New builds on sale in London this weekend April 13, 2018 New developments on the market this week Filmworks, Ealing From £524,950 Film fans may be interested in these homes going on sale tomorrow next to the UK’s oldest purpose-built film studio. Oscar contenders The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything were both shot at Ealing Studios, and now 209 studio to three bedroom apartments [...]
London mayor and TfL have just confirmed fares for the Elizabeth Line ahead of December launch March 16, 2018 Transport for London (TfL) and mayor Sadiq Khan have confirmed the fares for the highly anticipated Elizabeth Line ahead of the £14.8bn project's launch in December. TfL said that it will be charging the same prices on Elizabeth Line pay-as-you-go fares within zones one to six, as the rest of existing TfL services. The Crossrail [...]
Oxford Street pedestrianisation on track to tie-in with Elizabeth Line launch after public backs proposals March 13, 2018 The radical plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street tying in with the Elizabeth Line launch in December were given a boost today, as the results of a massive consultation revealed public backing for the project. More than 22,000 responses were received on the plans to switch up the capital's famous shopping street, with nearly two-thirds of [...]
London’s Oxford Street pedestrianisation set to coincide with Elizabeth Line launch in December 2018 after public backs proposals March 13, 2018 The radical plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street tying in with the Elizabeth Line launch in December were given a boost today, as the results of a massive consultation revealed public backing for the project. More than 22,000 responses were received on the plans to switch up the capital’s famous shopping street, with nearly two-thirds of [...]
Crossrail hands over Soho Place site to Derwent London for retail revamp and new West End theatre over Tottenham Court Road station January 17, 2018 Crossrail has handed over a West End site to developer Derwent London for work to get underway to develop a major £260m project over Tottenham Court Road station encompassing offices, retail and a new theatre. Crossrail land and property director, Ian Lindsay, said: This is the first Crossrail site to be handed over for full [...]
This Tube map shows average salaries near each London Underground station January 2, 2018 A new London Tube map reveals which stations have the highest paid jobs around them, with Barbican the top Tube stop for average salaries. Average salaries near the Barbican top £52,000, followed by Monument at £51,222, and Bank and Cannon Street, both at £51,217. Job search engine Adzuna compiled the map by analysing average advertised [...]
New homes: What’s on sale this weekend, in Croydon, Highgate, Ealing and Uxbridge November 23, 2017 New developments on the market this week Westgate House, Ealing From £299,000 New homes are being added to this development in west London due to high demand. Developer Galliard Homes will apply next month to build two more floors on top of its building on Hangar Lane, a “growth zone” in Ealing. This would up [...]
Autumn Budget 2017: Chancellor Philip Hammond’s speech in full November 22, 2017 You can read the chancellor's Budget speech in full here: Mr Deputy Speaker I report today on an economy that continues to grow, continues to create more jobs than ever before and continues to confound those who seek to talk it down. An economy set on a path to a new relationship with our European [...]
New Bond Street overtakes Champs Élysées to become Europe’s most expensive shopping street November 15, 2017 London’s New Bond Street has overtaken the Champs Élysées to become the most expensive place in Europe for retailers to have a store. With a price of $1,720 (£1,305) per square foot per year, New Bond Street is the third most expensive shopping hotspot in the world, after Upper 5th Avenue in New York and [...]
Government delays Silvertown Tunnel decision by another six months over air quality concerns November 7, 2017 The decision on whether to proceed with a new road tunnel under the Thames has been delayed by another six months, the government announced today. Transport minister Paul Maynard said in a written statement that the deadline for the decision on Silvertown Tunnel, that would link the Greenwich Peninsula and Silvertown, was to be pushed [...]