London brought to a standstill as tube strike closes entire network and RMT lock horns with Sadiq Khan March 15, 2023 A strike by London Underground drivers has closed the entire network. Transport for London’s website shows no services are running on any Tube lines. The Docklands Light Railway and Elizabeth line are part-suspended because of the industrial action. Drivers in Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) walked out in a dispute over [...]
Super Bowl 2023: The three major takeaways from Rihanna’s performance February 13, 2023 So the Super Bowl happened overnight in the States, a type of US football, but eyes are really on the halftime acts. This year it was Rihanna. The big sporting event typically hauls in the biggest musicians on the planet to play at halftime. Previous years have welcomed Beyonce, The Weeknd and Shakira to do [...]
The newest front in the US-China trade war? Japanese fish. October 30, 2023 The US-China trade war has an unlikely new flashpoint: where the US sources fish for its military stationed in Japan
Best of 2023: Beyonce and the world’s most exclusive party December 27, 2023 The launch of Atlantis The Royal in Dubai, featuring Beyonce, was the host hotly anticipated party for years. Here's what it was like.
Pubs and restaurants battle to keep prices competitive amid ‘intense pressure’ on margins May 17, 2022 The hospitality sector has warned of “intense pressure” on margins while shoppers have been told food prices could surge as much as 10 per cent. Marks & Spencer chairman Archie Norman cautioned that shoppers could see an even pricey weekly shop amid historic levels of inflation. Speaking to the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on [...]
Exclusive: M&G snags two major tenants in 40 Leadenhall – before it’s even built May 30, 2022 Investment firm M&G Real Estate has snagged two major tenants in the new development at 40 Leadenhall, City A.M. can reveal today – despite it still being under construction. The firm invested £875m to buy and develop the site – nicknamed Gotham City – in 2019. “It is the largest single transaction we’ve ever [...]
Heatwave: Brits shun high street as businesses close to protect staff from scorching temperatures July 18, 2022 Brits have shunned the high street today as temperatures are expected to hit 40 degrees on Monday, while some businesses in London have closed. Office workers have shunned their workplace air-con and opted to avoid sweltering public transport, Springboard’s footfall figures reveal. Springboard’s ‘back to the office’ benchmark for central London office hubs shows that [...]
Square Mile and Me: Enness CEO Islay Robinson on his career – and a flaming suit mishap August 1, 2024 Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Islay Robinson, CEO of Enness Global Mortgages, takes us through his career, from a flaming suit mishap to his love for London What was your first job? My first job was crushing boxes at a market when I was about 14. [...]
The Notebook: Deutsche’s Numis deal, the price of commuting and London’s culinary advantage May 2, 2023 IF the City has a collective mood, it is safe to say it has not been an overly cheery one in recent times. At a recent private dinner of CEOs, to which I was kindly invited to join, the overarching theme was a nervousness that London is wobbling a little, at least when it comes [...]
Chelsea Creek is a rare opportunity to buy a designer new build near King’s Road July 17, 2022 Designed by Goddard Littlefair, this show-home at Chelsea Creek is a slice of country life Home to one of the only new canals built in London in the last 100 years, Chelsea Creek is the waterfront living quarter that’s a stone’s throw away from the King’s Road in Chelsea. The apartments are relatively affordably priced [...]