House completions for properties outside London up by staggering 667 per cent March 11, 2022 There has been a significant spike in house completions for properties outside of London and Manchester with some areas having up to a 667 per cent rise. Apart from England’s two main population centres, the top 10 growth areas were in outlying towns, new figures from Paragon Bank shows. Milton Keynes led the way, experiencing [...]
London won’t throw out fraud until we put transparency at the core of finance May 10, 2022 Today the Queen’s annual speech will be delivered to parliament. Amid all the pomp and ceremony that surrounds this event, one very important piece of legislation to be expected is a second Economic Crime Bill. The first bill had to be fast-tracked through parliament as part of the government’s immediate response to Russia’s invasion of [...]
London much better prepared for terror attack than five years ago March 11, 2022 London is significantly better prepared to deal with a potential terror attack than five years ago, although the capital will never be “entirely safe”, an independent review has found. Lord Toby Harris’ report said “very substantial progress” has been made by the emergency services and other agencies following the 2017 attacks on Westminster Bridge, London [...]
Londoners have the second-lowest perception of their wealth in England December 15, 2021 Despite having the highest average total wealth in the country, London dwellers’ perceptions of their financial wellbeing are particularly poor, according to this year’s UK financial health index by wealth manager St James’s Place. Data from the index released today, ahead of The Bank of England’s announcement of its next move on interest rates later this [...]
Mauro Colagreco at the Old War Office: Absurd? Brilliant? Both? February 21, 2024 Mauro Colagreco at the Old War Office at Raffles London is the kind of mad London restaurant where the bread comes with a poem
Brexit certainly caused some bumps, but the Anglo-Irish friendship remains strong January 22, 2024 While Brexit undoubtedly posed some challenges, London's ties with Ireland remain strong and constructive, writes Michael Mainelli.
Move over BBC: ITV moves all London staff to White City creative campus May 3, 2022 Over 800 ITV staff members will be heading to White City as the broadcaster pushes the west London haunt as its new creative hub. The broadcaster will be relocating all their London staff from their existing offices in Gray’s Inn Road and Waterhouse Square to the new site, which has traditionally been home to the [...]
Londoners to face disruption as TfL carries out works over Easter weekend April 6, 2022 Londoners are set to face massive disruption next week as Transport for London (TfL) carries out maintenance works on the tube network over Easter weekend. TfL warned commuters that Piccadilly Line trains to and from Heathrow will be suspended throughout the weekend due to track works while both the District and Hammersmith & City lines [...]
Travel stocks continue ascent as London markets post mixed open February 10, 2022 Travel stocks continued their ascent today in a positive day for London markets. The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index closed 0.38 per cent higher at 7,672.40 points, while the domestically-focused FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, added 0.11 per cent to finish at 22,207.75 points. Airline stocks [...]
Snakes on a plane? Tarantula found on a train at London Bridge station January 13, 2022 An exotic tarantula has been found on a train which arrived at London Bridge station, after thoroughly spooking capital commuters. The pink-toed tarantula was taken to station staff last Friday who contacted the RSPCA for help. An animal rescue officer has since taken the 3.5cm spider to South Essex Wildlife Hospital, after suspecting its owner [...]