England Ashes fans set to top up Australia’s coffers months after bumper British and Irish Lions tour
Impax’s takings slump after global retreat on sustainability Investing Impax Asset Management recorded a slump in revenue in the first half of the year as a global retreat on green policies turned clients away from its sustainability offering. The firm cited a “challenging first half of financial year” with assets under management falling to £25.3bn. This was down from £37.2bn at the end of [...]
Unilever acquires sustainable deodorant Wild Retail Unilever has finally confirmed its acquisition of refillable deodorant brand Wild as it looks to build its presence in premium beauty and self care. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it is believed to value Wild at £230m. Wild, which was started in 2019 by business partners Charlie Bowes-Lyon and Freddy Ward, [...]
The London office market has ‘definitively turned’ as prime rents set to double Property Analysts have said the London office market has turned a corner after two major commercial real estate investors released positive results. Dewent London reported rental growth doubling to 4.3 per cent, the highest since 2016, and it expects estimated rental value growth – an estimate of the rent that a property could earn if it [...]
Flight to quality continues as firms rush to newly-green Spitalfields office February 26, 2025 Four firms will relocate to a newly-sustainable office block in Spitalfields in the latest wave of businesses to move from West London to the City of London. Railpen, International Copyright Enterprise (ICE) Services, Manpower UK and Bullhorn will take a combined five floors of the nine floored building, amounting to 42,921 sq ft of newly [...]
‘First of its kind’ sustainable skyscraper gets green light from City of London February 11, 2025 Planning permission for an innovative 33-story tower at the old headquarters of M&S has been approved by the City of London Corporation, the latest in a string of top-quality skyscrapers approved in the capital. The building at 70 Gracechurch Street, originally constructed in 1990s as the headquarters for Marks and Spencers, will deliver over 550,000 [...]