Rotherhithe bridge: World’s longest drawbridge over the Thames to Canary Wharf proposed November 26, 2015 Proposals to build the world's longest drawbridge from Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf for £88m have been put forward by an architect and engineering group. The "Rotherhithe bridge" will connect south east London to the Docklands peninsular, and will offer an alternate route across the Thames. Designers reForm Architects worked with structural and civil engineers Elliott Wood to develop initial proposals [...]
City Moves for 12 February 2016 | Who’s switching jobs February 12, 2016 JOHNS&CO High-end estate agents JOHNS&CO has appointed two new directors. Clynton Nel and Chris Boswell both join from Hamptons International. Clynton, who has joined the team as residential director, will be based in the firm’s new Marsh Wall office in Canary Wharf. He has over 13 years’ experience in the property industry, specialising in renewals [...]
Cigars bring the stars into Canary Wharf’s smokey awards party December 2, 2015 Canary Wharf doesn’t usually have the honour of entertaining London’s celebrity set. The City’s younger sibling is more used to seeing John McFarlane than Jonathan Ross, but there is one thing that brings the capital’s high-flyers together: expensive booze and cigars. To Boisdale of Canary Wharf, where the grandiose dining hall played host to the annual Celebrity Cigar Smoker [...]
Owen is giving Labour advice and donations April 30, 2015 FORMER leader of the SDP-Liberal Alliance Lord David Owen has donated £10,000 to the Labour party, according to new figures released by the Electoral Commission yesterday. The figures from the election watchdog show that the donation was made on 17 April. It follows a previous donation of £7,500 made by the peer. City A.M. understands [...]
Malcolm Rifkind’s cousin Oliver: Why politics is good for the kids April 13, 2015 Word has reached The Capitalist that Malcolm Rifkind’s cousin once removed, Oliver Rifkind, is hoping to redress the damage done by a wayward political class next week, with the launch of a plush charitable event to inject disillusioned young people with boundless enthusiasm in the run up to the General Election. Not put off by [...]
London’s General Election: Isle of political dog fights – battle for Poplar and Limehouse at the edge of the City April 30, 2015 A council estate in the East End is not exactly what you envisage as a typical Tory heartland. But on the Isle of Dogs, in the shadow of the financial district, Conservative General Election candidate Chris Wilford is leading an insurgency he hopes one day will make it so. His is a rebellion triggered by [...]
Bye-bye birdie: Canary Wharf owner Songbird Estates will de-list from AIM after Qatar Brookfield takeover March 24, 2015 Canary Wharf owner Songbird Estates will delist from the AIM after submitting to a hostile £2.6bn takeover by Qatari and Canadian funds. The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Canadian property firm Brookfield will take Songbird private, forcing a compulsory acquisition of the remaining minority shares from investors who have not agreed with the deal. Investors [...]
EU referendum: UBS chief executive Sergio Ermotti says London has “lost a lot of its attractiveness” but Europe would lose out in Brexit January 14, 2016 New regulations have made the City a less desirable place to do business, UBS group chief executive Sergio Ermotti has said. "London has lost a lot of attractiveness for sure," Ermotti told an audience in Canary Wharf tonight, pointing to the controversial Senior Managers Regime (SMR), which is set to to go into effect in March. “If you add the [...]
Qataris win £2.6bn battle for Canary Wharf owner January 28, 2015 THE QATARI sovereign wealth fund is close to winning a two month-long takeover battle for Songbird Estates after convincing the Canary Wharf owner’s three major shareholders to accept its £2.6bn offer. The board of Songbird said yesterday that New York’s Glick Enterprises, which owns 29.5 per cent, China Investment Corporation with 15.8 per cent, and [...]
London space race takes off: City firms scramble for offices as demand hits highest level since 2000 June 18, 2015 Demand for office space in the capital has boomed to levels not seen in 15 years, new figures show, as companies, spurred on by the improving economic environment and stability following the General Election, pick up their search for space. The amount of space under offer in central London leapt by 25 per cent [...]