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50 lorries a day in West End to take Crossrail earth away

09.11.09
Swathe of London faces months of disruption when 50 lorries a day start carrying earth dug from the Crossrail tunnel out of the capital... more

‘Recession vacation’ lifts West End

09.11.09
West End shops are enjoying an early Christmas sales boom thanks to bonus-spending City bankers and tourists taking advantage of the weak pound... more

West End shops enjoy boost as sales soar by 25% in one month

19.10.09
West End retailers have received a boost after shoppers sent sales figures soaring... more

Retailers show autumn range on Central line

07.09.09
It was the longest - if not most glamourous - catwalk sashay in history, stretching the one-and-a-half mile length of Oxford Street between Tottenham Court Road and Marble Arch Tube stations... more

Champagne and price cuts as West End joins a fashion celebration

27.07.09
London is to take part in a global festival of fashion with hundreds of stores offering champagne, discounts and free style advice and workshops... more

Stores set for boost from early Ramadan

14.07.09
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London shop sales slip but West End is still buzzing

15.06.09
West End stores shrugged off figures showing a sharp slowdown in the overall sales growth at London's shops last month... more

How the West End can be an oasis for its shoppers

12.06.09
The Westminster Property Association is not known for its largesse. That is perhaps why Boris Johnson's eyebrows disappeared under his fringe on Tuesday when he was offered cash to spruce up the West End by a group whose members have given a less-than-generous response to his demand to pay a £20-per-square-foot development levy for Crossrail.... more

Mind your language: sales staff given guide on foreign shoppers

22.04.09
The West End has drawn up a strategy to pull in an extra £3billion from overseas shoppers by focusing on their specific cultural needs... more

Green light for dash to ease Oxford Circus crush

14.04.09
Work is beginning on a £5million revamp of Oxford Circus inspired by the design of Japanese city streets... more

Oxford St is jammed but I’m proud to travel by bus

11.03.09
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Firms want Oxford Street buses cut by a third

10.03.09
Business leaders issued a fresh call for a big cut in the number of buses in Oxford Street... more

US must be told Ulster wants peace

10.03.09
As Northern Ireland responds to the first murder of a policeman for 12 years, only two days after two young soldiers were shot outside their Antrim barracks, the province's First Minister, Peter Robinson, and Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, travel to America... more

Shops face worst ever January

05.01.09
Retailers across London are bracing themselves for their worst ever start to the year as sales stagnate following bumper Christmas trading... more

£60million one-day spree as the sales start early

23.12.08
Shops in the West End are embarking on the biggest pre-Christmas discounts in history after enjoying record sales of more than £60 million in one day... more

Christmas comes at last as sales spark £100m spree

22.12.08
Shops in the West End enjoyed one of their best weekends of the year as consumers, lured by unprecedented pre-Christmas discounts, spent more than £100million in just two days... more

75 per cent sales begin on Christmas Eve

19.12.08
Prices are to be slashed by up to 90 per cent as retailers battle to survive... more

Pound's fall boosts tourism

19.12.08
The pound's plunge against the Euro is beginning to boost tourism, the body promoting Britain abroad said... more

7am and the shopping day dawns

28.11.08
A bid by flagship West End stores to boost business with an unprecedented early-morning sale today received a mixed reaction from commuters... more

Defiant shoppers head for Oxford St

17.11.08
Shoppers are defying the recession and have been flocking to the West End since the Christmas lights were turned on last week... more

Three ways to bring a new dawn to Oxford St

17.10.08
On Saturday, 6 December this year the annual ritual of transforming Oxford Street into a pedestrian precinct is due to be repeated. Why not experiment further?... more

Influential with a brave vision for Oxford Street

06.10.08
The capital’s main shopping area is about to be given a radical makeover. Here, the woman set to make it happen outlines her ground-breaking plans... more

No time to panic on bank deposits

06.10.08
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Taxpayers' O2 Arena deal hits a sour note

25.07.08
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Sales boom in West End as weak pound lures tourists

21.07.08
The West End is in the grip of an extraordinary summer spending boom that has defied predictions of a credit-crunch slump... more

Boris gets tough on gum crime

11.07.08
A million pieces of chewing gum have been dropped in the West End over the past three years, cleaners claimed... more

How Oxford Circus shoppers will beat crosstown traffic

10.07.08
Westminster Council wants to change the way we cross the road with a radical rethink of Oxford Circus... more

Number of first-time buyers in the capital falls to all-time low

21.04.08
The number of first-time buyers in London has fallen to an all-time low. Just 13 per cent of mortgages in January went to first-time buyers, compared to 19 per cent last year and 37 per cent in January 1997.... more

West End stores fight bike gangs

25.03.08
West End fashion stores are bolstering their security after a spate of smash-and-grab motorcycle raids... more

Election diary

07.03.08
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