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Let's police the business lobbyists

17.10.11
Shock! Horror! Right-wing elements of the Conservative party have links to Right-wing conservatives in the US!... more

King of Soho's son was paid £78 million in carve-up

04.10.11
Paul Raymond's son Howard was paid nearly £78 million in the settlement with the rest of the family that carved up the late porn baron's Soho and Notting Hill property portfolio... more

On property: Key project for Quintain is to build up investor confidence

27.05.11
Two weeks ago, Quintain Estates chief executive Adrian Wyatt was in northern Portugal, speaking at the launch of a partnership between Cisco Systems and Living PlanIT, a loose-fit organisation encouraging the building of a fully wired community of 250,000, some 15 kilometres north of Oporto... more

How the King of Soho's son plans to build a London empire to rival his father's

24.05.11
When Revuebar founder Paul Raymond died it was rumoured his son Howard would get nothing. Now he's on the Rich List and making a film about his flamboyant clan... more

City Spy: Oh no! Spymaster falls for conman

16.05.11
What is about Air Marshall Sir John Walker, ex-spymaster at the Defence Intelligence Service (DIS) and one of the City's great and the good, and con artists?... more

City Spy: A&O lays down the law on short skirts

11.04.11
Who said the City was no longer a sexist place? Female trainees at Allen & Overy have been given a bollocking by the law firm's (mostly male) partners for... dressing too provocatively and for not brushing their hair... more

Norris told to refocus Soho Estates as he takes the helm

25.03.11
Two-time London mayoral candidate Steven Norris is set to take the helm at Soho Estates with a brief to overhaul the central London property empire amassed by porn baron Paul Raymond... more

How porn king Paul Raymond foiled two blackmailers

29.10.10
'King of Soho' Paul Raymond turned the tables on blackmailers in a series of bizarre telephone calls, police files reveal... more

I'm just an ordinary girl, says heiress to Paul Raymond's £650m empire

01.06.10
She may own 60 acres of the West End but heiress Fawn James says she is just 'a normal 24-year-old — with a Porsche'... more

New avenue open for Shaftesbury

19.02.10
On Property: The City is optimistic about Shaftesbury as an "unprecedented number of visitors" hits its patch, so how can it move the share price further?... more

Teenager on the high road to fame

07.12.09
A London schoolgirl has been named by Vogue as the face of the next decade... more

London's new influentials

10.11.09
'The 1000' - the Standard's list of the capital's top movers and shakers - is out tomorrow. Here's a preview of 25 bright sparks who make this year's selection for the first time... more

Return of the whale hunters

10.06.09
We’ve learned to love whales and dolphins but a new film reveals the sickening slaughter of these beautiful creatures... more

Facing a dilemma over downgrades

22.05.09
One group of businesses to have been on the receiving end of official wrath over the credit crunch are the rating agencies. ... more

Shaftesbury wants £150m for Berwick Street new look

20.05.09
West End landlord Shaftesbury tapped the City for £149.1 million to fund a regeneration project in the heart of Soho... more

Shaftesbury raises cash for Soho revamp

20.05.09
West End landlord Shaftesbury tapped the City for almost £150 million to fund a regeneration project in the heart of Soho ... more

Striptease or art? The question for burlesque taste police

28.04.09
A North London council ignited a debate over whether burlesque is an art form or simply titillation... more

The new queen of Soho

01.04.09
In an exclusive interview, the girl who inherited 60 acres of prime real estate from porn king Paul Raymond says she is unfazed by being Soho’s biggest landlord... more

An elusive king and a mounting debt of £2m

14.11.08
East London millionaire Jack Petchey won’t want to recall a property deal done with the King of Belgravia in the spring of 2007. But this tale of our times is worth repeating... more

Ex-porn king's heirs £7m richer

06.11.08
Heirs to the empire of the late porn-king-turned-property-tycoon Paul Raymond pocketed £7 million from his real estate business this year as profits rose to £17.8 million in 2007... more

Soho street to be turned into a hotel

17.04.08
A millionaire property developer who bought an entire side of a Soho street plans to turn it into a boutique hotel... more

Fawn James, the £650m queen of Soho, hits a club on her manor

28.03.08
Porn heiress Fawn James enjoyed a night out in Mayfair last night, just a stone's throw away from neighbouring Soho, where her late grandfather Paul Raymond made his millions through a porn and property empire. The 22-year-old, who is expected to take a large slice of Raymond's £650 million fortune following his death last week, spent the night partying at Embassy ... more

Great people – so what went wrong?

26.03.08
For his revamp of Café Boheme, Nick Jones hired some top names – but despite the quality ingredients, it’s a recipe for disaster.... more

Fawn, 22, set to take control of Raymond empire

25.03.08
Paul Raymond's 22-year-old granddaughter is being groomed to take over the £650 million porn and property empire he built up... more

The glamour of sexy Soho? Not on my street, thanks

06.03.08
When I worked in Soho a couple of years back I enjoyed the way flickering neon signs in sex shop windows sat happily beside the area's trendy cafés and boutiques... more

Raymond, the porn king driven by a lust for money

03.03.08
There was, in the end, only one thing which made Paul Raymond happy - and no, it was not sex. It was money... more

Battle over Soho king's £650m will

03.03.08
Soho porn king Paul Raymond has died at the age of 82 - paving the way for a battle over his estimated £650million fortune... more


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