A salt of the earth therapy for congested Londoners January 26, 2010 ENTERING the treatment room at South London’s Salt Cave clinic is a bit like stepping into Narnia. You may be going via an anteroom in a converted Earlsfield community centre rather than through the back of a wardrobe, but what greets you is an all-white environment, with powder spread in little ripples and dunes across [...]
Tube strike over Jubilee line pay row January 21, 2010 LONDON Underground maintenance workers on the Jubilee Line are to stage a series of 24-hour walkouts in a row over pay. Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) employed by Alstom on the Jubilee line will walk out from 7.29pm next Wednesday. They will also strike each Sunday evening at the same time [...]
UK about to miss a great opportunity January 20, 2010 THERE are two, diametrically opposed ways to respond to the immense challenges posed by globalisation and the rise of the emerging markets. The first – and right way – is that followed by much of the private sector, especially in London, the most global and open of all the world’s great cities. Everyone with an [...]
TfL and Great Portland row over new site January 20, 2010 GREAT Portland Estates clashed with Transport for London (TfL) over the amount the London landlord was paid for two buildings that will make way to build Crossrail’s Bond Street station. TfL paid the property developer £35.9m for 18 and 19 Hanover Square via a compulsory purchase order last month. However, the business insists the properties [...]
FOCUS ON: CLAPHAM January 14, 2010 39 BEAUCHAMP ROAD, SW11 1PG Price: £1.1m Located on a quiet residential street, this smart five-bedroom family home is within walking distance of Clapham Junction, which has transport links into the centre of London (23 minutes from Bank) and to Gatwick. Those needing plenty of storage space will benefit from the cellar and the possibility [...]
Cooking up an idyllic holiday January 10, 2010 THERE’S no getting away from the fact that it takes a long time to get to the Cook Islands. Located between Samoa, Fiji and Tahiti, they are as remote as it gets. The flight from London is over 20 hours. However, they are a perfect stop-over to stretch your legs on the way to Australasia [...]
Bus firms facing investigation January 7, 2010 BRITAIN’S big five bus firms are facing a probe over concerns that limited competition is driving up fares. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is asking the Competition Commission to investigate the industry after finding that a distorted market was causing higher prices and poorer services. The probe is likely to hit firms such as [...]
Business as usual in City as Britain grinds to halt January 6, 2010 FREEZING weather, heavy snow and iced-up roads may have given many Londoners the perfect excuse to avoid work yesterday but thankfully the City of London continued to function as normal with the minimum of disruptions. Insurer RSA yesterday estimated that a single day of severe weather could cost the London economy more than £145m as [...]
CITY VIEWS: HOW DID THE SNOW AFFECT CITY WORKERS YESTERDAY? January 6, 2010 DAVID WEATHERLEY | SMBC GROUP “About half of my office are working from home today. The company is well set up for it after the swine flu scare so we can stay productive even if a lot of people get stranded and can’t make it in. It isn’t anything to get worked up about – [...]
Worst snow in years to cause commuter chaos January 5, 2010 LONDON transport will be put to the test today as it strains to cope with some of the worst weather to hit the capital in years. The Met Office issued an emergency weather warning for the whole of the UK saying London and the Home Counties would be the worst affected. Forecasters predicted that more [...]