Saha: I’m playing for my Spurs future April 26, 2012 4 Goals scored by Saha, who has made just six starts for Spurs TOTTENHAM’S Louis Saha admits he could be forced out of the club in the summer, just four months after his arrival, but is nevertheless desperate to ensure they claim the Champions League spot he insists they deserve. The much-travelled French striker only [...]
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 [...]
Canary Wharf starts on its latest tower August 8, 2011 CANARY Wharf Group (CWG) announced yesterday that it will begin construction work on a new tower, 25 Churchill Place, in late 2011. The tower is the final building from the original Canary Wharf development plan, drawn up in 1987. CWG has agreed to pre-let half of the 500,000 square foot, 20-storey building to the European [...]
Canary Wharf starts on its latest tower August 8, 2011 CANARY Wharf Group (CWG) announced yesterday that it will begin construction work on a new tower, 25 Churchill Place, in late 2011. The tower is the final building from the original Canary Wharf development plan, drawn up in 1987. CWG has agreed to pre-let half of the 500,000 square foot, 20-storey building to the European [...]
Strong profits at BNP Paribas Real Estate February 21, 2012 BNP PARIBAS Real Estate enjoyed a strong performance in 2011 despite tougher market conditions, posting an 11 per cent rise in operating profits to €156m (£130.8m). The real estate advisory arm of France’s biggest listed bank – which posted full-year profits of £6bn last week – said turnover increased by six per cent to €658m [...]
Strong profits at BNP Paribas Real Estate February 21, 2012 BNP PARIBAS Real Estate enjoyed a strong performance in 2011 despite tougher market conditions, posting an 11 per cent rise in operating profits to €156m (£130.8m). The real estate advisory arm of France’s biggest listed bank – which posted full-year profits of £6bn last week – said turnover increased by six per cent to €658m [...]
CLASH OF THE PARTIES (SECOND PART) FOR RUDD March 1, 2012 Roland Rudd is not one for being fazed by party clashes. The formidable spin-meister’s splendid fiftieth birthday party last summer in his country-house near Glastonbury famously clashed with chancellor George Osborne’s fortieth birthday celebrations. One suspects some guests had a difficult choice to make but that didn’t stop around 500 of London’s business community, including [...]
CLASH OF THE PARTIES (SECOND PART) FOR RUDD March 1, 2012 Roland Rudd is not one for being fazed by party clashes. The formidable spin-meister’s splendid fiftieth birthday party last summer in his country-house near Glastonbury famously clashed with chancellor George Osborne’s fortieth birthday celebrations. One suspects some guests had a difficult choice to make but that didn’t stop around 500 of London’s business community, including [...]
Protesters aim to teach FSA about top pay January 9, 2012 PROTESTERS from Occupy London will today join politicians from across the party divide to give the City regulator a “teach out” on executive pay and bonuses. The group is due to hold the session in the area outside the headquarters of the Financial Services Authority in Canary Wharf this morning, coinciding with the RBS bonus [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS January 16, 2012 MUDDY WATERS’ SON TO PLAY BOISDALE If you’re a fan of Chicago blues, head down to Boisdale at Canary Wharf (pictured left) on 28 January to see the closest thing to the legendary Muddy Waters: his eldest son Mud Morganfield. Muddy Waters was the founder of the Chicago electric blues sound and his son has [...]