Shoppers at Brent Cross and other malls owned by developer Hammerson are being tracked by their mobile phone signals to help the landlord dissect footfall... more
Shoppers are feeling the squeeze of rising prices and spending cuts, but Brent Cross owner Hammerson is backing its shopping centres to ride out the retail storm... more
Mother of 21-year-old model who killed herself while having psychiatric treatment has demanded a reform in the 'culture of neglect' in London's mental health care services
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Property firm Hammerson took its spending spree past £300 million this year with a £208 million deal to buy retail assets including Croydon's Centrale shopping centre from Kuwait... more
Most Americans were chowing down on their Thanksgiving turkey today, but there were some who preferred to sniff around British shopping centres... more
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
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
Tube workers have created an 'Underground allotment' to supply staff with fresh fruit and vegetables and bring 'biodiversity' to the Northern line... more
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
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
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 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
"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
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
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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