crisis, will help the Treasury control costs as he [...]
Three cheers for the stars of the Square Mile October 28, 2010 LAST night was truly an exciting and exceptional occasion: City A.M.’s inaugural awards celebrating the best and brightest of London’s business, financial and investment communities. Our inaugural awards ceremony saw more than 450 guests in their finery roll up at the Grange Hotel at St Pauls. Our winners, unique in that each was initially chosen [...]
BILL OF THE WEEK July 24, 2011 ACCOUNTANTS have a reputation for being somewhat straight-laced, but this tale suggests it isn’t entirely deserved. When two employees turned up for their first day at one of the City’s biggest accountancy firms, their new colleagues put them through an initiation ceremony that had more in common with the ways of an American university fraternity [...]
BILL OF THE WEEK June 12, 2011 SIX City lawyers made a weekend trip into the Square Mile on 28 May to sample a limited edition tasting menu at High Timber – specially created for the restaurant by recent Masterchef finalist Tom Whittaker. The six-course meal featured several dishes first cooked for the judges, including suckling pig and his innovative “Seahorse and [...]
All change for Square Mile shopaholics October 24, 2010 SHOPPING centre One New Change opens its doors to customers on Thursday, though up to 30 per cent of the shops will not be ready for the launch. Several people close to the development have said between 70 and 90 per cent of retailers will open on Thursday, with the rest aiming to complete their [...]
The Square Mile’s long transformation continues October 27, 2010 POLICY CHAIRMAN, CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION THE wind of change is blowing through the City and in this instance, I am not referring to London’s financial heart in the wake of the economic crisis. I am talking about One New Change, Cheapside’s largest shopping destination, which is set to transform the Square Mile. Is that [...]
City Boy strikes again, this time in danger July 6, 2011 The ex-columnist has lost his sparkle with this heavy-handed tome JUST BUSINESS BY GERAINT ANDERSON Headline, £12.99 CITY Boy, aka Geraint Anderson, rode the success of the City in its pre-crunch prime in two ways. One: by raking in the cash in a Chateau Margaux fuelled frenzy and two, by capitalising on people’s fascination with the [...]