Julian Assange timeline: From Wikileaks’ cable-leaker to Ecuadorian embassy refugee August 18, 2014 October 2006 – Assange sets up Wikileaks as a platform for anonymous whistleblowers. February 2010 – Wikileaks publishes a leaked cable relating to the Icesave scandal – the first classified documents supplied by Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning. April 2010 – Wikileaks reveals a video called Collateral Murder, showing two US military teams [...]
The New York power breakfast: A world of billion-dollar deals and $23 bowls of cereal July 29, 2014 Every morning, Leigh Wynn, the maitre d’ of the most expensive and exclusive breakfast spot in New York, wakes up at 4.30am. From 7am to 10am, her job is to find a table for some of the biggest and most demanding names in business, media and politics, and personally cater to their every whim, while [...]
Tech set to help drive London’s rents up a fifth July 14, 2014 Tech-related firms are set to overtake financial services and insurance as London’s biggest employer for the first time in 2018, helping to drive residential rental values as more workers search for a place to live in the capital. According to research released by Savills yesterday, an extra 368,000 people will be working in London in [...]
The City must not lose out on this vital new cancer centre July 14, 2014 THE SUCCESS of a city is reflected in its buildings and its health. The Square Mile is the proud home to much of the world’s prime real estate, and London hosts some of the world’s best hospitals. Recently, attention has focused on the architects lining up to introduce their visions for buildings reaching to the [...]
Work in Progress: Living in a postcard at One Tower Bridge July 11, 2014 While many new homes boast of their panoramic views across London, none are quite as iconic as the sight from One Tower Bridge. This landmark development from Berkeley is being built right next to one of the world’s most famous river crossings. It’s a mixed use site so, if you’re not planning on living [...]
David Cameron pledges to end London domination July 7, 2014 Prime Minister David Cameron joined the herd of politicians criticising the country’s reliance on London yesterday, even as official figures demonstrated the long-term increase in the capital city’s value to the economy. “For too long our economy has been too London-focused and too centralised,” Cameron said, launching the first part of a £12bn investment programme [...]
Metro Bank’s Vernon Hill slams failed banking system at London liberty conference June 18, 2014 Founder of Metro Bank Vernon Hill has criticised the UK's banking sector for failing consumers and lacking innovation at a conference held by the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS). Speaking In London's Guild Hall, Hill told a packed audience that the current banking system had failed society and was taking customers for granted. The boss [...]
British buyers are now snapping up over half of London’s £10m-plus homes June 10, 2014 The number of Brits buying properties worth over £10m has soared over the past year and now account for more than half of the market as the economic recovery gathers pace. British buyers of super-prime homes have risen from 36 per cent in 2013 to 53 per cent since the start of 2014, today’s [...]
London’s best flats with square garden access June 5, 2014 Next weekend, over 200 gates will be unlocked, grass will be mown, shrubs will be spruced and marquees will be erected to allow thousands of people to walk around London’s historic garden squares. The annual Open Garden Squares Weekend will kick off on 14 and 15 June to showcase the beauty and grandeur of these [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 02 June 2014 June 2, 2014 FINANCIAL TIMES Tony Blair to call for Europe reform Tony Blair will today call for Europe to reform itself in the wake of victories for anti-EU parties across the continent last week. In his first big speech on the subject since the European election results last weekend, the former prime minister will tell leaders in [...]