London train disruptions continue after storms July 26, 2014 Rail passengers travelling to and from London can expect a continuation of rail disruptions following yesterday's storms. Lightning strikes and signalling failures led to a series of train cancellations in southern England and Wales on Friday. Many of the trains affected had links in London. A strike in Surbiton, south west London, caused [...]
UK commuters feeling strain of taking the train September 10, 2014 If you are a regular traveller on the 16:46 from London Euston to Crewe and are wondering why you never get a seat, it’s because you are on the most crowded train service in Britain. According to figures released yesterday by the Rail Executive of the Department for Transport, last autumn the four-carriage service carried an [...]
British Land gets full house at Regent’s Place after Guinness Partnership takes 10 year lease September 1, 2014 PROPERTY giant British Land said yesterday that its 13-acre Regent’s Place campus near Euston station is now fully let after securing The Guinness Partnership as a tenant. Regent’s Place was completed last summer and is made up of a cluster of buildings let to firms including Debenhams, Santander, Manchester City Football Club and Facebook. British [...]
Vodafone AGM not so tweet for Gerard Kleisterlee as UK Uncut hijacks hashtag July 29, 2014 Anticipation of vast protests over tax arrangements outside Vodafone’s AGM in Paddington yesterday proved wrong, as no placards were brandished outside the Hilton, allowing shareholders and chairman Gerard Kleisterlee to enter un-heckled. But that was possibly because the heckling took place elsewhere – on Twitter. UK Uncut, the anti-austerity group, took over #VodfoneAGM and [...]
Vodafone to bring its high tech incubator to London June 3, 2014 Silicon Valley is coming to Paddington this year as Vodafone’s xone research hub – tasked with building and testing next generation mobile technologies – will shut down its US operations and move to the capital. Vodafone's xone London hub will help to incubate local startups, between 10 and 20 at a time, who are exploring apps or [...]
Helical Bar buys Network Rail offices in Paddington for £31m October 14, 2013 PROPERTY developer Helical Bar has bought Enterprise House in Paddington for £31m through a sale and leaseback with Network Rail Infrastructure. The rail network operator has agreed a 20-year leaseback of the Art Deco building at a rent of £40 per square foot, generating an annual rental income of £1.8m, Helical said yesterday. The group [...]
Train station offices to open April 7, 2014 Network Rail is opening drop-in offices at King’s Cross and Liverpool Street stations this year, offering commuters pay-as-you-go desks and meeting rooms. The railway operator teamed up with The Office Group in 2012 to provide offices at Paddington and will this year expand the service across London and launch in Leeds. Network Rail is looking [...]
Hotels converted into townhouses in west London April 24, 2014 Michael Jackson’s favourite London hotel has been revived as The Hempel Collection TWO HOTELS that were worlds apart in style, concept and clientele have been brought together under one roof as part of a period conversion in west London. The Hempel Collection, a luxury development of 12 apartments and three bespoke townhouses in Bayswater, bears [...]
Secrets of London part II: Our homebuyer’s guide reveals more hidden gems October 3, 2014 In the second part of our series on hidden London, we reveal the secrets and ancient artefacts living side-by-side with some London’s newest and most innovative residential architecture. Here are just some of the treasures future homeowners will be living alongside, including Ernest Hemingway’s favourite riverside pub in London, a tribute to the [...]
Bottom Line: Swann’s SSP could prosper in City’s search for quality June 16, 2014 THERE was a telling comment last week during a session held at the Royal Institution of Great Britain examining initial public offerings. “We’re going to go through a rather different period now,” EY’s Richard Hall, a veteran of last year’s bumper Royal Mail float, told an audience of private equity investors. “There are still some [...]