Trees on high-rises, vertical farms, edible bus stops, insect hotels... The director of the Garden Museum tells Katie Law why he is set on bringing nature back into our city... more
Luxury wallpaper sales are climbing faster than expected at the company behind the Sanderson, Morris & Co and Harlequin brands, as shoppers in emerging markets snap up the quintessential British designs... more
Remarkable Victorian mansion built for the American Astor family is to be opened to the public for the first time after a philanthropic banker gave £5 million to buy it
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Once upon a time the rules about editorial content and advertising were simple. Content was controlled by media owners - broadcasters, publishers, film studios and record labels. And advertising was controlled by ad agencies, which created one-way brand messages that could appear alongside that content... more
The best advertising agencies are entrepreneurial at heart, always looking for new ideas to increase profits. And with the annual results season having just finished, several themes emerge... more
Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP, boutique bank Raine Group and MTV founder Tom Freston have joined forces to invest in Vice Media, the hip fashion publisher and brand consultancy... more
Few people wandering around the National Trust houses hosting Morris & Co's 150th anniversary exhibitions this spring and summer will be aware of the turbulent business history which lies behind the famed fabrics and wall coverings... more
London production company behind Who Wants to be a Millionaire? may sue Hollywood talent agency William Morris over the deal that brought the quiz show to US viewers in 1999... more
Once a coaching inn rebuilt and renamed in 1855 by the Earl of Feversham, it was finally bought by Simon Rhatigan, who has turned it into a 33-roomed luxurious hotel to rival any in the area... more
Celebrity sells at an astonishing rate, yet at its heart the UK still loves a book for itself and London is a great champion of literature. These are the people who keep us reading.
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So whom do you believe? Do you go with the board of Barclays, which coupled its profit figures yesterday with the confident assertion that it was on top of the problems in the credit markets, knew what its exposures were and had them so under control it felt able to raise its dividend? Or do you go with Credit Suisse, which last week made a statement remarkably similar in tone to that of Barclays - and then yesterday said it had "discovered" a clutch of assets that were overvalued by about $3 billion (£1.5 billion)?... more
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