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'Noho Square' finally looks poised for redevelopment

22.09.11
The site of the former Middlesex Hospital - which, much to the irritation of Fitzrovia locals such as Griff Rhys Jones, was dubbed "Noho Square" by property types - looks set to be redeveloped at last after years of delay... more

Vincent Tchenguiz assets freed by deal with Kaupthing

19.09.11
Colourful property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz settles his long-running legal dispute with failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing, clearing the way for a £2 billion refinancing of his property empire... more

Islanders' plea to Osborne over Icelandic bank losses

31.05.11
Depositors in the collapsed Isle of Man subsidiary of Iceland's Kaupthing Bank calls on Chancellor George Osborne to respond to their pleas for financial help... more

All Saints threatened by cash crisis

10.03.11
As the spotlight fell back on the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing with yesterday's arrests, it emerged that All Saints, the fashion chain owned by retail entrepreneur Kevin Stanford, whose empire was backed by loans from Reykjavik, is also facing its own crisis... more

Billionaire Tchenguiz brothers arrested by fraud squad

09.03.11
Two of London's wealthiest property tycoons were arrested today over the Icelandic banking scandal... more

‘NoHo Square’ site’s green light for a new lease of life

10.12.10
One of central London’s biggest and longest-awaited property developments finally gets the green light... more

Warning over ‘overpriced’ Noho Square development

19.03.10
Huge development site in the West End could stay empty for years because its price is too high, it was claimed... more

Kaupthing’s loan book is tale of woe

10.08.09
The leaked loan book of collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing reads like a who’s who of some of the credit crunch’s biggest losers ... more

Spurs chairman Levy used club’s shares to get £40m loan

06.08.09
Shares in Tottenham Hotspur were used as collateral for a loan by the football club’s chairman Daniel Levy and Bahamas-based billionaire Joe Lewis, according to the loan book of collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing ... more

Bank grabs Spurs chief’s jet

20.07.09
Jet belonging to the Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy has been repossessed in a dispute over unpaid mortgage payments... more

Still counting UK's cost of Icelandic meltdown

08.05.09
A hint of calm, but certainly not normality, is returning to the busted Nordic economy thanks to the International Monetary Fund's $10 billion bailout. But for many UK investors the story isn't over... more

Kaupthing collapse keeps yachts hanging

27.04.09
A host of wealthy individuals who ordered new yachts could be left empty-handed in the wake of the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing. ... more

Beleaguered Baugur sells its stake in Debenhams

31.03.09
Collapsed Icelandic banks Baugur and Kaupthing were dumping stock in some of the UK's best-known retailers in a dash for cash... more

Mosaic deal saves 8,700 jobs, while leaving more than 4,000 at risk

02.03.09
Retail: Icelandic bank Kaupthing put Britain's Mosaic Fashions into administration and immediately announced a deal to buy back some of its brands, saving around 8,700 jobs while leaving about 4,170 at risk... more

Singer chief ‘warned against Iceland deal’

03.02.09
Banking: The former chief executive of Singer & Friedlander, which was sold to failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing in 2005, warned the Financial Services Authority not to allow the bank to go ahead with the takeover, a leaked memo says ... more

Iceland bank to sue Britain over freezing of assets

06.01.09
The Icelandic bank which had its British offshoot placed into administration by Gordon Brown at the height of the autumn credit crisis is to sue the Government over the move... more

Management steps in to buy out Singer

30.10.08
From the ashes of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (KSF) emerged a phoenix, in the shape of a management buyout renaming itself Singer Capital Markets... more

Candys drop out of Noho plan and default on £221m loan

30.10.08
The Candy brothers have abandoned a flagship property scheme in London and failed to repay a loan for a project in Beverly Hills... more

Icelandic boss bought home for £10.5m

15.10.08
The boss of an Icelandic bank bought a home in west London for £10.5million just months before his bank collapsed, it is claimed... more

Candys at war with troubled Icelandic bank

14.10.08
A bitter dispute has erupted between developers Nick and Christian Candy and troubled Icelandic bank Kaupthing... more

Bank default sees Candys take control of projects

10.10.08
Property tycoons Nick and Christian Candy have taken over two luxury residential projects after partner Kaupthing, an Icelandic bank, defaulted on loan agreements.... more

Charities beg for Icelandic savings to be protected

10.10.08
An emergency summit between Britain’s leading charities and the Treasury was held as it emerged that voluntary groups are engulfed by the Icelandic banking crisis... more

Caution key for Candys as super-flats scene changes

10.10.08
Christian Candy, 35, and his brother Nick, 33, have had quite a week. ... more

Darling blamed as Iceland’s bank troubles spiral

09.10.08
Iceland turns on Britain’s Chancellor Alistair Darling as a third bank is nationalised... more

Chef Ramsay took KS&F out of the mix

09.10.08
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay was alongside the local councils and thousands of individuals who put their cash into an Icelandic bank account ... more

The Candy brothers in bid to save US project

08.10.08
UK Property tycoons Nick and Christian Candy and their Icelandic banking partners locked in last-ditch talks to save an ambitious development in the US... more

Tycoon dumps Sainsbury stake

08.10.08
J Sainsbury was the focus of intense City gossip after it emerged that Iranian property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz has offloaded his stake in the supermarkets chain... more

Iceland freezes all bank share trades

06.10.08
Banking: Trading in the shares of all Iceland’s banks and financial institutions was suspended on the Nordic Exchange ahead of a long-awaited bailout plan from the government... more

Iceland rate rise to 15% sparks worries

25.03.08
Fears about the state of Iceland rise as its central bank hoists interest rates to 15%... more


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