Cognicity Challenge: Canary Wharf Group’s £300,000 smart city startup fund October 21, 2014 Canary Wharf Group yesterday launched a startup accelerator programme to find six so-called smart city technologies – that drive cost savings using technology in fields such as transport and construction – to be piloted across its estate. The Cognicity Challenge will be spread over six sectors: integrated transportation, connected home, virtual design, construction, integrated resource [...]
Roka review: A Japanese robatayaki restaurant serving up grilled meat and seafood, sashimi and sushi May 17, 2016 Roka is a Japanese robatayaki restaurant – basically BBQ, but with a lighter touch – serving up grilled meat and seafood, sashimi and sushi. WHERE? 4 Park Pavilion, E14 5FW. On the first and second floors of Park Pavilion, that shiny enclave off the South Colonnade. Floor One is the main restaurant and wine/sake tasting area while [...]
Surge for City spaces propels LandSec sales July 22, 2015 PROPERTY giant Land Securities said momentum continues to grow after logging strong annual results earlier this year, with healthy take-up in London, low vacancy rates and rising rental values. The FTSE 100 company yesterday said that of the 1.1m sq ft it had to rent in March, 22,000 sq ft had been let or was [...]
Maine Tower: More apartment hysteria as another residential skyscraper at Canary Wharf sells out in hours July 13, 2015 It turns out those working at Canary Wharf are really keen to kill their commute, after 208 homes at a newly-launched residential tower in the district sold out in four hours – a week after buyers queued around the block to snap up homes at another block. Read more: As first homes go on sale at [...]
Former Apple exec Jeff Martin joins London smart city startup Pavegen as crowdfunding reaches £2m July 5, 2015 London-based tech startup Pavegen which creates hi-tech flooring with the potential to power cities has announced that Jeff Martin, formerly a senior executive at Apple, will join its advisory board. The news came as the firm announced it has smashed its crowdfunding target, raising nearly £2m from online investors. Martin worked with iconic Apple founder [...]
EU referendum: Asda, HSBC, Vodafone and nearly 200 sign letter saying Brexit would threaten jobs – but Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s are not on the list February 23, 2016 The bosses of HSBC, BT, Vodafone and Asda are among those to have put their name to an open letter backing the remain camp and Prime Minister David Cameron's reforms in Europe. More than a third of the UK's biggest companies were represented in the letter, which was published in The Times this morning, saying they represented [...]
City Moves for 28 August 2015 | Who’s switching jobs August 27, 2015 Pen Underwriting Jonathan Turner has been appointed executive chairman at the UK underwriting business within the Arthur J Gallagher group. He was most recently at Brit Insurance, where his roles included active underwriter of its Syndicate 2987. Turner has also held roles at QBE International Insurance. Deutsche Bank Kinner Lakhani has been appointed co-head of [...]
Almacantar buys Shell Centre offices on South Bank for £550m August 3, 2015 Centre Point owner Almacantar has bought part of Canary Wharf Group and Qatari Diar’s controversial Shell Centre scheme on London’s South Bank, which faced opposition last year for obstructing views of the Houses of Parliament. The developer, which owns other landmark buildings including CAA House in the West End, has spent over £550m buying One [...]
Walkie Talkie owners face fresh woes over Sky Garden July 30, 2015 First there was the little problem of the Walkie Talkie dazzling passers-by and melting cars. Then there was the bad hair day it brought to City workers. Read more: Walkie Talkie Sky Garden: How to book a visit to the stunning public park with views across London Now, in another spate of bad luck, it seems [...]
Winterflood Securities founder Brian Winterflood says the whole family is voting for a Brexit March 21, 2016 Whether you're In or Out, the EU referendum is a thorny issue in finance. Some are more vocal than others. Eurosceptic group Business for Britain counts a number of bankers and fund managers among supporters, while last month HSBC chief Stuart Gulliver told reporters: "It’s in Britain’s economic interest to remain in a reformed EU, and [...]