Tube services during the strike February 3, 2014 STARTS tonight from 9.30pm BACK TO NORMAL on Friday 7 February SECOND STRIKE 9.30pm 11 February – morning of 14 February BAKERLOO Trains between Queen’s Park and Elephant & Castle every six minutes in both directions. Not stopping at Edgware Road, Embankment, Kilburn Park, Lambeth North, Maida Vale, Piccadilly Circus or Regent’s Park CENTRAL No [...]
Innovation Diary: Tech City turns three: Cluster changes shape while the quango seeks scale December 8, 2013 TECH City has just turned three. There is some confusion over what this actually means, however. Tech firms have been located around Old Street roundabout since at least the 1990s, so it’s really just the anniversary of the government quango dedicated to stimulating them. Yet despite criticism (Sir James Dyson has attacked an obsession with [...]
Letters to the Editor – 15/11 – Building pressures, Best of Twitter November 14, 2013 Building pressures [Re: The Greenbelt sacred cow: It pens in the poor for no environmental gain, Monday] It is not only Greenbelt land that is being wasted. There is so much scope for Brownfield development in London. Bishopsgate Goods Yard – a 10 acre plot by Shoreditch that has sat derelict for 50 years – [...]
The charitable venture that grew into a thriving firm October 6, 2013 Annabel Palmer talks to the founders of Hire Space – London’s online venue rental business THE PUBLIC has grown increasingly comfortable with the notion of sharing assets – homes, cars, hairdressing skills – and buying second hand products through websites like eBay. Airbnb, the San Francisco-based holiday rental website and sharing pioneer, for example, was [...]
Michelin cheers star-studded City restaurants September 26, 2013 THE LATEST Michelin awards, held yesterday, have made the City a much more star-studded place to have lunch. Angler, a seafood specialist on the roof of the South Place Hotel in Moorgate, was among the nine restaurants in London to be given a prestigious star, just a year after opening. Another newcomer – Lima, just [...]
London is now UK’s uncontested entrepreneurial powerhouse July 18, 2013 IF small businesses are the future, then London’s place at the heart of the British economy is assured. Figures today reveal that 17 out of the top 20 UK areas for new business creation were located in London in the past year – and remarkably, that Silicon Roundabout was by the far the leading centre [...]
Celebrate Christmas in style this year December 6, 2012 1. Slava’s Snowshow at the Royal Festival Hall 17 Dec – 7 Jan After a sell-out session last Christmas, Slava’s Snowshow returns to London’s Royal Festival Hall this month. The internationally acclaimed show is ideal for a family day out, featuring performances from clowns and musicians with a finale that leaves the audience knee-deep in [...]
Hannam back on front foot with Afghan mining venture October 14, 2012 TOP city dealmaker Ian Hannam is pushing ahead with a gold mining project in Afghanistan just months after leaving his post at JP Morgan Cazenove. Hannam, famed in the Square Mile for his deal making skills, will switch his focus to mining company Centar, the firm he established to mine the Qara Zaghan gold mine [...]
Your first move onto the property ladder September 9, 2012 UK HOUSE prices saw their biggest fall for a year in the three months to July 2012, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). But the capital is bucking the trend. London property prices grew by 6.5 per cent over the last year, according to last quarter’s Greater London Authority London Housing Market [...]
Create your own personal OLYMPIC LEGACY August 20, 2012 Legacy is the buzzword du jour. Will the government be able to translate the success of the Olympic Games into future sporting prowess? Or, like the Australians, will we crumble into mediocrity? Will our legacy be greater social cohesion? Can we become a fitter, healthier, less obese nation? These are all reasonable questions but they [...]