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F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone pockets 15 per cent pay rise while sport loses millions

10.09.09

Formula One motor racing boss Bernie Ecclestone pocketed a pay rise of nearly 15 per cent last year, despite the fact the sports series is haemorrhaging over Ł300 million a year... more

City Spy: Osborne’s strange praise for Sassoon

22.07.09

In launching his putsch on the Financial Services Authority and overhaul of City regulation, George Osborne paid tribute to Sir James Sassoon as the Shadow Chancellor’s adviser. This is most odd... ... more

My London: Patrick Wolf

15.05.09

The avant garde singer-songwriter from South London has an umbilical pull to Waterloo... ... more

Property tycoon who wants to build five storeys ... underground

27.04.09

The founder of Foxtons estate agency is spending millions creating a five-storey extension beneath his home with room for a tennis court and vintage car museum... more

City workers forced to sell multi-million-pound homes

20.04.09

City workers are selling off properties in some of London's most expensive areas as the credit crunch threatens to bring an end to the bonus culture, figures reveal... more

Agent sues over sale of Ł50m house Slavica refused to move into

05.03.09

The sale of one of Britain's most expensive homes to Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone has triggered a bitter legal battle.... more

This is no time to scrimp on the fizz

25.02.09

Recession - what recession? Last week I went to two of the most lavish parties I've been to for many a moon (and believe me, I go to a lot of parties)... more

Foxtons under threat as bail-out is rejected

09.01.09

The future of London's biggest estate agency chain Foxtons has been thrown into doubt by the unprecedented slump in home sales... more

F1 tycoon in Ł2bn divorce battle

20.11.08

Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone is facing a multi-billion-pound divorce battle... more

London tycoons lose billions in meltdown

09.10.08

The financial meltdown has cost London's tycoons billions and their losses will have a huge impact on the city's economy... more

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08.10.08

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Exposed: plan for homes in park

29.08.08

A proposal to allow developers to build houses in a London park has come to light... more

Abramovich gets go-ahead to build himself a £150million London palace

08.08.08

Roman Abramovich has been granted planning permission to build Britain's most expensive private residence - with a swimming pool and private cinema.... more

My property predictions by Foxtons Ł370m guru

24.07.08

When will London bounce back from the slump? In his first interview since selling his estate agency, Jon Hunt says the time to buy is when people stop talking about house prices... more

End is nigh for commodity boom

25.06.08

If you were looking for signals that the commodities boom is at its peak, they don't come more powerfully than they did this week... more

Steel tycoon buys third property on Billionaire's Row

23.06.08

Lakshmi Mittal, Britain's richest man and a prominent Labour Party donor, has bought his third property in London's most expensive street for £70 million... more

Get out there – 20 ways to enjoy the summer

30.05.08

This is a golden, sunburned age of outdoor entertainment in London. Get out there. Buy a ticket. Crack open a bottle of something cold. Enjoy.... more

Mittals' Ł15m gift to Great Ormond Street is a record

09.04.08

The son of Britain's wealthiest man has donated £15 million to Great Ormond Street hospital... more

Ł80m: most expensive house sold in London

29.02.08

A record price for a London home has been set with the £80million sale of a large detached house in Kensington ... more

A Midsummer Night's scrap

13.08.07

The slapstick comedy of Oxford Shakespeare Company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream makes it seem at times more schoolyard scrap than sexually charged romp.... more