Interview: Businesses need to get their ‘pound of flesh’ from home workers, says Addison Lee chief July 12, 2023 “We are a real barometer for the London economy,” Liam Griffin, the boss of Addison Lee, says as we chat in the firms’ Paddington offices. The private hire taxi firm has been a stalwart of London for nearly 45 years now, ferrying customers through the boom of the early 2000s, the financial crash of 2008 [...]
‘His pledge is in tatters’: Khan slammed over tube strikes as London faces £62m hit October 2, 2023 Greater London Authority’s Conservatives have slammed Sadiq Khan ahead of fresh disruption on London’s tube network this week, as the mayor’s commitment to halting industrial action during his tenure comes back to haunt him. “Sadiq Khan pledged that there would be zero strikes under his mayoralty but he has the worst strikes record of any [...]
What this pension fund’s investments say about the London Stock Exchange April 3, 2024 A London pension fund has defended the way it invests its cash today after a new report shone a light on the wider dearth of retirement cash flowing onto the London Stock Exchange.
London expansion picks up pace for Spanish bank Alantra as series of hires give boost to the City July 31, 2023 Spanish investment bank Alantra has made a series of new hires in the year so far as its push into the London market picks up the pace. So far this year it has brought in Graham Nicoll from Barclays to lead its Midlands team while Sulaiman Bosha has joined from Crito Capital as a managing [...]
Sunak strips HS2 bosses of London Euston responsibility: ‘There must be accountability for mistakes made’ October 4, 2023 HS2 Ltd has been stripped of responsibility for Euston station as there “must be some accountability for the mistakes made”, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. Rishi Sunak used his speech at the Conservative Party conference to confirm that the high-speed railway will reach the central London station after developing a plan that will generate cost [...]
Buy this private Caribbean island with crystal blue waters for less than a London flat November 6, 2023 Surrounded by crystal blue waters with plenty of fish, perfect for swimming and snorkelling, this exotic private island could be yours for less than the cost of an average London flat. Perfect for an unusual second home or a completely off-grid retirement plan. Iguana Island spans five acres and sits 12 miles from the Nicaraguan [...]
Premiership Rugby: Saracens dominate and full table after round 13 March 24, 2024 It may have been 54 days between round 12 of the Premiership and round 13 of English rugby’s top-flight but the league returned with a bang across the weekend. Saracens won the battle for London while Leicester Tigers were defeated at home by struggling Gloucester for the first time in 17 years, so here’s what [...]
London hopes rise as NFL agrees to double number of overseas games December 13, 2023 The league has also revealed plans to play a game in Brazil for the first time.
London asking rents hit record high with fierce competition set to persist into 2023 January 27, 2023 Average asking rents in London have hit a record £2,480 per month amid fierce competition for properties in the capital, according to property website Rightmove. The average asking rent in London jumped 15 per cent annually to reach £2,480 at the end of last year, while asking rents in inner London climbed even higher to [...]
Hounslow is a hit among Singaporeans who act as £5.8bn supporting cast to Hong Kong homebuyer frenzy in UK November 1, 2022 While the bonus of the so-called BNO visa scheme has resulted in a high level of Hong Kong homebuyers making their way to the UK, it has emerged that a supporting cast from Singapore is also helping to drive market activity in Britain, with Singapore nationals sitting on a property portfolio to the tune of [...]