Private View: On the market in Canary Wharf this week November 7, 2013 NEW ATLAS WHARF, E14 £400,000 A one double-bedroom apartment in a gated development with a private balcony overlooking river and park views. The property also comes with protected parking and a 24-hour porter service. For outdoorsy types, the development is also next door to a park and a sailing club. For more information contact Savills [...]
Five next-gen console games to look forward to November 6, 2013 Knack | PS4 Knack is published by Sony and was made in cooperation with legendary game designer Mark Cerny. The plot is based on a war between mankind and Goblins. Knack is a peculiar creature with mysterious powers – and he’s on the humans’ side. It’s an action platform extravaganza. The Order 1886 | PS4 [...]
Investor moves into Greenwich November 4, 2013 HONG KONG investor Knight Dragon has taken full ownership of a development in south east London’s Greenwich Peninsula after paying its British partner Quintain Estates £186m for its 40 per cent stake. Knight Dragon, an investment vehicle owned by New World Development Co’s chairman Henry Cheng Kar-Shun, bought its 60 per cent share in the [...]
Singapore firm to develop new London village November 4, 2013 SINGAPORE-based property group Oxley Holdings has snapped up Royal Wharf, the largest mixed-use site sold in London since Battersea power station. Oxley now intends to build 4,000 residential properties on the 40-acre space, along with a number of attached facilities. The development is less than three miles east of Canary Wharf, one of London’s finance [...]
City Moves for 31 October 2013 | Who’s switching jobs October 30, 2013 European Wealth The wealth management business has announced the hire of Martin O’Grady as an associate director in its investment management division. He was most recently at Barclays, where he was a member of its UK and Ireland high net worth team. PwC The professional services firm has made two appointments to its energy and low [...]
City Moves for 30 October 2013 | Who’s switching jobs October 29, 2013 KPMG The professional services giant has announced the appointment of Gary Reader as global head of insurance. Reader is a KPMG veteran having been at the company for 28 years, and was most recently its UK head of insurance advisory. Capco Christopher Geldard has been appointed head of the global banking practice and member of [...]
Don’t blame foreigners for our self-inflicted housing shortage October 28, 2013 LONDON’S housing policy is in a mess: rules, restrictions and levies make it hard and expensive to build homes in the right places, crimping supply. Combined with growing demand, this has pushed prices up. While the coalition’s reforms have helped slightly, making it easier to convert old offices and simplifying some rules, and more public [...]
Rising university applications set to boost student housing rents October 28, 2013 STUDENT housing rents in London are set to rise by three per cent over the next 12 months because of the rising number students enrolling to universities and the lack of available rooms to rent in the capital. Knight Frank said London rents – up 1.73 per cent this academic year compared with last year [...]
A sci-fi treat with plenty of brains October 24, 2013 FILM ENDER’S GAME Cert 12a | By Simon Thomson Four Stars ENDER’S Game is a science fiction adventure about a special boy, sent to a special school, where he is trained to be a ruthless war commander. Basically, it’s Harry Potter. If he’d been sent to a military academy. In space. The internet has been [...]
The real McHoy October 20, 2013 Annabel Palmer talks to Sir Chris Hoy: Olympic athlete turned entrepreneur BRITAIN has caught the cycling bug. Close to 7m people hop on a bike once a month, a rise of 1m in four years. Not only are City professionals now donning full lycra for their daily commutes, but the craze has inspired entrepreneurial flair [...]