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Brent Cross attacked for 'selfish' end to free parking

19.11.09
Brent Cross shopping centre has offered to scrap its free parking to counter fears that a major redevelopment will cause traffic jams... more

School fears for future in town regeneration

23.09.09
Secondary school which would be demolished in plans to transform Brent Cross has appealed to councillors to safeguard its future... more

How Britain's oldest shopping mall will be transformed

02.09.09
The changes to Brent Cross involve a big increase in the size of the shopping centre, with an enlarged John Lewis store and a relocated Tesco at its heart... more

MP lines up with cash-and-carry millionaire to fight £4billion Brent Cross makeover

02.09.09
To the casual observer, the proposed £4billion regeneration of London's first shopping mall is good news. Brent Cross shopping centre will be reborn, with 7,500 homes, three rebuilt schools, a railway station and 27,000 jobs... more

Resurgent pubs leave the bears nursing a hangover

26.08.09
The smell of burnt fingers wafted through the City today as the bears dumped their rapidly-rising pub stocks ... more

The Tube station with a direct line to fruit and vegetables

18.08.09
Tube workers have created an 'Underground allotment' to supply staff with fresh fruit and vegetables and bring 'biodiversity' to the Northern line... more

Sun puts John Lewis sales in the shade

14.08.09
High Street bellwether John Lewis saw sales dip 5% in the first week of August, after a rare bit of sunshine kept customers out of its department stores... more

Hammerson’s shake-up

03.08.09
Brent Cross shopping centre owner Hammerson today appointed internal candidate David Atkins as its new chief executive ... more

Hols and sport bring a sales lift to John Lewis

24.07.09
Neither the battle to bring the Ashes home nor the dodgy weather could keep Britons from shopping, according to High Street bellwether John Lewis’s sales figures ... 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

BT a winner as tough talk on pension deficit cheers

17.04.09
BT raced up the FTSE 100 winner’s board today on talk that it is planning an all-out attack on its pensions deficit by issuing a multi-billion-pound bond... more

John Lewis fillip from 'stay at homes'

17.04.09
Britons are preparing for a long summer at home by snapping up garden furniture and picnic paraphernalia... more

BP's fans find five reasons to invest in the titan of oil

17.04.09
BP'S board might have come under attack from shareholders yesterday but the titan of oil still has some fans.... more

Cash-call success but Hammerson in retreat

23.03.09
Property companies' dash for cash has put them in the spotlight once again... more

Castlemore collapses and blames the banks

27.02.09
Property: One of Britain’s biggest property-developing firms collapsed into administration, in another sign of the dire state of the economy... more

Hammerson seeks cash as losses hit £1.6bn

09.02.09
Property: Developer Hammerson went cap in hand to the City for £584.2 million after plunging property prices saw it crash into the red... more

Hit-and-run driver hunted

03.12.08
Police released a picture of an 11-year-old boy killed after being hit twice in a hit and run smash outside a branch of Ikea... more

Peter Jones sales dip 21 per cent in pre-Christmas slump

28.11.08
Shopping bell-wether Peter Jones reported an extraordinary slump in sales as consumer spending plummeted in London's John Lewis stores... more

I'm a convert to the new pleasuredome

21.11.08
"Have you been to Westfield yet?" asked one of the mothers at the school gate. I hadn't, and in truth I had no intention of visiting Europe's biggest shopping mall since its arrival on our doorstep... more

Wearing Uggs is like having your feet inside a loose sheep

04.11.08
That’s the verdict from our intrepid reporter Nick Curtis who tried out the latest craze in men’s footwear... more

500,000 swamp Westfield shopping centre

03.11.08
Half a million shoppers swamped the £1.7billion Westfield centre in chaotic scenes more reminiscent of the January sales than a dreary, credit crunch-hit autumn weekend... more

Major shops hit by credit crunch

17.10.08
Major high street stores are feeling the impact of the credit crunch, figures show... more

John Lewis feels pinch as shoppers cut back

03.10.08
Sales at John Lewis, one of the most highly regarded retailers, fell off a cliff last week as shoppers fretted about the credit crunch... more

Mack the Knife must be cut to the quick

23.09.08
It can’t be much fun being John Mack at the moment. The famously aggressive boss of Morgan Stanley — “There’s blood in the water, let’s go kill,” is one of his exhortations — is clearly struggling to come to terms with the dire situation that confronts him... more

Hammerson crashes £417m into red as it takes value hit

07.08.08
City property developer Hammerson crashed into the red today as it was forced to write down the value of its property portfolio... more

John Lewis sales plunge by 8% as gloom deepens

04.07.08
John Lewis has become the latest major high street casualty of the credit crunch with an eight per cent fall in sales... more

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