Bakerloo Line extension takes one step closer as £8bn plans unveiled February 24, 2024 Amongst the proposals include the extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead, and a West London Overground line, as well as a second crossrail linking the south west and north east.
Government backs SLAPPs bill to stop gagging of press amid warning it needs more work February 23, 2024 The UK Government has backed a bill that will crack down on SLAPPs that will prevent wealthy or corrupt people from gagging journalists by using the legal system. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) is a term given to defamation cases and legal threat that are generally brought against journalists and campaigners as a form [...]
Mortgage rates are going back UP – but where will they end up? February 23, 2024 A number of mortgage lenders are raising their costs again in a move which will “bring further tears to the eyes of the general public”.
Who is buying London’s mansions? 60 per cent go to wealthy buyers from four countries February 23, 2024 The super-prime market in London is booming. More mansions in the capital are being sold, for higher prices, to an increasingly international base. In 2023, sales of super-luxury new-build London apartments rose by 137 per cent to an average of £4,306 per square foot, according to Beauchamp Estates. Supply of luxury houses has also been boosted by an influx [...]
Ed Warner: On bad actors and their pernicious influence on so many sports February 22, 2024 Our columnist on rogues who taint sport, plus FA Cup maths, Rwanda, Tracey Crouch MP and Jilly Cooper.
London’s new tech hotspot might be south of the river February 22, 2024 London's tech businesses have long clustered around Old Street and Stratford. But could the new design district in Greenwich steal the crown?
We already know how to end rough sleeping, so why haven’t we? February 22, 2024 Instead of criminalising rough sleeping, the government should expand a policy that's proven to work: giving people homes, argues Lucy Kenningham
Square Mile and Me: Robin AI CEO Richard Robinson on making it in the startup world February 22, 2024 Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Richard Robinson, CEO and founder of legal AI startup Robin AI, tells us how he got there What was your first job? Working as a fishmonger with my father during the school summer holidays. What was your first role in [...]
Brent Hoberman’s Founders Factory hires Second Home entrepreneur as it eyes further expansion February 21, 2024 London-based tech accelerator Founders Factory has hired the founder of co-working space Second Home to support its international expansion.
BT Tower to be turned into Heatherwick-designed hotel by US giant February 21, 2024 London's iconic BT Tower has been sold to a US hotels giant for £275m - who will give it a new life as a hotel