Listed law firm Knights buys 60-year-old Surrey firm March 22, 2021 UK law firm Knights will acquire Surrey-based Mundays for £5.3m in a move that will increase the group’s presence in the South East. Knights will pay £3.93m up front for the smaller law firm, followed by cash payments worth £1.375m to be paid over two years. Knights CEO David Beech said: “The acquisition of Mundays [...]
Screenshot: Who’s invited to the UK’s summer of fun? March 19, 2021 This week **Media Moment of the Week: No 10’s power vacuum **Who’s invited to the UK’s summer of fun? **BT gets a broadband boost Media Moment of the Week: No 10’s power vacuum There are two main things to remember when unveiling your grand £2.6m briefing room to the world: make sure it doesn’t look [...]
Premier League footballers asked to encourage young Brits to get Covid-19 vaccine March 15, 2021 Premier League footballers are being asked to encourage young Britons to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Government ministers believe the move will increase take-up among under-30s, reports The Sun, after polling found one in six had reservations about the jab. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has written to Premier League clubs to seek their help in reaching [...]
Canary Wharf: The ‘all work, no play’ banking district tries to reinvent itself as a Millennial neighbourhood March 15, 2021 Canary Wharf: The 'all work, no play' banking district tries to reinvent itself as a Milleninial neighbourhood
Locked Down is the pandemic heist movie we didn’t need March 12, 2021 While some TV shows and awards ceremonies have made magic out of the limitations of the pandemic, movies haven’t fared as well. Michael Bay’s Songbird was a misfire, while Netflix’s Malcolm and Marie wasted talented actors on a self-indulgent script. Locked Down was conceived, written, filmed, and edited in around four months from the start [...]
Best of travel: Living La Dolce Vita in Puglia in a Fiat 500 March 10, 2021 To tide us over until we’re able to travel again, we’re republishing classic travel stories from our archives. Today we revisit Adam Hay-Nicholls’ drive through Puglia in a retro Fiat 500. ••• I’m touring the heel of Italy in a car with no seatbelts and ropes for doors. Puglia is home to the mainland’s best [...]
North Sea firm NEO Energy snaps up Zennor Petroleum for $625m March 8, 2021 North Sea oil firm NEO Energy has this evening announced that it has bought fellow explorer Zennor Petroleum for $625m (£450m). The deal means that the independent producer will increase its regular output to 90,000 and 100,000 barrels a day over the next five years, making it one of the biggest producers focused on the [...]
Screenshot: Will nightclubs really reopen in June? March 5, 2021 This week: **Media Moment of the Week: Telly’s still got welly **Will nightclubs really reopen on 21 June? **The BBC turns back time Media Moment of the Week: Telly’s still got welly In the age of Silicon Valley streaming giants and relentless references to “content” and “eyeballs”, it’s easy to forget that TV can, sometimes, [...]
Prime outer London house prices boom as demand for extra space continues to rise March 5, 2021 House prices in prime outer London boroughs boomed last month as demand for more space has driven suburban property markets in the capital. In the year to February there were 1.1 per cent more transactions in prime outer London than over the previous 12-month period, underlying the strength of activity given the UK property market [...]
City Moves: Who is switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? March 3, 2021 Snakes and Ladders provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. This week we have seen a flurry of new hires across the capital. From a Ritz chairman joining an intelligence firm, to a former Knight Frank executive taking on a leading residential role [...]