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Have the Tories turned their backs on the City?

13.08.09
Signs suggest David Cameron could halt Crossrail. And it may mark a wider shift from old party ties ... more

Smart new home for stone that’s steeped in history

17.07.09
At 1.20pm last Tuesday, three women office workers halted briefly outside a small, empty office block in Cannon Street ... more

Time to debate the future of our financial services is now

07.05.09
Politicians invariably behave even more oddly than usual when there is an election looming, and it is useful to bear this simple thought in mind when looking at the raft of proposals emerging from all corners of the European continent for regulation of the financial-services industry... more

Crossrail will eat money. Kill it, Boris, and save the bankrupt Tube instead

28.04.09
Kill Crossrail. Kill it now. Offer it up as London's gift to public sector sanity, while there is still time to avoid millions of pounds climbing into billions on a project that London does not need... more

Monument reopens as 'symbol of hope' in recession-hit City

16.02.09
One of London's most historic landmarks, the Monument, reopens to the public after a £4.5million restoration... more

Now City of London Corp gets political

09.02.09
So Labour is to put up candidates for the City of London Corporation elections. Labour says it wants to "highlight what is wrong with the established governance of the City of London, and how its largely unaccountable leaders have brought Britain to recession"... more

US tycoon plans to turn City landmark into hotel

28.01.09
An American property magnate has unveiled plans to transform one of the City's best known office buildings into a "six-star" hotel... more

Pull together, says diplomat working to make London future-proof

17.12.08
Interview: New York is fighting back and the world is full of new challenges to the City, warns Mayor's adviser Bob Wigley. It can't afford complacency... more

Let’s breathe new life back into the old City spaces

24.11.08
Few parts of London can be more hateful than Canary Wharf... more

Come on, Boris - London's economy needs you

18.11.08
The capital’s jobs and wealth have been through tough times before and come back. But this time especially they need the Mayor’s help... 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

Downturn casts doubt over Crossrail funding

31.10.08
Business leaders have raised fears they could struggle to raise their £3.5billion contribution to Crossrail during the economic downturn... more

Gordon is our saviour? EU must be joking

24.10.08
Few people in Britain have taken too seriously the claims by US Nobel economics laureate Paul Krugman and other luminaries that Gordon Brown's recapitalisation of the banks means he is a global superhero... more

Crisis puts the Crossrail sums on wrong lines

07.10.08
Anxious times for those involved in the Crossrail project, where key funding documents remain unsigned and the downturn and falling property values have put major question marks against some of the calculations... more

Choice of next Lord Mayor turns liverish

09.09.08
LESS than three weeks to go to the City Corporation elects a new Lord Mayor, and all is not exactly sweetness and light at Guildhall... more

'Call me Tim' is dim when it's time for P45s

21.08.08
The departure of Tim Parker from City Hall can be seen as a salutary lesson for any business heavyweight fancying their chances at the top of local government... more

Blears puts Smithfield development in limbo

07.08.08
The future of Smithfield Market was back in limbo after a scheme for its redevelopment was thrown out... more

Canary Wharf outwits City to lure JPMorgan

05.08.08
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Comment: Drop Dibley - City must get in tune with the times

23.06.08
Some years ago, I went to a Buckingham Palace garden party. As Prince Charles crossed a lawn to take tea with his mother in a marquee roped off from the guests, the watching throng applauded. Why are they clapping? I wondered at the time... more

City's new champion is ready to thump tables for its future

14.05.08
Stuart Fraser has succeeded Michael Snyder as the Square Mile's chief executive and is determined to defend it against all-comers including the Government... more

Comment: Keeping our global lead

25.02.08
The latest YouGovStone poll, which we publish today, shows that leading Londoners see a range of threats to the capital's global status, including to the role of the financial sector, the biggest single factor, a majority believe, in London's position... more

Wake up, Gordon, our success is under threat

25.02.08
London is one of the two fully global business cities in the world - the other is New York - and this brings immense economic and cultural vitality to the capital and to those who live here... more

Comment: The top city

21.02.08
A new study that reveals that the City's hard-won lead over Wall Street is shrinking should worry everyone from the Chancellor downwards... more

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