Interiors: Get home gym inspiration from these funky designer health clubs in London January 21, 2017 Gym brands are spending millions on interior design, facilities, music and mood to impress us and keep us coming back. These days it’s all about creating a club atmosphere, making you look and feel fantastic. Where you train is a lifestyle choice. In and around the City, you have your pick of the bunch, from [...]
This business scanning women’s feet to make heels that don’t hurt December 12, 2016 Leaving for work in the morning, a City worker will check they have their keys, wallet, and phone. And some of them will also check that they've packed their shoes. Many women in the City bring a second pair of shoes because the ones they wear in the office aren't actually suitable for walking in. It's [...]
Westfield to create 8,000 new jobs at Stratford centre as part of expansion plans July 28, 2016 Shopping centre group Westfield is planning to create 8,000 new jobs at its Stratford centre in east London within the next 10 years. The jobs, mainly retail roles, will be created as part of expansion plans that also include up to 800,000 square feet of office space and 120,000 square feet of retail space, in addition to 1,225 new [...]
Focus On Croydon: Concrete jungle of Zone Five is increasingly popular with young professionals July 8, 2016 It’s a concrete jungle out there. At least, it is if you live in the London borough of Croydon. Despite birthing Kate Moss, Sir Philip Green and Tracey Emin, it’s not an area that’s known for glamour, largely due to a preponderance of outdated 1960s office blocks. Though there have been many attempts to revive [...]
Focus On Shepherd’s Bush: Westfield expansion and old BBC Television Centre homes put W12 in limelight May 12, 2016 For years now, the east has been the land of regeneration. The long lead up to the Olympic Games in Stratford and the success of the City fringes have seen most of property agents’ “up-and-coming” rhetoric focused in that direction and one could be mistaken for thinking there was simply nowhere else for traditionally prosperous west [...]
Pizza Hut ready to serve up super size £40m UK and Ireland expansion May 10, 2016 Fast food giant Pizza Hut Delivery is planning to serve up a £40m expansion in the UK and Ireland over the next four years that will create at least 3,000 new jobs. By 2020 the pizza firm is planning to launch 200 new takeaway stores, of which around one in four will take the Pizza [...]
Aspers gambles on Southampton for fifth casino venue at Royal Pier Waterfront development March 29, 2016 Casino group Aspers has been awarded a licence to open its fifth casino in Southampton's proposed Royal Pier Waterfront development. The new venue will be a major part of the pier development and will create up to 200 jobs in the city. The large licence, won in a competitive bidding process, will allow up to 150 slot machines [...]
Sofa-maker DFS sitting comfortably as sales jump February 4, 2016 Sofa chain DFS furniture said it remained on track to hit full-year profit expectations after a jump in the sales in the first half of the year. The Doncaster-based firm, which also trades as Dwell and Sofa Workshop, said all of its brands performed well in the 26 weeks to 30 January, with sales up [...]
Santander invests £1.8m in London restaurant chain Rosa’s Thai cafe January 26, 2016 Santander has invested £1.8m into London restaurant chain Rosa's Thai cafe, to help it expand in the capital. The investment, including an £800,000 Growth Capital loan, will fund the opening of three new restaurants in 2016, first in Victoria, and then Brixton and Shoreditch. The company hopes the new restaurants will create 100 jobs over the next two [...]
Doddle’s Tim Robinson talks 2016, the future of shopping and why he’s looking for a new partner January 18, 2016 Have you used Doddle? If you have, then you’ll either have done so once or 13 times, Tim Robinson, chief executive of the parcel collect and send service tells me. Founded in the autumn of 2014, Doddle has done rather well so far. Over its 2015 peak trading period (the run-up to Christmas), it saw [...]