Dealmakers circle British firms as UK tops inward investment August 4, 2022 International dealmakers have set their sights on British firms this year with the UK now the top target in Europe for inbound and domestic investment, research today reveals.
London exodus: Record numbers escape the capital as pandemic trend continues August 1, 2022 There has been an exodus of Londoners since the pandemic, with more than 40,000 escaping eye-watering rent in the capital to buy their first home. The pandemic trend of leaving London has continued, with a record 28 per cent of new homes outside the M25 being first-time buyers. In the first half of 2022, 40,540 [...]
EXCLUSIVE: 1966 World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst: ‘My own memory could fade. You expect it to happen’ July 27, 2022 Sir Geoff Hurst tells Frank Dalleres that seeing most of his 1966 World Cup winning team-mates suffer with dementia convinced him to preserve his memories in the form of a digital artwork that will help to raise money for two Alzheimer’s charities. Every morning Sir Geoff Hurst goes for an hour-long walk through the park [...]
Stirling Moss’s favourite car: racing legend’s Mercedes SL heads to auction July 25, 2022 A unique car built to the exacting specifications of Sir Stirling Moss, this 1966 Mercedes-Benz 230 SL will be auctioned next month.
Australian bidder walks away from £650m race to snap up rail giant Go-Ahead July 21, 2022 Australia-based Kelsian confirmed this morning it has pulled out from the race to buy Go-Ahead – weeks after the board picked a rival offer. The business said falling share prices in Australia tied its hands and forced the group to walk away from a potential tie-up. Kelsian is one of Australia’s biggest bus and ferry [...]
The best electric cars to buy in 2022 July 19, 2022 We name the best electric cars you can buy this year, including the Ford Mustang Mach-e, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Tesla Model 3.
A new Tory leader needs to grapple with the disparate politics of housing July 19, 2022 The candidates to be Britain’s next Conservative leader spent the weekend in a series of spats over economic plans for the future of the UK. You would assume other important topics, such as the pressing housing crisis, would also be front and centre. At the time of writing, Tom Tugendhat was the only one to [...]
London rents hit eyewatering average of £2,675 as homeownership falls further out of reach July 18, 2022 Rents in London have grown faster than anywhere else in the country for the second month running, with the average hitting £2,675. Londoners were found in February to already be dishing out more than 70 per cent of their monthly paycheck on their rent by city estate agent Benham and Reeves. Though the figure has [...]
As public money for net zero stalls, the US has charged ahead of British investors July 15, 2022 The next clean-tech boom – engineered carbon removal – is on the horizon. In the long run, it will be private investors at the front of this. And for our future economic growth, we should make sure they are British ones. For some time, carbon removal technologies – which range from methods such as direct [...]
Fruity futures: A guide to buying wine en primeur July 13, 2022 Buying ‘En Primeur’ means purchasing a wine before it is even bottled, let alone released – it is, in essence, a futures market. Originating in Bordeaux but now a concept found across the globe, one purchases the wine upfront, with the duty and VAT payable on arrival. The mutually beneficial element to this is that [...]