Pride in London 2017: Barclays leads host of Britain’s biggest firms in support of LGBT+ event June 23, 2017 City stalwarts and some of the UK’s largest companies have rallied in support of Pride in London 2017. A raft of the great and the good from the corporate world have stepped up to sponsor the event. Barclays is one of two headline sponsors together with the Mayor of London office. This year’s event takes [...]
UK house prices: MPs show cross-party support for emerging build to rent sector March 9, 2016 Cross-party MPs have thrown their weight behind build to rent, with a survey released today showing that more than four in five support the sector as a means of tackling Britain's housing crisis. A new poll of 150 MPs, commissioned from ComRes by the British Property Federation (BPF), found that 91 per cent Conservative MPs and 71 per [...]
Legendary developer behind the Shard, Irvine Sellar, has died aged 82 February 27, 2017 The property developer behind the Shard, Irvine Sellar, has died aged 82. The chairman of Sellar Group died yesterday morning after a short illness. His scheme for the UK's tallest building was given the green light in November 2003. It was completed in 2012, after four years of construction. Read more: Developer Irvine Sellar submits plans for [...]
Growth in UK ‘staycations’ pushes turnover for caravan, camping and holiday park companies past £2.67bn May 2, 2017 The UK’s top caravan, camping and holiday park companies grew their turnover to £2.67bn last year. The total turnover of the UK’s 100 biggest caravan and holiday park companies is up 9 per cent from £2.46bn five years ago, according to research by Ortus Secured Finance. The success of the sector can be attributed to [...]
Edinburgh ranked one of the world’s top cities for investment in new survey June 26, 2017 Investment activity in commercial real estate in Edinburgh, relative to the city’s current economic size, has seen Scotland's capital ranked as one of the world’s top cities for investment in the latest JLL Investment Intensity Index 2017. The index, which compares the volume of direct real estate investment in 150 cities, over a three-year period, [...]
Banks and building societies create more than one-in-10 jobs in five locations across the UK February 23, 2017 The importance of the banking sector in the UK's jobs market has been laid bare by new figures from the British Bankers' Association (BBA). A jobs report from the BBA shows that banks and building societies represent more than 10 per cent of local jobs in five parliamentary constituencies, four of which are outside London. Two [...]
What we want from the government’s long-awaited digital strategy February 28, 2017 The tech industry on both sides of the Atlantic has been united in opposition to restrictive immigration policies, with advocates, entrepreneurs and investors making it clear that access to talent is crucial to building a healthy technology ecosystem. But a global tech sector also requires access to home-grown talent, and a system of training and [...]
Edinburgh’s entrepreneurial ecosystem encouraging start-up activity July 26, 2017 The secret of a great recipe lies in having the best local ingredients to work with. The same lesson applies when building an entrepreneurial ecosystem – to be truly successful, cities must evolve their own unique recipe based on the best local ingredients. A talented workforce, public sector and academic support, a culture of innovation, [...]
Amazon Development Centre Edinburgh devising and growing global innovations July 31, 2017 More than 4,000 miles from its global headquarters in Seattle, Washington, the world’s largest online retailer, Amazon, employs a crucial team of people at its Development Centre in Edinburgh. The hundreds of software engineers, machine learning scientists, designers and managers harness the latest technology and computer science to build features that help customers discover the [...]
Theresa May under Brexit pressure ahead of Conservative Party conference October 1, 2016 Westminster watchers are again decamping for a few days of agenda-setting speeches, hard-hitting policy debates, backroom lobbying and late night parties as the Conservative Party conference kicks off in Birmingham tomorrow. Despite the raft of pre-conference announcements, including a new review into employment law and the ditching of some mandatory medical tests for people deemed [...]