Jubilee weekend highlight: the ultimate Royal pageant May 29, 2012 Without doubt, the focus of the weekend is the Jubilee Pageant flotilla on Sunday 3 June, running from Putney past Tower Bridge. The procession will be led by the Gloriana, a £1m barge built for the occasion, with 18 oarsman including Olympic athletes Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Matthew Pinsent. The flotilla is so grand [...]
CULTURE FOR KIDS | WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND July 7, 2011 THE RAILWAY CHILDREN, WATERLOO STATION The acclaimed adaptation of E. Nesbitt’s classic children’s story has returned to the former Eurostar platforms and track at Waterloo Station for another deserved run. Set in the Yorkshire dales, the story of the three Waterbury children entranced by steam trains and helping to prove their wrongly-imprisoned father’s innocence, is [...]
Shell signs £300m redevelopment July 28, 2011 Property developers Canary Wharf Group and Qatari Diar have won a £300m contract to redevelop Royal Dutch Shell’s headquarters near Waterloo station, Shell confirmed yesterday. The two developers will each contribute £150m to the deal, which will see houses, offices and shops built on the five-acre site surrounding the 1950s tower in central London. Shell [...]
FOCUS ON: WEYBRIDGE, SURREY February 9, 2012 WOODHALL Price: £7m A six bedroom fully restored period house with extra staff accommodation. The reception hall is finished with marble flooring and features an original oak staircase. Contact Savills Weybridge on 01932 838 000 or visit savills.co.uk FLOCKTON HOUSE Price: £485,000 A two bedroom apartment situated on the first floor of a gated development, [...]
FOCUS ON: WEYBRIDGE, SURREY February 9, 2012 WOODHALL Price: £7m A six bedroom fully restored period house with extra staff accommodation. The reception hall is finished with marble flooring and features an original oak staircase. Contact Savills Weybridge on 01932 838 000 or visit savills.co.uk FLOCKTON HOUSE Price: £485,000 A two bedroom apartment situated on the first floor of a gated development, [...]
Canary Wharf set to win Shell Centre redevelopment bid July 24, 2011 THE property developer Canary Wharf Group is set to be selected by Royal Dutch Shell to transform the area around the oil firm’s London headquarters, near Waterloo station. The developer, which is majority owned by Songbird Estates, has teamed up with Qatari Diar, the property investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, to offer up [...]
Fuller’s splashes out to boost London portfolio October 24, 2011 FULLER, Smith & Turner is paying £16m for five pubs as it moves to boost its estate in time for the Olympics next summer. Fuller’s is buying The Wellington at Waterloo, The Pavilion End and Bluu in the City, The Hand & Flower in Kensington Olympia and the Red Lion Hotel in Wendover, Bucks The [...]
Rising copper prices hit commuters as thieves steal cables September 12, 2011 LONDON commuters yesterday suffered severe delays on the train network following the theft of copper-based signal cables in Guildford, Surrey. The incident, believed to have taken place on Sunday night, disrupted the journeys of hundreds of thousands of rail customers travelling on South West Trains between Hampshire and London Waterloo. There have been three further [...]
Help to keep London running: plan around Olympic hotspots July 31, 2011 CITY: TUBE AND MAINLINE RAIL HOTSPOTS THE FOLLOWING IS PREDICTED TO HAPPEN WITHOUT ACTION BY BUSINESSES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF JOURNEYS Jubilee Line; Central Line; DLR; Northern Line Delays of over an hour possible, particularly at Bank for the DLR. Avoid these lines where possible. Most affected on weekdays 8-11am, 4-8pm and 10pm to [...]
BORIS SEEKS THE NEXT BLANKFEIN IN LONDON’S POOREST POSTCODES March 24, 2011 ANY City recruiters out there with a nose for talent will be interested to hear about the latest initiative from Boris Johnson’s Fund for London – a scheme to help disadvantaged young Londoners have a better shot at the UK jobs market. Young London Working provides a central employment hub to connect jobless young people [...]