West End stores call for traffic to be banned from Oxford Street and Regent Street every Sunday to give shoppers a weekly break from "congestion hell"... more
Gary Cohn, president and chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs, was asked last year by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in the US whether the investment bank had used overnight loans from the Federal Reserve. ... more
Store bosses demanded a ban on West End marches after suffering millions of pounds of losses in Saturday's 'totally unacceptable' violent protests... more
In the hut where I got booted and safety-suited before touring Westfield's Olympic-sized mall at Stratford on Wednesday, a note lay by a pair of tan boots indicating they were for Joseph Wan, chief executive of Harvey Nichols... more
State schools will never be as free as the private sector to experiment with the best ways of teaching children, the Independent Schools Council head said
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Oxford Street's heaving pavements could soon be turned into pedestrian 'dual-carriageways' to allow office workers and residents to overtake dawdling tourists... more
With so few women making it to the top in business, those who do have the pick
of plum boardroom jobs — and can make
a fortune juggling up to six at a time... more
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
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
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
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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Stuart Fraser has succeeded Michael Snyder as the Square Mile's chief executive and is determined to defend it against all-comers including the Government... more
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