Leigh and Spall turn on the style October 30, 2014 FILM MR TURNER Cert 12a | By Alex Dudok de Wit ★★★★★ François Truffaut once suggested that there’s something about England’s countryside – “The subdued way of life, the stolid routine” – that’s “anti-cinematic”. If only he’d lived to see Mike Leigh’s latest movie, which is about all of these things and yet is a [...]
Battersea Power Station wins £1.35bn finance deal to fund new development and build Electric Boulevard high street October 28, 2014 Battersea Power Station has secured one of the biggest UK real estate finance deals in recent memory, after a £1.35bn fund was agreed yesterday. The deal represents £750m to fund the development of the power station building on the banks of the river Thames and £600m to build London’s newest high street, Electric Boulevard, in [...]
Flybe returns to London with new city routes October 27, 2014 Flybe launched its first service to London City Airport yesterday, aiming to connect the regions with the heart of London’s financial district, just over a year after it left Gatwick during its restructuring. Chief executive Saad Hammad told City A.M. that he expects the six new routes – which will see the City connected with [...]
Is HS3 the best way to boost growth in the North? October 27, 2014 Andrew Carter, acting chief executive of the Centre for Cities, says Yes. Improving rail links between London and the north, and between our largest northern cities, is a critical step in turning the political rhetoric of building a northern powerhouse into reality. Fast and frequent transport systems enable businesses to collaborate and share knowledge and [...]
HS3 from Manchester to Leeds: What is it, when will it be built and what will its route be? October 27, 2014 George Osborne's plans to create a "northern powerhouse" by cutting the time it takes to travel between Manchester and Leeds in half, have been embraced in a new report published by David Higgins today. In his report, the chairman of the much-maligned HS2 will say reducing the journey times between cities in the North is [...]
North to get HS3 in bid to boost business links October 27, 2014 David Cameron and George Osborne will today throw their weight behind a third high-speed rail network, HS3, to connect northern cities and towns and grow the HS2 project into a bigger transport shake-up for the UK. Under new plans, which are in their early stages, the HS3 link would make it quicker to travel between [...]
Cornwall-London flights secured after government provides £2.5m October 27, 2014 THE GOVERNMENT today announced that it had saved a transport link between the south west and London by agreeing a four-year funding deal for flights between Newquay and Gatwick airports. Whitehall is providing £2.5m in addition to £300,000 from Cornwall Council. There will be three Flybe return flights a week with two weekend rotations. Around [...]
Power to the cities: It’s not just London that needs more control of tax revenue October 26, 2014 It’s not as catchy as “Brics”, but “ManShefLeedsPool” – the latest coinage from the Centre for Cities’s Jim O’Neill, formerly of Goldman Sachs – could have an equally seismic impact here in the UK. The growing difference between London and many of the UK’s other regions is a problem for the entire country. Politicians and [...]
HS3 rail line: Cameron and Osborne back plans to cut journey times and create “northern power house” October 26, 2014 Both the Prime Minister and the chancellor will back plans for a high-speed rail line in the North of England dubbed HS3. The route will link Manchester and Leeds and is part of George Osborne's vision to create a "northern powerhouse" to extend economic prosperity beyond London and the South East. HS3 would slash the [...]
Reviving an Aussie institution on the Great Barrier Reef October 24, 2014 Backpackers heading to Australia aspire to conquer the three Rs; Reef, Rocks, and Rock. Admittedly, it gets a bit repetitive towards the end, but if you follow the three Rs you’ll get a basic understanding of the country’s vast and extreme landscape, namely the Great Barrier Reef, The Rocks in Sydney and Ayers Rock. But [...]