D&D: Bluebird Chelsea owner gets £40m boost from new investors October 16, 2023 The business behind such popular London haunts as Bluebird Chelsea and Coq d’Argent is set to be bought by investment firm Breal Capital and Byron Burgers chain owner Calveton, as it looks to raise funds following a challenging period for the hospitality sector. D&D London, which started out as Sir Terence Conran’s Conran Restaurants, said [...]
Fleet Street store fronts down over a fifth post-pandemic October 15, 2023 Some 22 per cent of the shops on Fleet Street are now vacant, with the sector blaming sticky transport links and a slow return to office life for the drab state of the infamous London area.
Tim Martin on Vienna’s Beer Party: ‘We long for the day when Loonies are top of the polls’ October 12, 2023 As the possibility that Vienna’s next elected mayor is a representative of the Beer Party enters the realm of the semi-plausible, Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin has applauded the party and said he “long[s] for the day when Loonies are top of the polls”. Austria’s Beer Party is surging, now polling at 12 per cent ahead [...]
London’s landmark Tower Bridge undergoes overnight maintenance works October 12, 2023 Overnight work is being carried out to replace some giant components of London’s landmark Tower Bridge. Four two metre-long nose bolts have been removed and replaced for the first time in decades as part of a series of maintenance works taking place during overnight closures. The bolts lock in place the moving parts of the [...]
Go-Ahead boss Christian Schreyer to step down this year October 11, 2023 The chief executive of Go Ahead Group, one of Britain's biggest transport companies, is set to step down at the end of October.
How two blockchain projects are working in tandem towards the same goal October 10, 2023 Jillian Godsil meets Roy Hui of LightLink and Nathan Lenga from Elektrik as the pair embark on a parallel journey into the world of Web3.
Keir Starmer’s speech: Five things to watch for October 10, 2023 Keir Starmer will make his speech at conference in Liverpool this afternoon in a bid to convince voters he can win the next general election.
Rail workers ‘at war’ with government, union boss says October 9, 2023 Rail workers are “at war” with the government, a union boss has said, as Labour faced calls to commit to building HS2 in full. Mick Whelan, general secretary of the train drivers’ union Aslef, said his members have been on strike for 16 months in a “Westminster-driven” dispute. He accused the government of wanting to send [...]
The Notebook: Marcus Geddes on what makes a modern office October 9, 2023 Today, Marcus Geddes, managing director at Landsec, takes the Notebook pen to talk all about the modern office Don’t let others fool you, there’s strength in flexible offices Demand for flexible offices is higher than ever before, but do people really know what ‘flex’ means? A common misconception is that flex is just co-working spaces [...]
HS2: Plans for Euston section ‘wishful thinking’, says Khan October 8, 2023 London Mayor Sadiq Khan has written to the Prime Minister to "express serious concerns" over plans for the Euston section of the project.