Crown Estates sues Twitter over unpaid rent of its Piccadilly Circus HQ TWITTER TROUBLE Twitter is being sued by the Crown Estates over unpaid rent relating to its Piccadilly Circus-based headquarters building. The Crown Estates manages property for King Charles III and the monarchy, which includes the 10m sq Twitter headquarters in central London. The estate filed the claim against Twitter Inc, which is also facing legal action over [...]
London’s unicorns: City’s tech start-ups are bringing in the big bucks TECH CITY London’s tech start-ups have had a turbulent 2022. But while some of the original tech players in the city have struggled with rising costs and depleting revenues, newer unicorns are making moves. Here are the five London start-ups that made their mark this year, and are to be watched out for in 2023. OakNorth Valued [...]
Truphone sale jeopardised, founder puts in last-minute bid to buy back company A last minute bid from Alexander Straub, has jeopardized the sale of Truphone. Straub is one of the founders of Truphone. The company is a GSMA accredited global mobile network headquartered in London that operates its service internationally. It has an annual revenue of £45.62 m. Shares in the company were put up for a [...]
Hunt to present changes to City rules in bid to make London more competitive December 7, 2022 Various media report this morning that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will later this week unveil a package of financial reforms to relax regulation in the City in a bid to make London more competitive. The measures are likely to include easing the ring-fencing rules on Britain’s biggest banks, which were imposed following the 2008 financial crisis, [...]
Hogan Lovells readies itself for demolition of Holborn Viaduct HQ after taking up office space at 10 Fleet Place May 30, 2022 British-American law firm Hogan Lovells has struck a 10-year deal with private equity firm Addington Capital to rent out the seventh and eighth floors of the firm’s 10 Fleet Place office building. The legal sector giant is set to transfer its business services teams to the 10 Fleet Place premises, as it seeks to exit [...]
French Unicorn Aircall opens new office in UK November 9, 2021 French Unicorn, Aircall, the global cloud-based call centre software, will be opening its UK office in London’s Silicon Roundabout as part of its expansion across Europe.
UK firms bank on London’s status as top financial centre September 13, 2021 More than two thirds of the UK’s financial firms believe that London will retain its status as one of the world’s leading financial centres after Brexit. When Britain completed its exit from the EU in December last year, it divorced from its biggest single export customer, casting doubts over its status as a leading global [...]
Bottom-up ESG: New platform wants to give retail investor army voting power for £1 September 9, 2021 Tulipshare is targeting the next generation of shareholders by tapping into their booming interest in retail investment and demand for a corporate ESG overhaul. The new UK-based activist investment platform wants to enable individuals to “vote with their money” for change from the inside at Amazon, Coca-Cola and Apple by investing as little as £1. [...]
TheCityUK: London at risk of losing global financial status in next five years September 7, 2021 The City of London is at risk of losing its status as a global financial powerhouse within five years, the Square Mile’s most influential lobbying body said today. In a new report, TheCityUK worked with 60 financial services groups to set out international strategy proposals to return the UK’s financial capital to being the “world’s [...]
Space SPAC: Seraphim-backed satellite firm Spire makes New York debut August 18, 2021 Space investor Seraphim has announced its portfolio company Spire, which provides satellites for space, has debuted on the New York Stock Exchange after becoming the latest space company to close a merger via SPAC. Spire has merged with special acquisition company NavSight Holdings, which valued the satellite firm at $1.6bn in equity. The new combined [...]