The bigger they come: The amazing story of Wentworth Woodhouse, the largest home in England July 24, 2019 You’ve heard of Chatsworth, and Castle Howard, that Brideshead dream. You’ve heard of Blenheim Palace, the Duke of Marlborough’s monumental home. But what about Wentworth Woodhouse, the biggest house in England? Wentworth Woodhouse, the former seat of the Earls Fitzwilliam, could have been a house lost to history. Five miles from Rotherham, it sits in [...]
Tory mayoral hopeful Shaun Bailey calls for ‘pause’ on HS2 July 15, 2019 Tory mayoral hopeful Shaun Bailey has said High Speed Two (HS2) should be “paused” and investment redirected to the north as the project’s future hangs in the balance. Bailey called HS2, the £56bn railway that will connect London to the north via Birmingham, an “overpriced scheme based on outdated technology” that was “crowding out the [...]
Why this new build is already a Grade-I listed building June 28, 2019 It’s hard to think of a more enviable location in London to call home than Regent’s Crescent. With the 400 acres of Regent’s Park on your doorstep, extensive private gardens front and back, and the shops and restaurants of Marylebone just minutes away, the three-million budget you need to move in (and that’s for a [...]
Morrisons to expand Amazon online delivery service across UK June 13, 2019 Supermarket Morrisons said today it will expand its online delivery partnership with Amazon to more cities across the UK. The Morrisons at Amazon service allows Amazon Prime customers to receive online same day grocery deliveries in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and parts of London and the home counties. Customers can order groceries online which are picked [...]
Focus On Bermondsey: The London borough with the Shard in its back yard June 7, 2019 Seventy two households, all belonging to the Count Robert of Mortain, and collectively worth a grand total of 40 pence; this was the value of Bermondsey as recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. Things have changed somewhat since then (Bermondsey wasn’t even an official part of London at the time), but few areas have [...]
Tech firms urge Tory leadership candidates to back UK’s digital sector June 6, 2019 Tech firms have issued a desperate plea to candidates in the Tory leadership race, urging them to avoid a no-deal Brexit and back the UK’s booming digital sector. Tech UK, which represents more than 900 businesses, has written to the candidates warning of “long-lasting and damaging consequences” of a no-deal Brexit for tech investment and [...]
Let’s not let rage become the prevailing story of our nation April 8, 2019 Public morality, but private depravity – a time when keeping up appearances on the outside was very much the order of the day. You have to wonder if Brexit has turned this Victorian attitude decisively on its head. No one watching the daily media scrum on College Green could argue that today’s national conversation is [...]
Notting Hill: The West London enclave defying London’s house price slump April 7, 2019 With its annual carnival, famous market and edgy-cum-glamorous feel, Notting Hill has never been a place to conform to the norms of other Central London neighbourhoods. And it is in keeping with such independence that while many of the capital’s prime residential hotspots are currently undergoing a slump, the West London enclave’s property market has [...]
iSmash on rivalling Apple for tech repairs and launching more stores in a dying high street March 25, 2019 Many will be familiar with the trauma: you drop your smartphone and the screen shatters into a modern-day mosaic. You either learn to live with shards of glass jabbing your fingers, wait a week for a phone company to fix it, or pay for a bodge job at a corner shop. Except those are no longer [...]
Investment banks in London may need ‘chaperones’ for EU clients in event of no-deal Brexit February 16, 2019 Banks such as Credit Suisse and Nomura have said they would have to loop in EU colleagues when talking to customers in Europe about specific advisory work and regulated products like loans or bonds. In the event of a no deal Brexit, even the cold-calling of company executives to pitch for new business out of [...]