46 of the best London home delivery restaurant kits reviewed May 11, 2021 Restaurants with terraces may be open again, but bagging a reservation is another matter. With the best part of a year’s worth of pent up demand, that outdoor space is at a premium and those who don’t book ahead are likely to be disappointed. But don’t panic: you can get restaurant quality food delivered straight [...]
Tory central London MP calls for fresh package to support the West End June 22, 2021 A Conservative central London Tory MP is today calling for a fresh package of economic support to help the capital’s post-Covid economic recovery, with specific measures for the West End. Cities of London and Westminster MP Nickie Aiken today used a 30-minute parliamentary debate today to call for a removal of the £2m business rates [...]
Pensions group Royal London sees managed assets hit a record £153bn high August 5, 2021 Pensions and life insurance firm Royal London’s assets under management have hit a record high at £153bn in the past six months. Climbing higher from £148bn in late December, the group put the growth down to positive market movements and net inflows in the six months to 30 June. The group pulled in profit before [...]
Lidl heads for Hampstead: Discounter eyes London sites in major expansion plan June 24, 2021 Lidl is plotting an expansion into well-heeled districts including Hampstead and Knightsbridge as part of a plan to increase store numbers in the capital. The German discount retailer plans to have 1,000 stores in its portfolio by the end of 2023, with the supermarket eyeing areas in town centres, edge of town centre locations, retail [...]
Nightcap plans to exit AIM and re-register as private company June 28, 2024 London Cocktail Club owner Nightcap has proposed to cease trading on AIM and re-register as a private company as the late-night bar chain operator says its valuation "does not reflect" its potential.
In pictures: Londoners gather at Essex Road vigil for ‘flower man of Islington’ June 1, 2021 A loud applause broke out at a vigil for a stabbing victim who was known as the “flower man of Islington”. Tony Eastlake, 55, died from a knife wound after being attacked in Islington, north London, on Saturday just before 5.30pm. A crowd of family, friends, customers, passers-by and neighbours gathered last night for a [...]
Westminster election results three times more ‘disproportionate’ than for London Assembly, says study August 2, 2021 Results for Westminster elections are three times more “disproportionate” than results for the London Assembly election results, according to a new study from a pro-electoral reform group. The Electoral Reform Society claims that across the past seven UK elections that the largest party has won 66 per cent of London seats on the basis of [...]
EU commissioner says the bloc is not trying to steal business from City of London June 22, 2021 The EU’s financial services chief has said Brussels is not trying to steal business and investment from the City of London and that they are not pursuing a protectionist policy on financial services. Mairead McGuinness, EU commissioner for financial services, also said today that Brussels will look again at equivalence for the City later this [...]
‘Look at America’: Why this delisted money manager is calling for faster City reform April 29, 2024 Government efforts to save the London Stock Exchange are “too small” and listed firms are being hamstrung by unnecessary red tape in the market, the boss of newly de-listed asset manager Gresham House has warned.
Wagamama latest to go private in £700m Apollo deal October 12, 2023 Wagamama owner The Restaurant Group is set to become the latest London-listed firm to go private after receiving a bumper bid from private equity giant Apollo.