City office rents expected to surge by end of 2010 January 5, 2010 PROPERTY consultancy King Sturge Prime has forecast a 10.5 per cent rise in City office rents by the end of 2010. The West End, which suffered the sharpest decline in rental last year, ranks top in the Consultancy group’s list of prime office space location. Rents in the area are predicted to rise to £70 [...]
Stuck in London for Christmas? Hole up in a luxury hotel December 20, 2009 OH dear. A bit of snow, as we had on Thursday, and London goes into panic mode. Flights are delayed, cancelled and rearranged, and with the threat of a BA strike only tenuously averted, getting out of London over the Christmas period seems anything but a sure bet. But look on the bright side. It’s [...]
Buy-to-let is back as rents stabilise and low prices attract landlords December 3, 2009 BUY-TO-LET is starting to look like an attractive proposition once again, as lower house prices and a stabilising rental market result in more enticing yields. Data from LSL Property Services – the company that owns Your Move and Reeds Rains estate agencies – shows that annual returns on landlords’ investments have turned positive for the [...]
Bankers grab luxury homes October 22, 2009 IN a fresh sign that bankers are feeling comfortable enough to splash the cash, enquiries for prime properties in Kensington and Chelsea have jumped in recent weeks, according to estate agents Knight Frank. Goldman Sachs was recently under the spotlight for awarding its 30,000 staff £500,000 each in bonuses, with some top traders set to [...]
London rents still higher than Europe October 11, 2009 LONDON remains the most expensive European city in which to rent prime office, distribution and shopping centre space according to research out today by Knight Frank. Despite a steep fall in prime property values, London’s West End remains the most expensive location to rent space in Europe. Office space in London’s West End is now [...]
London is ranked top business city…. October 5, 2009 LONDON has beaten Paris and Frankfurt to retain its position as the best business city in Europe, according to the 20th annual European Cities Monitor report from property agents Cushman & Wakefield. It is the twentieth year in a row that London has been named as Europe’s best city for business. It also ranked the [...]
BRUNSWICK CAUSES A STIR WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS ROLE IN BRUSSELS August 6, 2009 A COUP for City PR outfit Brunswick, which is on the cusp of a lucrative new contract to advise HSBC on its public policy over in Brussels. Brunswick boss Alan Parker has long been chummy with HSBC chairman Stephen Green, so the tie-up shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise. But though some in [...]
OTHER NUMERICAL RESTAURANTS June 22, 2009 RHODES 24Spiky-haired celebrity chef Gary Rhodes’ City headquarters sits halfway up Tower 42, and has some of the best views of any restaurant in London, with food to match. 24th floor, Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street, EC2N 1HQ, www.rhodes24.co.uk 1 LOMBARD STREETThe City’s most central fine-dining restaurant, sitting in prime location outside Bank Tube [...]
Central flats are the future of luxe London living June 4, 2009 THERE is something distinctly un-British about city apartment living. The Americans and the Europeans see it as perfectly normal, even desirable, but we Brits like our houses, simply because it is what we are used to. We would much rather have a small house with smaller garden and a longer commute to work, instead of [...]
Parkdean in talks with Grainger November 1, 2005 Camping and caravan parks operator Parkdean Holidays has confirmed it is in talks which could see it taken over by London-quoted property group Grainger Trust. Parkdean’s shares soared 20 per cent on the news while Grainger warned the discussions may or may not lead to an offer for Britain’s second-biggest operator of holiday sites. Grainger, [...]