The Hundred launch: Enthusiasm and confusion defines response to the ECB’s great hope October 3, 2019 The England and Wales Cricket Board’s great hope made its much-anticipated launch in a chilly warehouse on Brick Lane this morning. After a great deal of fanfare and a glitzy, clumsy marketing campaign The Hundred, a 100-ball competition with eight new franchises which begins next summer, took its first steps, full of optimism yet tinged [...]
Tory MP Clifton-Brown told to leave conference after ‘totally unacceptable’ altercation October 1, 2019 It’s all kicking off at the Conservative party conference. While the gloves might be off metaphorically in Westminster, in Manchester MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown was involved in a real-life altercation with a delegate this afternoon. Authorities put the press room on lock down during the kerfuffle, meaning journalists could not get to the incident, in [...]
A splash of colour: Art can boost workplace productivity September 30, 2019 Florence Nightingale once wrote: “Little as we know about the way in which we are affected by form, by colour, and light, we do know this: that they have an actual physical effect. Variety of form and brilliancy of colour in the objects presented to patients, are actual means of recovery.” That’s a quote from [...]
Regent’s Crescent: How John Nash’s iconic Georgian terrace is being reborn September 27, 2019 Walk around London’s west end, your eyes skywards, and you’d be hard pressed not to spot the work of John Nash. The architect to the Prince Regent (later George IV) built countless buildings in central London – from Marble Arch, to Clarence House, to All Souls Church on Langham Place. And then there’s Park Crescent. [...]
Focus on Wapping: First-time home buyers are taking advantage of City connections and ‘sensible’ prices September 27, 2019 Located on the north bank of the Thames just to the east of Tower Bridge, Wapping is one of the few remaining postcodes where you can snap up a flat within walking distance of the City without a completely eye-watering price tag. Formerly the domain of dock workers, large swathes of the area have been [...]
Property of the week: Beer fans will lap up this Chiswick mansion with links to historic brewery September 20, 2019 Steeped in brewing history, this home that has come to the market in West London could be the perfect pad for a beer lover. Records suggest it was built soon after 1700 when it was used as a pub with links to the local brewery – though some of its foundations date back to an [...]
Sirius boss buys shares after project put on review September 18, 2019 The chief executive who put the brakes on his own mining project yesterday has bought more shares in the venture, after they collapsed by more than half. The family of Chris Fraser bought an extra 250,000 of Sirius Minerals shares at just over 4p each, the company revealed in a filing today. The family now [...]
Staffers (and cricketers) named in May’s resignation honours September 10, 2019 Theresa May has named former colleagues, staffers and England cricketers in her list of resignation honours. Olly Robbins, the civil servant who acted as chief negotiator with the EU during her tenure, has been rewarded with a KCMG – making him a knight commander. The same honour has gone to May’s PPS George Hollingbery. Patrick [...]
Margaret Thatcher’s spin doctor Lord Bell dies aged 77 August 26, 2019 Lord Tim Bell, Margaret Thatcher’s public relations adviser and founder of the PR firm Bell Pottinger, has died aged 77. He died on Sunday at home following an illness. The PR man played a role in the Conservatives’ successful election campaigns in 1979, 1983 and 1987. He was responsible for the Conservatives’ “Labour isn’t working” [...]
Wework rival Knotel secures unicorn status with $400m funding August 21, 2019 Knotel, the flexible workspace rival to Wework, today said it has achieved “unicorn” status after securing a fresh round of funding worth $400m (£329m). The New York-based startup bagged the bumper cash injection in a round led by Wafra, the investment arm of Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund. Read more: Wework lost $700m in first half, [...]