Rangers shoot for £20m junior market offering October 11, 2012 TROUBLED Scottish football club Rangers yesterday announced plans to raise up to £20m through a listing on London’s Alternative Investment Market as the team’s new owners seek to rebuild the business. Rangers has endured a disastrous year, with the club – who have won the league a record 54 times – declared insolvent and forced to restart life [...]
Canary Wharf gets court order November 3, 2011 THE MAKESHIFT campsite filled with a motley group of protesters will not be allowed to spill over into Canary Wharf after its owners won a High Court injunction. It was feared the headquarters of Barclays and HSBC could be targeted next after an astonishing U-turn by St Paul’s and the City of London Corporation, who [...]
Canary Wharf gets court order November 3, 2011 THE MAKESHIFT campsite filled with a motley group of protesters will not be allowed to spill over into Canary Wharf after its owners won a High Court injunction. It was feared the headquarters of Barclays and HSBC could be targeted next after an astonishing U-turn by St Paul’s and the City of London Corporation, who [...]
Canon Chancellor quits St Paul’s over threat to force out activists October 27, 2011 THE CANON Chancellor of St Paul’s has quit the cathedral, saying he did not want to see “violence” used to clear the protesters’ camp. Reverend Dr Giles Fraser (right) said his conscience meant he could not support St Paul’s if it joined with the City of London Corporation to evict the Occupy LSX activists. He [...]
Rolls Building will rule the world undisputed December 11, 2011 IT WILL take some time for the full implications of last week’s EU Summit to become clear. For my part, I will spend much of today in discussion with UK-based EU ambassadors at the Polish presidency’s conference on financial stability and growth, which takes place at the Mansion House. My recent discussions with leading practitioners [...]
Calls for PM to protect the City December 4, 2011 A RECORD 49 new EU regulations are about to hit the City, prompting calls from industry groups, think-tanks and Tory MPs for David Cameron to do more to protect British interests at a European level. A tidal wave of rules, covering areas from derivatives trading to the location of clearing houses and short-selling to insurance, [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 17, 2012 Cushman & Wakefield The commercial real estate services firm has announced that James Meikle will transfer from its Europe, Middle East and Africa corporate occupier and investor services team to head up occupier representation. He will specialise in advising City and Canary Wharf occupiers. Meikle previously ran Cushman & Wakefield’s office leasing business in Milan. [...]
The surprising power of the slow June 26, 2012 Fuel-efficient, inexpensive, able to seat four and easy to park was British Motor Corporation’s original brief to designer Alec Issigonis for its Austin Design Office Project 15 back in 1957. Out of the Suez Crisis, ADO 15 became the original BMC Mini and carmakers have rarely managed to produce a car that’s as well-packaged since. [...]
UBS to battle Occupy camp November 20, 2011 UBS could begin legal action this week against protesters who have taken over a disused City building owned by the Swiss bank. The bank’s lawyers spent the weekend considering their next step after the Occupy London group made the empty block its third site after setting up outside St Paul’s Cathedral and at Finsbury Square. [...]
UBS to battle Occupy camp November 20, 2011 UBS could begin legal action this week against protesters who have taken over a disused City building owned by the Swiss bank. The bank’s lawyers spent the weekend considering their next step after the Occupy London group made the empty block its third site after setting up outside St Paul’s Cathedral and at Finsbury Square. [...]