The UK’s still got a taste for craft beer as number of breweries rises 65 per cent in five years October 3, 2016 The UK’s love for craft beer isn’t showing any signs of waning. According to accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young, the total number of breweries increased eight per cent in the last year, from 1,558 in 2014 to 1,692 in 2015. Over the past five years, the number of breweries has shot up 65 per cent, [...]
Som Saa review: Very likely to be the best Thai food in London January 31, 2017 A plucky Peckham-pop-up turned permanent E1 resident, Som Saa is a Thai restaurant specialising in creative regional dishes from the country’s north-eastern province. Enjoy sweet and sour comfort food from the grill or masterful curries so hot you’ll walk away feeling like you’ve just been punched in the face. In a nice way. WHERE? 43A [...]
Transport for London, Islington and Camden Councils open public consultation for King’s Cross gyratory to be overhauled as part of area regeneration February 10, 2016 King's Cross gyratory is poised to get a major facelift, with simplified roads and better facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. Transport for London, Islington and Camden Councils have published plans for a public consultation that they say will "transform the King’s Cross area". The improvement work is part of the mayor’s ongoing £4bn road modernisation plan. Proposals include creating [...]
The average £1m London home now has fewer than three bedrooms November 25, 2016 The average home worth £1m in the capital has just 2.9 bedrooms, figures have suggested. Using data from OntheMarket.com Savills researcher Lucian Cook found homes valued at between £900,000 and £1.1m across the rest of the UK have more than four bedrooms – while in London, it is fewer than three. The next lowest figure [...]
Asos sales jumped during a record Christmas trading period January 12, 2017 Asos remains decidedly en vogue, after it hiked guidance following a record Christmas trading period. The figures It's all coming up roses for Asos (in this case, roses embroidered down the side of a button-down denim mini). The online retailer reported a 36 per cent jump in retail sales to £605.7m in the four months to the end of December, [...]
Airbnb renting gives you double the rental income of a long-term let November 1, 2016 The rental rate for staying in an Airbnb home is double that of a long-term rate, providing a potentially lucrative alternative for landlords. According to research by data company Propcision, renting out an Airbnb flat or house in Newham, Merton, Southwark or Camden offers the best return as compared to long-term renting. The worst locations for [...]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan invests £220m in the capital’s boroughs including central London’s first new park for 100 years December 15, 2016 The mayor has announced he's plugging £220m into the capital's boroughs to boost transport, town centre and public space developments. Sadiq Khan said the funding will be used by boroughs across the capital for a range of projects, with initiatives to encourage walking and cycling, reduce road dangers and improve air quality. Among the projects to receive [...]
American Apparel UK business goes into administration November 8, 2016 Americal Apparel's UK business has gone into administration. Jim Tucker and Richard Beard of KPMG were appointed joint administrators of American Apparel (UK) Ltd and American Apparel (Carnaby) Ltd this morning, the accountancy firm said in a statement. American Apparel (UK) and American Apparel (Carnaby) run the UK retail and wholesale operations of the US [...]
This independent beer brand has just started a war on corporate craft beer wannabes December 6, 2016 HonestBrew has started a row with what they claim are faux craft beer peddlers, claiming global industry leaders "hide behind" craft beer names to "trick" beer lovers into thinking they're supporting local businesses. The craft beer seller said multinational companies like AB InBev, a group they nickname "Blandy", buy out local breweries like Camden Town and retailers like Beer Hawk [...]
London’s house prices had the UK’s lowest rate of annual growth last month December 12, 2016 Back in March, London was leading the UK's annual house price inflation, but the recent drop in prices and transactions in prime central property has led to annual change of just 0.1 per cent, meaning London's house prices had the lowest rate of annual growth in the country last month. For England and Wales as a whole, average [...]