BILL OF THE WEEK May 15, 2011 WHEN four Canary Wharf bankers visited the newly opened Boisdale in Cabot Place last week, following in the footsteps of launch guests such as Nancy dell’ Olio, they did full justice to the Scottish restaurant’s specialities. The group started with four plates of seafood before moving on to Scottish steak and vegetables. And for drinks? [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 13, 2011 HSBC Alternative Investments The division responsible for hedge funds, private equity and real estate offerings across the HSBC group has appointed Simon Jennings as managing director, head of private equity. Jennings has more than 22 years of private equity investment experience. Most recently, he co-founded and ran the private equity business at UBS Wealth Management, [...]
Bunny-tails to be shaking once again May 25, 2011 Finishing touches are being applied to Mayfair’s prettiest new face, where Hugh Hefner plans to evoke the golden age of his empire – the Playboy Club London on Old Park Lane soft launches tonight. Would-be Don Drapers will absolutely adore this extravagant and exclusive establishment, where gentlemanly desires such as dining, drinking and gambling will [...]
BRENTWOOD, ESSEX June 2, 2011 ST. JOHN’S AVENUE, WARLEY Price: £425,000. This four-bedroom semi-detached house has a both a front and back garden, a dining room, living room, kitchen, four bedrooms and has recently had its bathrooms refitted. Contact: Beresfords on 01277 231515 or go to www.beresfordsgroup.co.uk THE GALLERIES Price: Prices range from £168,000 for a one-bedroom apartment to £485,000 [...]
FOREIGN EXCHANGE AS MOSCOW MOVES TO BECOME WORLD-CLASS July 21, 2011 CAN MOSCOW ever become a world-class financial centre? BP may have had its fingers burned over the ill-fated Rosneft deal, but Anglo-Russian relations are being improved behind the scenes following a Moscow-London foreign exchange to set up the Moscow International Finance Centre (MIFC). First, Lord Mayor Michael Bear – the co-chairman of the MIFC Liaison [...]
FIRST GIG IN 600 YEARS TO COME TO GUILDHALL December 14, 2010 GUILDHALL has seen its fair share of important cultural events over the years:?the trials of Lady Jane Grey, Thomas Cranmer and those involved in the gunpowder plot. But only now is this hallowed hall to host the first ever rock concert in its 600 year history, in the miserable month of February next year, when [...]
British Land teams up with Canadians for City skyscraper October 25, 2010 British Land is teaming up with Canada’s Oxford Properties to develop the Leadenhall Building in the City, in the second of two crisis-hit skyscraper projects to be revived within a week. Britain’s second largest property company said it had agreed terms to build the 47-storey tall scheme in a 50:50 joint venture with the real [...]
British Land teams up with Canadians for City skyscraper October 25, 2010 British Land is teaming up with Canada’s Oxford Properties to develop the Leadenhall Building in the City, in the second of two crisis-hit skyscraper projects to be revived within a week. Britain’s second largest property company said it had agreed terms to build the 47-storey tall scheme in a 50:50 joint venture with the real [...]
WHISKY AT MIDDAY FOR ABERDEEN’S POLAR FEAT June 2, 2011 THE WHISKY came out at noon at Aberdeen Asset Management yesterday to christen the boat the fund managers are sponsoring on its voyage into the Arctic unknown. The Old Pulteney has been designed to withstand some of the harshest conditions on earth, and her six-man crew – led by Scottish explorer Jock Wishart – will [...]
Canary Wharf owner Songbird in asset boost September 23, 2010 Songbird Estates, majority owner of London’s Canary Wharf, booked a six per cent rise in net asset value as demand for offices across the estate held firm against the government’s feeble economic outlook. The company, which counts the Qatar Investment Authority and China Investment Corp. among its largest shareholders, said the market value of its [...]