Minerva September 21, 2010 TENANTS should be banging Minerva’s door down. Its futuristic Walbrook development, which boasts 440,000 square feet, is one of the only buildings capable of housing a large tenant within the Square Mile. But it has lost out on some important signings – BlackRock went to Songbird’s Drapers Gardens while Macquarie signed a lease at British [...]
A penthouse in the other Wharf September 30, 2010 WITH its network of cobbled alleys running between ancient riverside warehouses, still bridged-over by those iconic iron gantries, Shad Thames has been one of the most atmospheric places to live near the City since its redevelopment in the 1980s. Its attractions are manifold: a thriving café culture, thanks in part to the investment in the [...]
THINK ROOMS… with LateRooms.com March 20, 2011 NOVOTEL HONG KONG NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON 4* 348 Nathan Road | Kowloon | Hong Kong Step off Hong Kong’s famous ‘Golden Mile’ and into the sleek and stylish Novotel Hong Kong Nathan Road. Ideally located opposite the Temple Street Night Market and conveniently beside a mainline MTR station, this hotel is an escape in the [...]
City’s small businesses are crying out for help October 14, 2010 IT IS a known fact that when recession strikes there is a lag between companies beginning to feel the pain and actually getting into real difficulties. This time around it is no different and, with just days to go until the Comprehensive Spending Review is unveiled, many UK businesses that are already struggling are hoping [...]
Glass towers reflect new opportunities for the City October 31, 2010 LAST week was widely reported as a good news week for the City; two more skyscraper projects – British Land’s Cheesegrater and Land Securities’ Walkie Talkie – were revived and One New Change, the new jewel in the City’s retail offering, opened to huge fanfare and to huge crowds. All of this is of course [...]
Government cuts herald tough times for services firms September 12, 2010 CONNAUGHT’S high-profile collapse has ushered in a period of intense difficulty for other services companies, according to the latest monthly City A.M./Begbies Traynor health monitor for the Square Mile. The social housing maintenance specialist, which fell into administration last week, is not alone in having felt the pressure of impending government spending cutbacks and poor-quality [...]
PLAYBOY CLUB SET TO REOPEN IN LONDON October 19, 2010 EXCITING news for fans of the good life – Playboy, the iconic brand set up by Hugh Hefner, is reopening its private members club in London, over two decades after the original closed its doors at 45 Park Lane back in the Eighties. This time around Hef’s relocating to swanky new premises at Mayfair, and [...]
PLAYBOY CLUB SET TO REOPEN IN LONDON October 19, 2010 EXCITING news for fans of the good life – Playboy, the iconic brand set up by Hugh Hefner, is reopening its private members club in London, over two decades after the original closed its doors at 45 Park Lane back in the Eighties. This time around Hef’s relocating to swanky new premises at Mayfair, and [...]
Get on your bike to avoid Tube congestion August 30, 2010 ANYONE who works in the Square Mile will know how empty it can feel in August as City workers – myself included – decamp for a well earned break. And yet, somehow, this summer downturn appears to have no impact whatsoever on the overcrowded tubes, trains and buses bringing commuters into the City at rush-hour. [...]
Winterflood backs LSE on rules change September 26, 2010 CITY veteran Brian Winterflood has joined London Stock Exchange (LSE) chief executive Xavier Rolet’s call for the Square Mile to oppose the government’s proposed splitting up of the UK’s share listing regulations. According to an audience member at a Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) dinner last Thursday, Winterflood gave an impassioned speech, calling on all those [...]