Land Securities promotes Noel to chief executive January 24, 2012 Land Securities, Britain’s largest real estate investment trust by market capitalisation, said its London managing director Robert Noel was to take over as chief executive on a salary of 680,000 pounds. Alongside a third-quarter trading statement marking steady progress in difficult economic conditions, the company said current chief executive Francis Salway, 54, would depart on [...]
Drake & Morgan opening more quirky City bars August 13, 2012 CITY WORKERS rejoice. Drake & Morgan, the quirky bar and restaurant group behind the Anthologist and the Folly in the City, is set to launch two more venues for thirsty employees to visit after a hard day’s work, this time nearer to Holborn and St Paul’s. Fund manager Axa Real Estate revealed yesterday it has [...]
RAPID RESPONSES August 2, 2012 Many hues of Boris [Re: After calls for Boris Johnson to stand for the Tory leadership, could it happen before 2015?, yesterday] The Olympics has provided Boris with an opportunity to allow his exuberant personality to be let rip. There are even more stages to be centre of than normal, which suits the mayor’s longer-term [...]
Insurance firm Markel is first tenant for the Walkie-Talkie June 17, 2012 INSURANCE FIRM Markel today confirmed it has become the first tenant to sign up to Land Securities’ and Canary Wharf’s iconic City skyscraper, the Walkie-Talkie. Markel said it will take up 51,000 square feet on two upper floors of the 690,000 sq ft tower, relocating from its current head offices at 49 Leadenhall Street. It [...]
Something different for the summer… July 16, 2012 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT I don’t know about you but every so often I need some life breathed into my fitness routine. Not in the form of a wacky new class; more like something that I’d usually do but with a twist. These are the two things currently making me smile on my fitness radar: [...]
Regulator faces backlash on expensive new offices April 30, 2012 THE BANK of England is spending millions of pounds extra to house the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) a few hundred yards away in Moorgate, instead of keeping it a short DLR journey away in Canary Wharf, it was announced yesterday. However, financial services groups and MPs denounced the move as “lavish” at a time when [...]
WALKIE-TALKIE TOWER SECURES SECOND TENANT May 10, 2012 INSURANCE FIRM Kiln Group is poised to become the second tenant to sign up to Land Securities’ and Canary Wharf’s Walkie-Talkie tower, as a wave of insurance firms look to upgrade to new offices in the Square Mile. Kiln has gone under offer to take up 80,000 square feet on the lower four floors of [...]
WALKIE-TALKIE TOWER SECURES SECOND TENANT May 10, 2012 INSURANCE FIRM Kiln Group is poised to become the second tenant to sign up to Land Securities’ and Canary Wharf’s Walkie-Talkie tower, as a wave of insurance firms look to upgrade to new offices in the Square Mile. Kiln has gone under offer to take up 80,000 square feet on the lower four floors of [...]
Canary Wharf gets court order November 3, 2011 THE MAKESHIFT campsite filled with a motley group of protesters will not be allowed to spill over into Canary Wharf after its owners won a High Court injunction. It was feared the headquarters of Barclays and HSBC could be targeted next after an astonishing U-turn by St Paul’s and the City of London Corporation, who [...]
Canary Wharf gets court order November 3, 2011 THE MAKESHIFT campsite filled with a motley group of protesters will not be allowed to spill over into Canary Wharf after its owners won a High Court injunction. It was feared the headquarters of Barclays and HSBC could be targeted next after an astonishing U-turn by St Paul’s and the City of London Corporation, who [...]