Punching power: F45 is innovating gyms using technology September 16, 2019 Fitness is a cut-throat business. Competition is intense: there are over 7,000 gyms in the UK, and the market is worth about £5bn. Around one in seven people are paying some form of gym fee. Unsurprisingly, new fitness brands are popping up all the time to capitalise on the health and wellbeing trend. To stand [...]
The City’s towers rise up from ancient streets, and the contrast is sublime April 12, 2019 We can become desensitised to the rich history and incredible architectural tapestry that makes the City what it is. We can shuffle from Tube station to office to restaurant and home again, all without stopping as often as we should to take note of our surroundings and consider our immense good fortune that we work [...]
Editor’s Notes: The River Thames is the key to London’s past – and its future March 8, 2019 The 19th century socialist MP for Battersea, John Burns, described the Thames as “liquid history”. Today, even a short cruise from Tower Pier to Westminster offers a glimpse of the capital’s rich past – from a Saxon landing bay by Southwark Bridge to the original access point for the Old London Bridge which, by the [...]
As Laing O’Rourke is late filing its figures, is it another major contractor we should be concerned about? October 24, 2018 Pinning down the finances of private companies can be a tricky task for City stakeholders. Public companies, however, are mandated to keep investors and other interested parties entertained with a steady stream of financial updates. When it comes to filing financial statements – the audited figures upon which financiers hang their hats – listed firms [...]
M&G Prudential backs London with £875m investment in City skyscraper October 7, 2019 M&G Prudential has backed London with a multimillion pound investment in a new Square Mile skyscraper development. The firm has invested £875m to buy and develop the 40 Leadenhall site – nicknamed Gotham City – which is expected to be constructed in the next four years. Read more: Batman-inspired skyscraper set for approval M&G Prudential [...]
Property giant Land Securities eyes £650m sale to fund real estate expansion October 13, 2019 Property giant Land Securities is reportedly close to selling a £650m stake in a leisure portfolio to private equity property investor CIT Partners. Land Securities is understood to have agreed to sell its 95 per cent share of the X-Leisure Unit Trust – which is behind developments including Xscape Milton Keynes and Brighton Marina – [...]
City Moves for 9 October – Who’s switching jobs at Made, Sir Robert McAlpine, Pantheon October 9, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Made, Sir Robert McAlpine and Pantheon Made Leading European design brand Made has announced the appointment of Nicola Thompson as the company’s new chief operating officer (COO). In the newly-created role, Nicola will be responsible for merchandising, logistics and supply chain, customer service and customer experience functions. Nicola joins Made after [...]
American International Group (AIG) buys UK specialist life insurance business Ellipse from Munich Re June 20, 2018 US insurance giant American International Group (AIG) has agreed to acquire a specialist life risk protection business from reinsurer Munich Re in the UK. The business, Ellipse, is a specialist provider of group life risk protection in the UK. Group life risk is a product aimed at companies which can insure benefits due to staff [...]
Storm Doris has closed down a section of Leadenhall Market February 23, 2017 Storm Doris continues to cause disruption across London, and the latest site affected is City hotspot Leadenhall Market. Parts of the historic site have been closed off "as a precautionary measure" as the storm continues to rattle windows all over the capital. Read More: Gale force winds from Storm Doris set to wreak havoc on Southern [...]
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max review: The biggest leap in camera Apple has ever made October 3, 2019 For many years the most important words in a phonemaker’s lexicon were “thinner”, “lighter”, and “faster”. The race to achieve the thinnest, lightest, fastest phone resulted in the dainty little rectangles we all know and love and hate. Any variation on the theme, such as the ill-fated modular phone, was swept aside, never to be [...]