Coffee shops and skyscrapers: The success of the Square Mile should concern us all April 8, 2024 The Square Mile fosters an unbreakable bond between people and place - as well as acting as the engine of the UK's national economy, writes Chris Hayward
Letter to the editor: How brownfield sites can help us solve the housing crisis April 2, 2024 Pushing London further out into the country with another onion ring of low-density greenfield housing is not the solution to the housing crisis.
UK house prices ‘relatively flat’ for third straight month before expected interest rate cut July 5, 2024 House prices have remained "relatively flat" for the third consecutive month in June, down 0.2 per cent, according to new data from Halifax.
New visa wage thresholds for foreign workers to come in ‘within weeks’ January 30, 2024 New visa wage thresholds for foreign workers coming to the UK are set to be enforced “within weeks”, the Home Office has confirmed.
Housing market reforms to come thick and fast as Rishi Sunak gears up for general election February 13, 2024 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has a fight on his hands to regain the confidence of younger, aspiring homeowners (Photo credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
Build, Baby, Build: These are the solutions to London’s housing crisis June 20, 2024 The Centre for London's Katie Townsend looks at how to solve London's crippling housing crisis
Keir Starmer calls for clarity over which businesses can get self-isolation exemption July 21, 2021 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for clarity over which businesses can get an exemption to the government’s self-isolation rules. Downing Street yesterday said some businesses in vital industries can apply to have their staff exempt from self-isolating when pinged by the NHS Track and Trace app. It comes as more than 1m people [...]
Exclusive: Daily Mirror publisher Reach to close a London office and make most staff permanent home workers March 19, 2021 Newspaper publisher Reach, which owns the Mirror and Express as well as a number of regional titles, is planning to close offices and make most of its employees permanent home workers. The company will close its Lower Thames Street office in central London and reduce its office space in Canary Wharf from two floors to [...]
Square Mile and Me: Centrus CEO Phil Jenkins on what drew him to the City May 30, 2024 Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, it's Phil Jenkins, CEO of corporate financial advisor Centrus.
Taylor Wimpey: Housebuilder suffers dent to profit ahead of planning reform July 31, 2024 Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey suffered a dent to revenue and profit in a set of half year results in which it hailed the new government's "recognition" of planning laws as being a "major barrier" to housebuilding.