New York comes to Docklands October 12, 2009 Lower East Liquor Bar28 Westferry Circus, E14 8RRTel: 020 7536 2862 FOODSERVICEATMOSPHERECost in restaurant per person without wine: £25 THE Docklands’ great trump card, when it comes to leisure and lifestyle, is the river. Residents have access to the best views in town, immaculate riverside running paths and access to water transport (how jolly). Now [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 8, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES SCRUTINY THREATENS SUCCESS OF BAIKAL, SAYS LSERegulatory scrutiny over “dark pools” and the failure of most such platforms in Europe to make money mean that Baikal, the London Stock Exchange’s planned platform, “might not work”, says Xavier Rolet, LSE chief executive. “It’s not impossible that it might not work,” Rolet said. He said [...]
Ledger takes his final bow in a surreal flight of fancy October 15, 2009 FilmTHE IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUSCert: 12a IF YOU are looking for a role that can stand as a testament to the talent of Heath Ledger, who died during the filming of this movie, then you would do far better to remember his turn as the Joker in last year’s Batman film, The Dark Knight, than [...]
FirstGroup unveils new Greyhound buses August 19, 2009 FIRSTGROUP yesterday unveiled the iconic Greyhound buses it plans to use for journeys between London, Portsmouth and Southampton. The buses, which are named after women from American songs like “Peggy Sue”, will run hourly from Victoria to the south coast. They offer free Wi-Fi, power sockets for each passenger, air conditioning, free newspapers and leather [...]
Commuter chaos in the City as RMT takes industrial action over salaries July 29, 2009 THOUSANDS of London commuters face travel chaos today and tomorrow, as workers on the National Express East Anglia franchise go on strike for 48 hours over pay. Services to Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex will be affected and the action will disrupt many lines in and out of London, including trains for Stansted Airport, Southend [...]
Boris Johnson taps business for 4.1bn of Crossrail funds July 30, 2009 MAYOR Boris Johnson yesterday outlined details of his plans to tap London firms to fund the Crossrail scheme, under which around half of the total tax revenue will be met by businesses on the City, Canary Wharf and Westminster patch. The plans state that from April 2010, an initial levy of 2p in the pound [...]
New property group to float July 6, 2009 Paul Pedley, the former chief executive of Redrow, yesterday announced plans to raise £50m to buy new-build flats in London from distressed developers. The new investment company, London Residential Opportunities, aims to be listed on the London Stock Exchange in September. Steven Norris, the former Tory transport minister, will sit on the board of Callidus [...]
Battle of Canary Wharf and City is unimportant July 12, 2009 THIS newspaper can justifiably claim to have “scooped” the news of Nomura’s plan to base its European HQ in the Square Mile – confirmed last week but trailed, I believe, in City A.M sometime before Christmas. Many commentators have characterised the news that Nomura will take up residence in Lower Thames Street as a “victory” for [...]
Battle of Canary Wharf and City is unimportant July 12, 2009 THIS newspaper can justifiably claim to have “scooped” the news of Nomura’s plan to base its European HQ in the Square Mile – confirmed last week but trailed, I believe, in City A.M sometime before Christmas. Many commentators have characterised the news that Nomura will take up residence in Lower Thames Street as a “victory” for [...]
Tube strikes are a blot on our global reputation June 14, 2009 MY HEART sank when the International Herald Tribune splashed a large photograph of London commuters struggling to get to work on its front cover. Although the article rightly complimented Londoners on their determination to keep businesses going in the face of crippling tube strikes, it made me angry. This is not the image of London [...]