Unilever goes on gardening leave as two of its brands launch publicity stunts with giant animals made out of plants May 16, 2016 Unilever has brought a whole new meaning to gardening leave. The food firm, which owns brands like PG Tips, Walls and Bertolli, has become rather green fingered lately after two identical but unrelated publicity stunts involving giant topiary statues launched this year. PG Tips Green Tea gave commuters a shock on Monday when a giant topiary [...]
Focus On Rotherhithe: A £34m investment has brought a new town square, library and cultural centre to the Docks November 11, 2016 Rotherhithe, a conservation area in the Docklands in south east London, is one of the prettiest and most rapidly gentrifying places in the capital. With a long and proud history as a major trade port, it was a working dock right up until the 1970s. It was also home to the first under-river tunnel in [...]
Cyber security innovators are taking on the criminals on their own turf October 21, 2016 In an increasingly digital world where we entrust our most valuable data to the information superhighway, it was almost inevitable that criminals and other bad actors would eventually catch up and move their business online too. Their methods are becoming ever more sophisticated as they take advantage of the labyrinth that is the "dark web", which enables [...]
Chancellor Hammond must focus on the quality of infrastructure spending, not its quantity November 22, 2016 Keynes is back, or so it seems. Both left and right wing movements across the West are calling for greater government borrowing to finance infrastructure projects. In the US, Donald Trump is proposing to invest $500bn. In the UK, Labour’s John McDonnell wants an even more lavish £500bn programme, equivalent to around a quarter of [...]
Focus On Stoke Newington: Why leafy north London enclave Stoke Newington went from zero to hero on the housing market November 21, 2016 Stoke Newington, a leafy north London borough untroubled by a connection to the London Underground network, has become a byword for the kind of middle-class urban elite that drives UKIP voters round the bend. Once dismissed as a undesirable destination, the gentrification of Hackney has seen Stokey’s fortunes turn full-circle, and while it doesn’t yet [...]
Identity of Canary Wharf’s resident seal revealed August 21, 2015 Just last week we asked our readers to settle the debate over the identity of Canary Wharf’s resident seal. Now, senior fisheries inspector at Billingsgate Market Barry O’Toole has exclusively revealed that the notorious marine mammal, who lives underneath the market and is fed the freshest salmon in London by resident fishmongers, is called neither [...]
The “world’s fastest car” Bloodhound SCC is in Canary Wharf right now September 24, 2015 After eight years of research, design and manufacturing, involving over 350 companies and universities, scientists at the Bloodhound Project have created what they believe is the “world’s fastest and most advanced racing car” – and it’s on display in Canary Wharf this weekend. Already 8,000 people have registered to see the Land Speed Racer in [...]
Evans Cycles owner ECI Partners applying the brake after slowdown in bike sales July 19, 2016 Evans Cycles is in talks with banks to overhaul its financing arrangements following industry-wide fears the bicycle market is peaking. The cycling chain, which is owned by private equity group ECI Partners, has initiated discussions with its lenders after a slowdown in UK bike sales, Sky News first reported. Crawley-based Evans Cycles has 63 stores [...]
Canary Wharf’s seal of approval August 14, 2015 LONDON’s finance sector now has a mascot infinitely better than the Investec Zebra. There’s a seal living in Canary Wharf! A seal! An actual seal! The fishmongers at Billingsgate Market, gawd bless ‘em, have known about the Wharf’s longest resident for about 10 years, as he commutes to the market every morning to get fed [...]
Fire alert in Canary Wharf tower One Canada Square leaves workers out in the cold October 12, 2015 A fire alert meant hundreds of workers were evacuated from their offices at Canary Wharf building One Canada Square this morning. Fire engines were called to the iconic skyscraper this morning after an alarm was mistakenly triggered, meaning hundreds of the building’s staff were stuck milling around outside. A spokesperson from the London Fire Brigade said: “Engines were called out [...]