Endorphins high after Shard drop September 3, 2012 FEEL-GOOD fear hormones were flying round the City yesterday after a team of daredevil volunteers – including the Duke of York Prince Andrew – abseiled down the outside of Europe’s tallest building, the Shard. Joining the Prince at the top of the 1,016ft tower in the early hours of yesterday morning were a host of [...]
No going back now for brave Shard abseilers September 2, 2012 THEY’VE been training, raising sponsorship funds, and getting increasingly more nervous for months, and today the day the intrepid Shard abseilers have been waiting for (or dreading) has finally arrived. From first light this morning – weather permitting – a diverse selection of adventurers, City daredevils, politician’s wives and even a member of the Royal family will [...]
PwC board member joins Duke of York in historic Shard abseil August 30, 2012 LEGEND has it accountants are a boring lot. So thank goodness for PwC’s Richard Oldfield, who’s attempting to bust that image by throwing himself off the top of Europe’s tallest building. Early next Monday morning, Oldfield will be hanging 1014m above the ground, ready to take part in the first – and only – abseil [...]
Restaurants aim high by moving into the Shard August 28, 2012 RESTAURATEURS behind the trendy Japanese restaurant chains Zuma and Roka and Hong Kong’s Aqua Restaurant Group have agreed to lease the entire restaurant space at Europe’s tallest building. Sellar Property, the developer behind the Shard, revealed yesterday that Zuma duo Rainer Becker and Arjun Waney are to open a rotisserie and grill as well as [...]
Osborne faces a delicate balancing act on train ticket hikes August 14, 2012 WHEN the majestic Shard formally opened earlier this summer I was interested to learn that its architect Renzo Piano only catered for 48 car parking spaces in the building’s bowels. “It’s another big shift,” he was quoted as saying. “To tell people, look, stop going around in cars.” Piano’s thinking makes a lot of sense. [...]
PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR July 29, 2012 TODAY we kick off the countdown to the City A.M. Awards with the first of the shortlists – for Personality of the Year. Our awards, now in their third year, have established themselves as a key part of the business calendar, celebrating all of the City’s main sectors and the people that make sure London [...]
Even sceptics must now embrace the greatest show on earth July 26, 2012 IT’S TIME for a confession: I haven’t always been the Olympics’ greatest fan. I still dislike the Zil lanes, the disruption to business, the restrictions on free speech, the closure of parks and facilities, the immense cost to taxpayers. But it’s time to move on. Even I am now feeling really excited about the Games [...]
Lasers and light show as Shard is opened July 5, 2012 CROWDS gathered across London last night to get a peek of a lit-up shard, to celebrate the official inauguration of Europe’s tallest building. The developer behind the Shard described the tower as a compass “pointing towards a new financial era” as he opened the 1,016ft-tall skyscraper. Irvine Sellar, whose firm Sellar Property Group built the [...]
Heart of Glass July 5, 2012 AFTER A 12-YEAR WAIT, Londoners were finally given a preview of the 360-degree panorama from the 72nd floor of the Shard yesterday, at a formal ceremony marking its external completion. The 95-storey tower designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano has had to overcome major planning battles, fierce criticism and a fractious ownership since it was [...]
CITY VIEWS | DO YOU THINK THE SHARD IS A WELCOME ADDITION TO THE LONDON SKYLINE? July 5, 2012 DAVID DOHERTY GUINNESS SOUTH It’s certainly putting London Bridge on the map because south of the Thames there are no real other markers. I think it will revitalise the area without question.” David King CBRE I think it is very positive, it is another iconic building and it improves the skyline hugely. If you own [...]