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Shoppers still spending at Canary Wharf

22.09.11
Consumer confidence may be on the floor, but the well-heeled workers of Canary Wharf are still spending, Docklands landlord Songbird Estates has said... more

Bank staff told to work from home to avoid 2012 travel chaos

17.08.11
Tens of thousands of staff at London's top banks will be told to work from home or do flexitime during the Olympics... more

Job done: Canary Wharf completes plan

08.08.11
Almost a quarter of a century after it was first drawn up, Canary Wharf today said it would build the final tower block which completes its original masterplan... more

Working flat out: City bankers can sleep off their excesses in a £9.99-an-hour pod

08.03.11
Party-loving bankers have been known to sleep on the floors of loos, offices and even lifts after a heavy night out. Now a former City worker claims to have come up with the perfect solution for revellers in need of a nap ... more

Mind the snores! Seven City brokers get stuck in a lift after boozy night out

02.03.11
Seven City businessmen forced to sleep in a lift after a boozy dinner as elevator gets stuck between floors... more

Shard soars to tallest building title

24.11.10
The Shard under construction in London Bridge has now overtaken Canary Wharf as the tallest building in Britain... more

Citigroup delight as profits rise to $2.2bn

18.10.10
Citigroup reports a third consecutive quarterly profit as losses slow and the bank sets aside less money to cover bad loans... more

Songbird Estates sets sights on City with ‘Walkie-Talkie’ tower

23.09.10
Canary Wharf owner is eyeing plans to strike into the heart of the City with talks over a joint venture to build the “Walkie-Talkie”... more

City vacancies soar as firms rebuild

16.06.10
Job vacancies in the City and Canary Wharf are up 82% on a year ago, a survey shows... more

JPMorgan’s Wharf move in limbo as election awaits result

07.05.10
On Property: The banks will not be pleased by the result of an election whose result is hanging in the balance - and JPMorgan will be less happy than most... more

Will this Battery last?

18.02.10
In these uncertain markets, the choice to open Battery seems to be positively foolhardy. ... more

BlackRock pays high price for top City site

04.02.10
The owner of Canary Wharf let out a major office building near the Bank of England to BlackRock Investment Management... more

City Spy: Caz eyes Lehman Brothers' Canary Wharf HQ

19.01.10
As rumours swirl that JP Morgan could yet pull out of building its new HQ at Canary Wharf, word reaches City Spy that the owner of Cazenove may still be tempted by a move east... more

Canary Wharf chalks up £208m office block sale

09.12.09
Canary Wharf sold the 12-storey office block built to be the home of Bear Stearns' European operations for £208 million... more

Morgan Stanley smashes profits forecasts

21.10.09
Morgan Stanley, one of Canary Wharf's biggest employers, said it had set aside $5 billion to pay staff for the third quarter despite a slump in profits from a year earlier... more

HSBC aiming to pull in £2.7bn from selling HQs

05.10.09
Europe’s largest bank HSBC today agreed the sale and leaseback of its New York headquarters for $330 million, the first of three such planned transactions ... more

Wharf backers up stake

18.09.09
Sovereign wealth funds from Qatar and China pledge to plough millions of pounds into Canary Wharf weeks after rescuing its owner from collapse... more

Boris uses new powers to allow tallest tower

28.08.09
Boris Johnson is expected to overrule councillors and give the go-ahead for a skyscraper in order to secure 'thousands' of jobs and £4 million for Crossrail... more

China and Qatar pull Canary Wharf back from the brink

28.08.09
The owner of Canary Wharf was today rescued by cash from Qatar and China in a deal which could see the overseas investors take control of more than half the company.... more

Canary Wharf owner brought back from disaster by Qatar and China cash

28.08.09
The debt-ridden owner of Canary Wharf has secured its future with hundreds of millions of pounds of investment from sovereign wealth funds in Qatar and China... more

'I had to queue for an hour to get a boat'

10.06.09
"I was fully expecting to have to get two or three buses to get to work this morning. I even woke up an hour early because I knew the journey was going to take a long time and that the buses were going to be absolutely rammed. Just before I was about to set off my flatmate heard on the radio that the Northern line was working.... more

How the recession is poisoning the Wharf

02.06.09
Canary Wharf was in the midst of the banking boom that turned London into the most powerful financial centre in the world - but it could now become one of the most high-profile victims of the bust ... more

Credit Suisse in London property sale

29.05.09
Investment bank Credit Suisse is looking to raise as much as £500 million by selling its property estate in London ... more

Are we there yet? It looks like we really could be

15.05.09
Today’s ceremony at Canary Wharf marks yet another stage on a long, expensive and tortuous journey... more

Crossrail gets out of the sidings after two decades

15.05.09
Boris Johnson and Gordon Brown kickstart work on new railway under London that will transform travel across the capital... more

London's great rail project steams ahead

15.05.09
The start of work on the Canary Wharf Crossrail station is a significant milestone for London's biggest rail project, and one worth celebrating. After years of delays and false starts, the Heathrow-to-Stratford rail link is now decisively on track, even if it will be 2017 before any passengers board it.... more

Best viewing points for London Marathon

24.04.09
Here's our guide to the London Marathon's best viewing points, from Greenwich all the way to the finish line in the shadow of Buckingham Palace.... more

Canary Wharf buys back its debt for a song

09.04.09
The owner of Canary Wharf revealed it has bought back nearly £120 million of its debt for as little as 21p in the pound... more

Canary Wharf owner cagey on debt burden as values dive

26.03.09
Songbird Estates, the AIM-listed owner of Canary Wharf, warned it could crack under the strain of its massive debts as the value of its properties plunge in the downturn... more


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