Big businesses including Barclays, JP Morgan, HSBC, Citigroup and Canary Wharf Group today backed Tower Hamlets' bid to be given city status to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee next year... more
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
Feature: Top banks have say that staff will not have to be in the office during the Olympic fortnight and Canary Wharf already has a plan in place to cope in the Games... more
How does British Gas phrase its press release today, announcing an 18% hike in the cost of gas bills? "British Gas gives customers Three Clear Ways to Beat Rising Energy Prices Announced Today," it says. Optimistic doesn't quite cover it... more
I've always had a sneaking admiration for big-time property developers. I suppose it must stem from playing Monopoly as a child. I never knew which way to go - should I buy every square on which I land or play a waiting role, saving my cash and picking them off? ... more
Business is booming down at Canary Wharf but the developer and landlord behind much of the Docklands estate is eyeing further moves into central London this year... more
Land Securities’ landmark One New Change development in the City should be fully let within months as tenants snap up scarce office space, the firm says... more
London's status as a leading global financial centre receives a boost as banking giant JP Morgan choses Canary Wharf as the site of its new European headquarters... more
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
A 750-strong team of PricewaterhouseCoopers and former bank staff handling the Lehman administration is thinking of leaving the bank’s old headquarters at Canary Wharf for cheaper premises in the City?
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Property: The contraction in the investment banking trade will see Morgan Stanley move out of a chunk of Canary Wharf, the Docklands financial district where the properties are controlled by its real estate arm Songbird Estates... more
Transport: Crossrail has been handed a £150 million Christmas present by Canary Wharf in a deal London Mayor Boris Johnson hailed as vital for the future of the London economy... more
The super-rich still love London, keeping prices at the top end high. Across the city there remains a shortage of homes but building is slowing in the crunch.
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Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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