Finally, the City gets the retail hub it deserves October 27, 2010 DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AT LAND SECURITIES AFTER years in the making, I am very excited to introduce One New Change, the City of London’s newest and largest retail experience, as it opens at midday today. Boasting 60 stores over three floors, One New Change offers something for everyone. Some of the UK’s most loved brands, including [...]
The Square Mile’s long transformation continues October 27, 2010 POLICY CHAIRMAN, CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION THE wind of change is blowing through the City and in this instance, I am not referring to London’s financial heart in the wake of the economic crisis. I am talking about One New Change, Cheapside’s largest shopping destination, which is set to transform the Square Mile. Is that [...]
While you’re in the City soak up the atmosphere and the history October 27, 2010 FOR centuries St Paul’s, and not the Stock Exchange, was where the City’s activity and bustle reached its highest pitch. A seventeenth century writer wrote of it that “the noyse in it is like that of Bees, a strange humming or buzze, mixt of walking, tongues and feet: It is a kind of still roar [...]
ROUX BUSY EXPANDING WHITEHALL WAISTLINES October 26, 2010 IT’S been a busy few months for master chef Michel Roux Jr, splitting his time between fostering his burgeoning TV career and appointing a new chef for his latest venture, Roux at Parliament Square. In addition to his ongoing judge’s spot on Masterchef, Roux has also been busy filming a series set to hit our [...]
Broadcasting offers traders the chance for a big challenge October 25, 2010 UK BROADCAST media has seen its earnings growth increase by 50 per cent this year. This outperforms other areas of the sector that have experienced steady, if unspectacular, growth. With the sector rated as undervalued by Numis and the industry experiencing rapid changes, taking a punt on the prospects for one of the big players [...]
All change for Square Mile shopaholics October 24, 2010 SHOPPING centre One New Change opens its doors to customers on Thursday, though up to 30 per cent of the shops will not be ready for the launch. Several people close to the development have said between 70 and 90 per cent of retailers will open on Thursday, with the rest aiming to complete their [...]
The Malay paradise where the world’s A-list comes to relax October 24, 2010 THERE’s a moment, when I step in to the glistening emerald Malaysian waters of my own secluded cove, next to my private “Estate”, when I can see just why this place is so popular with celebrities. The sun is shining. Hornbills are squawking in the air. There’s no-one to take in my pasty white bikini-clad [...]
When unusual dinners turn into business ideas October 21, 2010 WHO on earth is born with Mexican restaurant chain abilities in their DNA?” asks Eric Partaker. He and Dan Houghton decided to make it part of theirs when they launched the Mexican restaurant chain Chilango. Neither are Mexican or had run a restaurant before. But they found they made a good team when working at [...]
PLAYBOY CLUB SET TO REOPEN IN LONDON October 19, 2010 EXCITING news for fans of the good life – Playboy, the iconic brand set up by Hugh Hefner, is reopening its private members club in London, over two decades after the original closed its doors at 45 Park Lane back in the Eighties. This time around Hef’s relocating to swanky new premises at Mayfair, and [...]
Whitbread’s profit boosted by discounts October 19, 2010 WHITBREAD profit jumped by 28 per cent to £151m in the six months to September, as its Premier Inn and Costa Coffee businesses boomed. Revenue rose 14.5 per cent to £805m as the company expanded its operations across the UK. Whitbread raised its interim dividend by 17 per cent to 11.25p to reflect the results. [...]