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Arsenal slashes price on 'job lot' sale of 150 flats

28.09.09
Arsenal has slashed the price on a 'job lot' sale of almost 150 flats in its former Highbury stadium... more

Candys 'worth £750m' despite property crash

09.09.09
Nick and Christian Candy, whose ultra-luxurious properties came to symbolise the extravagance of the bull market before the recession, are together worth about £750 million despite the property market crash, their corporate finance head claimed ... more

Darling’s 50% tax sends tycoons to Switzerland

24.08.09
London's rich hedge fund managers and private equity executives will quit the UK in droves ahead of the 50% top tax rate next spring ... more

City Spy: Lords in search of bonus soundbite?

17.08.09
It's fascinating how ministers propose to legislate on bank bonuses. When the Financial Services Authority published its proposed rules in March and invited views, plenty of banks and professional bodies duly responded but members of the Government maintained their silence ... more

Local library lets you read virtual books on your mobile

29.07.09
Library books and magazines including Wisden and the Bible will be available to download on to mobile phones or computers under a pioneering scheme at a London library... more

Qataris select architects for Chelsea Barracks 'longlist'

27.07.09
The developers of the £3billion Chelsea Barracks scheme are set to announce a "longlist" of up to 15 architectural firms in the running to design plans for the site.... more

Pac-Man back as Friends Provident snaps at suitor Resolution

17.07.09
Pac-Man defence returns with a vengeance to the City as hunted insurer Friends Provident turns predator with a bid for Resolution... more

Prospect of bidding war sparks surge

13.07.09
Friends Provident shares rallied 10% as hope sparked of a bidding war for the 177-year-old insurer ... more

Ernst & Young is not top of the pops

02.06.09
A catastrophe for the noble firm of Ernst & Young, a bulwark of what has been known as the Big Four in the accountancy profession. It has been relegated to fifth in rankings of listed company auditors...... more

Saudi royals win approval for £50m ‘super-home’ in Belgravia

01.06.09
Saudi royals are planning a hi-tech "super-home" worth up to £50million by knocking together three houses in Belgravia... more

How can these sad exiles prefer cash to London?

12.05.09
Those now fleeing our tax rates did much to contribute to our economic woes. Despite this, we must pity them... more

London's rich flee 50% tax regime

11.05.09
Financiers are planning to leave London en masse to avoid the new 50 per cent tax rate for high earners... more

UK bankers are worst off

05.05.09
Top-rate taxpayers in Britain will be significantly worse off than those in other leading financial services-led countries as a result of Chancellor Alistair Darling's double whammy against the rich in his Budget ... more

MPs should try grilling Bank’s rate-setters

21.04.09
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‘Locals will suffer’ in curbs on tax havens

09.04.09
The local population of offshore tax havens could be plunged into poverty if Gordon Brown’s plans to clamp down on these regions come to fruition, an expert warned... more

London brushes off downturn to stay top of financial centres

05.03.09
London has retained its crown as the world’s top financial centre despite being battered by the economic crisis, according to a new study... more

Ovation for Blethyn in London River

11.02.09
Bouchareb's portrait of London after the terrorist attacks is startlingly accurate. It is a film no Londoner should miss.... more

Kuznetsova loses her cool in defeat

28.01.09
Furious Svetlana Kuznetsova has hit out at Australian Open organisers after her 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 quarter-final defeat by Serena Williams... more

Candy brothers selling three homes for £100m

23.01.09
Property tycoons Nick and Christian Candy are trying to sell three homes in London for £100million, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Barracks chapel stands in way of Chelsea sports centre plan

15.01.09
Proposals for a sports centre on the site of the former Chelsea Barracks could be scaled down if a Victorian chapel on the land is given listed status... more

Residents complain about new Chelsea Barracks proposal

19.11.08
Residents are still unhappy with the £3billion Chelsea Barracks scheme despite major alterations to the original plans... more

Candys sell share in barracks to the Qataris

10.11.08
The Candy brothers have agreed to sell their stake in the £3 billion Chelsea Barracks scheme and the neighbouring Grosvenor Waterside development to their Qatari partners... more

Chelsea Barracks plans get greener and leaner

07.11.08
These are the first images of the new plans for Britain's most expensive housing development... more

£3.5 million Bloomsbury puts faith in Buffett

29.08.08
Bloomsbury reckons a new biography of Warren Buffett will help it thrive in a post-Harry Potter world... more

Hiscox beats the gloom to reach high of £109 million

18.08.08
Insurer Hiscox has shrugged off the financial-market turmoil to beat forecasts and deliver a record firsthalf profit... more

ITV set to escape seven-figure fine over Ant and Dec vote-rigging scandal

19.05.08
ITV may get away with its latest vote-rigging debacle involving presenters Ant and Dec - and avoid a seven-figure fine in the process.... more

Try grazing exquisitely

30.01.08
It has a sumptuous, jaw-dropping posh room, but The Landau's terrific staff are where the restaurant really scores.... more

Amazing grazing in a stunning setting

09.01.08
The Landau may be only slightly lighter on the hips than on the wallet, but it's seriously worth every pound.... more

A grazing menu to tempt the super-rich

28.11.07
The Landau at the Langham Hotel has overwrought dishes and a wine list that goes off like a rocket.... more

Critic's choice: top five exhibitions

08.03.07
Canaletto, Renoir and Gilbert & George are among the exhibitions well worth catching in the capital this week.... more

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