On property: At the Mansion House on Tuesday, architect Lee Polisano asked an audience of 150 - who were there to learn how the City might look in 25 years - if they had heard of the Chinese city of Ningbo. One hand hesitantly rose... more
If you're looking for London's liveliest urban village, it's hard to beat the streets around Smithfield Market, full of cafés, bars, pubs, pie shops and sushi bars... more
Remember Goldman Sachs' endless spinning that it wasn't a recipient of the AIG bailout, and that the $14 billion it received at the time went to clients and counterparties, not to itself?... more
The call by Mike Bear, the new Lord Mayor, for the City to donate more to charity has provoked a response — but not entirely of the sort he must have had in mind... more
David Cameron says he wants the Foreign Office to make exports a top priority. Fine, except there is already a government agency that does just that, called UK Trade & Investment... more
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
It began as a low rumble somewhere east of Aldgate. By the time it thundered over Piccadilly it had become a shout of joy. The Mayor had announced that 9,000 bankers would leave the capital to seek fiscal asylum in Switzerland - but he, unlike many, wasn't cheering... more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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