Independent financial advisers (IFAs) are up in arms over the Government's Retail Distribution Review (RDR). The IFAs argue that the review, the recommendations of which are scheduled to come into effect next year, may drive them out of business... more
Developer Helical Bar joins the rush to snap up property bargains in a move taking cash raised by the sector to about £350 million in recent weeks... more
Property: It is not surprising that Francis Salway and Chris Grigg have agreed on the start date for the London development cycle to begin again: Now... more
Entrepreneurs: Art company Acrylicize has sold works to Wembley and Twickenham stadiums - and is also behind the figure of a banker hung high on a wall in a City office... more
Are there any producers looking to pay handsomely for specialist property advice to assist in the creation of a jaunty made-for-TV film called Putting up the Ritz?... more
Mike Slade of London property developer Helical Bar added to the mood of cautious optimism in the market, after he said the latest valuation of the group showed its properties have increased in value slightly... more
The London stock market bounced back from yesterday’s sell-off and were changing hands at a new high for the year amid signs that the global recovery has accelerated ... more
Grosvenor won’t say. Lloyds won’t say. But, rest assured, the bank is negotiating with the Duke of Westminster’s property company to take over a few of the bankrupt projects that have left Lloyds with a £60 billion real-estate headache ... more
Eyebrows were raised when Prince Andrew's one-time friend, billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, was released six months early from his 18-month prison sentence in Florida for procuring underage girls ... more
The one glimmer of hope to emerge during the latest "worst week" for Gordon Brown and the Labour Government is a sign that the economy is staging something of a fightback ... more
Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.” This old cowboy proverb was scrawled on a note passed by one developer to his neighbour after the former was advised to start buying property by Knight Frank at a presentation on Tuesday ... more
Property: Two company bosses gave contrasting commentaries on the turmoil in the commercial property world, with one seeing a glass half empty and the other half full... more
Shares of failed buy-to-let lender Bradford & Bingley were suspended at 20p before the start of trading on the stock market, to allow for the transfer of ownership into public hands... more
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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