AI firms double London office space as tech boom fuels property demand AI AI firms snapped up more than 700,000 sq ft of London office space in the first half of 2026, more than double the amount taken across the whole of last year as fast-growing tech companies expand their footprint in the capital. AI businesses accounted for as much as a third of central London office take-up [...]
London bags $9bn US AI firm Replit’s first overseas office Tech Replit, the $9bn (£6.64bn) US AI coding start-up, has picked London for its first international office as the capital continues to attract some of Silicon Valley’s fastest-growing AI companies. The San Francisco-based company has opened in King’s Cross and will use London as the base for its European operations, with plans to double its local [...]
London was once a destination for the young, now it’s a compromise Opinion New research shows a third of young Londoners expect to leave within two years. The city is pricing out its talent, says Festus Akinbusoye.
London AI jobs boom as Anthropic salaries hit £630k May 26, 2026 London’s AI hiring race is accelerating at dizzying rates, with Anthropic offering some engineers in the capital as much as £630,000 a year as Big Tech firms battle for AI talent. The US AI giant, backed by Amazon and best known for its chatbot Claude, is currently hiring for over 40 London roles as it [...]
King’s Cross puts London on the AI map April 28, 2026 A description of King’s Cross a little over 20 years ago sounds like something from a Dickens novel. It was “a place of decay, dereliction, crime and filth” – known for drugs and prostitution. Some readers may remember its rave scene but for most people it was a no-go area. That opening description comes from [...]
Tech firms sign for 400,000 sq ft of London office space in a month April 22, 2026 AI firms have signed for nearly 400,000 sq ft of London office space in under a month, in the biggest rush of tech leasing the capital has seen in a generation. Anthropic confirmed this week it has taken 158,000 sq ft at One Triton Square near Euston in a deal with British Land and Royal [...]
King’s Cross retail sales boom as reinvention continues January 22, 2026 King’s Cross retail sales rose by double digits last year as the zone’s reinvention attracts significant retail and leisure investment. Total sales across the King’s Cross estate climbed by 13.5 per cent year on year, with retail sales up by 16 per cent and food and drink sales also climbing by 10 per cent. [...]
UK’s first high-speed railway HS1 faced cancellation months before Channel Tunnel opening December 31, 2025 Ministers considered abandoning the High Speed 1 (HS1), the UK’s first high-speed railway that links London to the Channel Tunnel amid financial struggles just months before the cross-channel line was opened by Queen Elizabeth II, City AM can reveal. According to correspondence released by the National Archives, transport minister John MacGregor listed axing the high-speed [...]
Cambridge science has global ambitions and London is our departure lounge June 24, 2025 Cambridge is seizing a unique moment to amplify the global impact of its world-leading research by opening a new office in London’s tech hub, aiming to build stronger connections, embrace entrepreneurial risk, and better integrate academia with investors, says Jim Glasheen From discovering Newton’s law of gravity, to laying the foundation for computing, to unlocking [...]