Housing is a business issue, and nowhere more so than in London February 1, 2024 Ask business leaders in private what’s bothering them and the usual list is predictable enough: the markets, performance, getting the right team in place. Recently, we’ve heard a new one feature in more than a few conversations: whether London can keep its edge as the place to be for their talented young staff. The capital [...]
Square Mile and Me: Rashik Parmar MBE on becoming a tech veteran September 5, 2024 Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Rashik Parmar, CEO of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, takes us through his career.
London is about to get the biggest kebab house in the country December 5, 2023 Oxford Street is set for a new, three-storey kebab emporium - with everything from arcade machines to a healthy menu,
London landlord GPE benefits from better investment conditions October 10, 2024 GPE, one of central London’s biggest listed landlords said that the capital’s favourable investment market, with improving economic conditions and falling interest rates, has allowed the firm to push ahead with its expansion plans. Great Portland Estate signed 15 new leases and renewals during the quarter to 30 September, generating annual rent of £6.1m, with market lettings on average 6.4 per [...]
Flat owners in London feel the squeeze as service charges balloon April 29, 2024 The average annual service charge on London flats has risen close to 10 per cent over the last 12 months, piling further pressure on cash strapped city dwellers.
Gove clamp down on short term lets like Airbnb could lead to ‘two-tier system’ February 19, 2024 Under the reform, property owners who let out their homes to visitors will be asked to seek planning permission, alongside placing their name on a mandatory national register for short-term lets.
LA 2028: When are the next Olympic Games and how much will they cost? August 11, 2024 Are you planning to tune into the Paris 2024 Olympic Games closing ceremony today? Well when you do there will be a segment about LA 2028. The Olympics will head Stateside in four years time for the first time since Atlanta 1996, returning to Los Angeles 44 years after the West Coast last hosted a [...]
Build, Baby, Build: Why stamp duty is Britain’s worst tax June 18, 2024 Stamp duty isn’t just unpopular, it’s gumming up the housing market and leaving people stuck in properties totally unsuitable for their needs. The next government must raise the threshold or ditch it altogether, says Emma Revell The housing crisis is, at its heart, about supply. For decades, we simply have not built enough homes to [...]
BAE mulls one-off dividend on Air Astana’s London float January 21, 2024 Shareholders in BAE systems could be set for a windfall of hundreds of millions of pounds after Kazakhstan's Air Astana lists in London.
Exclusive: Telford Homes to sign Gove’s cladding pledge after threat of ban March 16, 2023 Property developer Telford Homes has capitulated to threats from Michael Gove and signed a pledge to fix faulty cladding similar to that which led to the fire at Grenfell Tower. One of London’s largest residential developers was one of 11 firms told they would be prevented from building new properties unless they signed the pledge, [...]