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Former Burberry HQ off to auction

20.11.09
Administrators to Paul Kemsley's Rock property empire will close the bidding for Burberry's former Haymarket headquarters next Tuesday... more

The big interview: Harry Redknapp

03.11.09
Exclusive: Spurs boss dismisses idea he’s a wheeler-dealer and reveals himself to be a family man whose idea of happiness is an evening with his wife... more

Legal & General ‘to buy Lloyds’ property assets’

23.10.09
Legal & General, the UK’s biggest pension fund manager, was today in talks about buying property assets from Lloyds Banking Group, according to insiders ... more

Rock sell-off rolls ahead

20.10.09
The sale of trophy assets in Paul Kemsley’s £500 million Rock property empire is underway with the former Burberry headquarters and Selhurst Park expected to attract bumper bids ... more

Quintain slumps as Lloyds takes big loss on stake sale

10.09.09
Lloyds Banking Group today sold a 10% stake in London-based residential property developer Quintain Estates & Development, which it acquired along with duff bank HBOS earlier this year, notching up a thumping loss of almost £100 million ... more

Never the English gent: a clear picture of Ronson

05.06.09
Congratulations to Jeffrey Robinson for his ghosting skills. For he has caught perfectly the gruff, proud and sporadically aggrieved voice of Gerald Ronson in an autobiography of the property developer published this week. Gerald Ronson: Leading From The Front — My Story (Mainstream £18.99) reads as if the great man himself barked his life story into a Dictaphone, had his PA type it up, and then sent to the printers with strict orders that not a word be changed ... more

‘Rottweiler’ Kemsley’s Rock empire goes bust

04.06.09
The £500 million property empire of Paul Kemsley, friend of Sir Alan Sugar and a former Tottenham Hotspur director, has gone bust ... more

'Bond hotel' plan hit by £72m loan default

06.02.09
Property: Plans to turn the celebrated former Midland Bank building, whose vaults starred as Fort Knox in the 1964 Bond film Goldfinger, into London's first six-star hotel have been thrown into disarray after the owner defaulted on a £72 million loan... more

With a nod and a wink, the return of Arry the Geezer

27.10.08
Rescuing Spurs is not the only challenge Harry Redknapp faces as he once again becomes manager of a London club... more

Oligarch to turn listed City landmark into six-star hotel

01.07.08
One of the City's finest buildings is to be converted into London's first six-star hotel by a Russian oligarch... more

Apprentice final four dish the dirt on what they REALLY think of Sir Alan, his secretary and each other

10.06.08
The Apprentice finalists have spilled behind the scenes gossip ahead of tomorrow's highly anticipated boardroom showdown.... more

Fired Apprentice Lucinda: I was bullied because of my accent

04.06.08
A sour Lucinda Ledgerwood dubbed the headquarters of Sir Alan Sugar's business empire 'bland' after becoming the latest candidate to be sacked from The Apprentice.... more

Apprentice Watch: Lucinda's fired after mauling from Sir Alan's mob

04.06.08
Lucinda Ledgerwood, 32, was the latest contestant to be fired from BBC TV's The Apprentice last night. After a torrid time being interviewed by Sir Alan's advisers, she said she was not disappointed to miss out on the job, dismissing it as a 'sales' position.... more

It's still boomtime, says Shaftesbury

14.02.08
Shaftesbury, the owner of vast swathes of Carnaby Street, Chinatown and Covent Garden, says the West End property market is booming despite the slowdown elsewhere in the country... more

Stars pay £2,500 each to help the Old Vic

17.11.06
Guests including Elle Macpherson, Jeremy Irons and Robert Lindsay will pay £2,500 each for lobster and roast beef at a charity meal for the cash-strapped Old Vic.... more

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