Britain’s love of Channel 4 is blinded by nostalgia, it’s time to finally sell up April 6, 2022 From a quasi-outsider’s perspective – I lived in Australia for the first 26 years of my life – Channel 4’s current makeup seems bizarre. It is state-owned, but commercially funded. Editorially independent, but bound by a legislative public service remit. The notion of having a public broadcaster that provides news coverage free from all commercial [...]
Many Tories believe Channel 4 sale is ‘revenge for biased coverage’ on Brexit and Boris Johnson, says Julian Knight MP April 5, 2022 Government plans to forge forward with the privatisation of Channel 4 are “revenge”, adding that many Tories believe the move is “payback time” for “biased coverage”, according to Tory MP Julian Knight. In a string of tweets, the MP addressed what he said was the “elephant in the room time” as he tweeted: “Is this [...]
GPE snaps up London’s Fashion Retail Academy building for over £36m March 30, 2022 GPE, formerly known as Great Portland Estates, has snapped up the government and Philip Green-backed Fashion Retail Academy building for £36.5m. While the property development and investment firm has bought the building, in the heart of Fitzrovia, it will remain home to the fashion school until it relocates to a larger building. The building, a [...]
How England Women came back from brink to bag Cricket World Cup semi March 30, 2022 Less than three weeks ago England, the reigning Women’s Cricket World Cup champions, looked to be down and out after losing their third consecutive group match to South Africa in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. In the early hours of Thursday morning, however, Heather Knight’s team have a shot at redemption against the Proteas as their [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Lightning can strike twice for Majestic Shum and Teetan March 29, 2022 PUNTERS didn’t find it easy at Sha Tin last Sunday when three out of four odds-on favourites were sunk, leaving the majority of multiple and exotic wagers consigned to the litterbins and bettors left stony-faced. It’s likely not to get any easier today with Sha Tin hosting an eight-race programme on the all-weather surface, something [...]
Law firms drive demand for London’s ‘super-prime’ office space March 29, 2022 Law firms are driving demand for “super-prime” office space in Central London, amid fierce competition to recruit and retain legal talent. Law firms took up more than a quarter (27 per cent) of all office space in the City of London last year, according to figures from Knight Frank. Intense competition between law firms to [...]
Hundreds of Knights’ worker opted into share options scheme as stock price plummets March 24, 2022 Shares in listed law firm Knights Plc continued to plummet today, as it emerged that hundreds of Knights’ workers had agreed to buy shares at more than double their current price, after opting into an employee ownership scheme. A total of 524 employees opted into Knights’ Save As You Earn scheme, which offered company employees [...]
£5bn investment turnover for central London office market since start of 2022 March 23, 2022 Central London’s office market has marked £5bn investment turnover since the start of the year, as confidence in the category returns. Property advisors Knight Frank have revealed a 300 per cent increase in comparison to the first quarter of 2021 when there were transactions worth £1.2bn. There are £5.8bn worth of central London office deals [...]
Russia labelled ‘trolling infants’ over plans to scupper UK and Ireland Euro 2028 bid March 23, 2022 Russia’s football association has confirmed that it hopes to scupper the UK and Ireland’s bid to host Euro 2028 with a rival proposal. The move drew immediate and fierce condemnation, with MPs accusing Russia and the Russian Football Union (RFU) of behaving like “trolling infants”. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland’s [...]
Shares in Knights continue to plummet after law firm says return-to-office was blocked by Omicron March 23, 2022 Shares in London listed law firm Knights continued to fall today, after the firm blamed the Omicron variant for a “slowdown in corporate work.” In a trading update, Knights, which has 17 offices across Britain, said the “persistent effects of Omicron” and high rates of illness amongst its employees meant the firm failed to make [...]