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'Relax Sunday trading law during Olympics'

07.09.11
Strict Sunday opening hours should be relaxed during next year's Olympics to deliver a major boost to London's economy, business groups say... more

Oxford Street braced for a £200m month

02.09.11
A £200 million sales boost is expected in the West End this month, paving the way for a happy Christmas on the high street... more

Sunday parking charges plan sparks unholy row with church

30.06.11
Churches in central London warn that congregations could be vastly reduced by a plan to charge motorists for parking on Sundays ... more

Extremists vow to hijack march and bring chaos to the streets

25.03.11
The capital is braced for mass anti-government protests tomorrow as anarchists pledge to bring chaos to the streets... more

Christmas presents stuck in snow - thousands of gifts trapped in big freeze

03.12.10
Families are facing an unprecedented Christmas toy crisis as the big freeze prevents thousands of gifts being delivered... more

'Tourist tax' will damage our recovery, say hotels and shops

25.10.10
Hotels, shops and businesses warned today that increasing a 'tourist tax' could trigger a plunge in visitors to the capital... more

You can forget Fifth Avenue... Oxford Street leads the world

03.09.10
Revitalised Oxford Street now boasts the world’s greatest range of “affordable” fashion stores, according to a global poll... more

Maze springs up in Trafalgar Square

02.08.10
Hedge maze appeared in Trafalgar Square today to the astonishment of office workers and tourists... more

Handbags for £14,500 boost London sales

19.07.10
The West End is dramatically outperforming shopping areas elsewhere in the country with foreign shoppers snapping up 'bargains' such as £14,500 handbags... more

Flagship stores in London see sales soar 10%

19.07.10
The West End is significantly outperforming other shopping areas in Britain, a report reveals... more

West End's Bank Holiday weekend shopping frenzy

06.05.10
Shoppers flocked to the West End over last week’s Bank Holiday weekend, with footfall up 16.3% on a year ago... more

West End celebrates a happy Easter for sales

06.04.10
Two million shoppers flocked to the West End over Easter weekend, but retailers are braced for a tough second half of the year... more

Valentine shoppers help Oxford Street sales

15.03.10
Hopeless romantics boosted sales in London last month as shoppers splashed out to impress their loved ones... more

Valentine’s Day romance pays off for West End

15.03.10
Business in the West End booms thanks to record spending on Valentine’s Day weekend... more

West End retailers toast a £100m sales spending bonanza

24.12.09
More than £100 million is expected to be spent by West End shoppers in Christmas week for the first time, figures suggest... more

Retailers expect a record three days as shoppers flock to West End

21.12.09
Christmas shoppers are set to spend £100 million in the West End in the next three days as hundreds of thousands grab last-minute gifts or seek out early bargains from the sales... more

West End heads for record Christmas as shoppers spend £1bn

14.12.09
West End retailers were on course for record pre-Christmas sales today as millions of shoppers shrug off the recession to hit the high street... more

Shoppers spend £200m in a single day

07.12.09
Shoppers defied the recession and spent £200million in the West End on Saturday, according to figures released... more

Cyber-shopping in virtual world of the West End

26.11.09
Welcome to the virtual West End - where you can do your Christmas shopping without huge crowds, driving rain and overstretched sales staff... 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

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

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

Capital cheaper than New York for first time in seven years

10.03.09
The cost of living in London has dropped dramatically as a result of the recession and is now cheaper than New York for the first time since 2002, according to research... more

Don't let travel network go to sleep over the holiday

23.12.08
Transport bosses came under fire for letting London's network "go to sleep" over Christmas as closures threaten to severely disrupt travel... 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

Big spenders give West End stores a £50m boost

15.12.08
London's major shopping districts have reported a big increase in sales as bargain-hunters defied the economic gloom... 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

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


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