Bow, Tower Hamlets: All you need to know about London’s new eastern hotspot October 30, 2014 Everyone knows how well Hackney is doing in the property stakes, with house price increases outstripping any other borough in London over the last 12 months. But how about its neighbour Tower Hamlets? As a borough, it’s building more new homes than any other in the country. Bromley-by-Bow, in particular, has been popular with [...]
Merchants Walk in east London: Affordable house prices, yet very commutable October 30, 2014 As the fringes of the City soar in both popularity and price, first-time buyers and young professionals on modest incomes are looking to move a bit further afield. In this case “further afield” means 15 minutes away by Tube. Bow in Tower Hamlets, east London, has seen a spurt in popularity as a result, [...]
Sport Comment: Not all of Gazza’s old pals have fled – but now it’s down to him October 30, 2014 by Bill Bradshaw Walking towards City A.M.’s office the other day I saw a poster plastered across one of those new hydrogen-powered buses: “Help London Rebuild Gaza!” it pleaded. I did a double-take. It was advertising an event at the Troxy theatre in aid of the crisis-hit region but – for a moment – I [...]
Has Rand Paul’s Silicon Valley charm offensive worked its magic on Peter Thiel? October 30, 2014 "I remain committed to the faith of my teenage years: to authentic human freedom as a precondition for the highest good". So wrote Paypal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel back in 2009. With its hippie pedigree and laid-back working practices, Silicon Valley may traditionally be a hotbed of leftie activity, but Thiel – [...]
Sir Ian McKellen receives Freedom of the City of London for “tireless” LGBT work October 30, 2014 He's fought Sauron and Professor Xavier, waited for Godot and offered his kingdom for a horse, but it is Sir Ian McKellen's work as a gay rights activist that saw him receive the Freedom of the City of London at Guildhall today. The actor, whose credits range from Shakespear to blockbuster action films, is [...]
Vice Media partners with Rogers in $100m deal to create content for “holy trinity” mobile, TV and web October 30, 2014 Vice Media has agreed a $100m joint venture with Canadian wireless communications group Rogers to produce “the holy trinity” of content for TV, web and mobile. The Toronto-based Vice Canada Studio will form part of the joint venture, producing news, drama, documentaries and fact-ent programming covering food, tech, sports and fashion. It will [...]
Sky gets down with the kids by backing Whistle Sports October 29, 2014 Sports TV giant Sky yesterday ramped up its drive to attract a younger audience by taking a stake in online channel Whistle Sports. Sky will invest $7m (£4.3m) in the venture, founded by serial entrepreneur and Harvard business graduate John West, and work with Whistle to develop new programmes and ideas. The channel, which is [...]
Halloween 2014: Horror video games fit for fright night October 29, 2014 Why bother dressing up as a sexy nurse when you can lock yourself in your room and scare the living daylights out of yourself with these next-gen horror games… DEAD RISING 3 Xbox One, PC The latest incarnation of the zombie beat ‘em up sees you face off against hordes of the lumbering undead [...]
Asda is discovering the perils of Britain’s incoherent employment regulations October 29, 2014 DESPITE a remarkable reduction in Employment Tribunal claims, the system continues to throw up major problems for employers, with potentially disastrous consequences for business. First, the government is worried about two recent claims concerning holiday pay. For many years, this entitlement has been calculated by reference to basic pay. But the claims, backed by trade [...]
The art of theft: Why do thieves steal famous paintings when they’re so hard to sell? October 28, 2014 On a freezing Stockholm evening just before Christmas 2000, a group of six to eight Middle Eastern men put into action a plan they’d been working on for months. The group parked cars in the middle of the three central roads leading to the Swedish National Museum and set them ablaze. As fire engines [...]