Gaggenau: Luxury home appliance firm seals 10-year West End move Luxury home appliance firm Gaggenau has signed a 10-year lease for a new global flagship store
Waiting for Godot review: Ben Whishaw finds joy in Samuel Beckett’s wondrous misery Life&Style Waiting for Godot review and star rating: ★★★★ Waiting for Godot has been called ‘the play of the 20th century,’ but that accolade doesn’t make staging Samuel Beckett’s most significant piece easy. The Irish playwright, who died in 1989, banned tampering with the set or script in adaptations. It hampers creativity somewhat, but even so, [...]
West End: Tourist tax ‘disadvantage’ costs retailers hundreds of millions Business Retail business in London missed out on a projected £220m in the first half of 2024 due to the ongoing effect of the so-called tourist tax, despite continued growth in international visitor numbers. The number of international visitors to London was three per cent above pre-pandemic levels, but spending in the West End fell nearly [...]
Why Am I So Single? review: Six the Musical creators return with the most fun new show in the West End September 13, 2024 Why Am I So Single? review and star rating: ★★★★ “People would say to us, Six is amazing, but when’s the next one coming?” Why Am I So Single? writers Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss say in a programme note. The new show from the writers of Six, which has one of the most streamed [...]
The pockets of London propping up the prime commercial property market August 20, 2024 The commercial prime market is, for want of a better word, doing OK. In the City, leasing increased by one per cent over its long-term average in the second quarter, while overall demand was 12 per cent below its long-term average. For a sector pummelled by downsizing amid changes to weekly working patterns, it’s not [...]
Hello, Dolly! review: Palladium whoops for Imelda Staunton in role of a lifetime July 24, 2024 Imelda Staunton shines in Hello Dolly at the London Palladium
GSK moves into New Oxford Street office in boost for central London July 16, 2024 GSK has opened the doors to its new West End office - called the Earnshaw.
West End landlord GPE ready to ‘accelerate into favourable conditions’ July 4, 2024 In an update ahead of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) the real estate investment trust (REIT) said it had signed 12 new leases between April and the end of June.
Harry Potter and The Cursed Child theatre owner stages sales success June 18, 2024 Nimax Theatres, the West End operator behind iconic London venues including The Palace, Garrick and Apollo Theatres, is celebrating another year of profit as sales outstrip their pre-pandemic levels for the second year in a row.
London’s West End gets welcome boost with return of foreign tourists May 23, 2024 An influx of foreign tourists over the past 12 months has delivered a boost for the West End's biggest landlord, Shaftesbury Capital, as it reveals its first financial results since its £3.5 bn takeover last year.