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Shaftesbury tourist lift

17.08.09
London landlord Shaftesbury today said the flood of overseas and domestic tourists to the capital boosted business for its tenants across the West End ... more

Woolies pops up again as art gallery

29.06.09
A defunct Woolies store in east London has been requisitioned by local artists as part of the craze for “pop-up” art galleries across the city... more

Shaftesbury takes a downturn after Laxey dumps shareholding

11.06.09
Activist investor Laxey Partners today dumped its 19% holding in Shaftesbury after a clash with the West End landlord over its £150 million rights issue ... more

Tony in the Footsie, and in the money

11.06.09
Former mercenary Tony Buckingham, whose exotic connections with the notorious Executive Outcomes and Sandline organisations and as a former associate of jailed Etonian Simon Mann, have in the past excited much comment, is set to become a FTSE 100 boss ... more

Shaftesbury raises cash for Soho revamp

20.05.09
West End landlord Shaftesbury tapped the City for almost £150 million to fund a regeneration project in the heart of Soho ... more

Shaftesbury wants £150m for Berwick Street new look

20.05.09
West End landlord Shaftesbury tapped the City for £149.1 million to fund a regeneration project in the heart of Soho... more

Carphone's Ross lobs £250,000 at Big Yellow

18.05.09
Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross ploughed £250,000 into Big Yellow, the self-storage firm where he quit as a director last year, as the City prepared for a fresh wave of fundraisings ... more

Beach hut bonanza defies downturn

20.03.09
Beach huts are bucking the economic trend with buyers splashing out £40,000 a time for the sea-view sheds... more

Three friends killed in car smash on gap-year trip

19.03.09
Three British gap-year students have been killed in a car crash in South Africa... more

Louche haunt won't go down without a fight

23.02.09
In the first of a weekly series on how diverse parts of the capital are faring in the recession, Rosamund Urwin looks at Soho... more

Shaftesbury gets a boost from its shops

11.02.09
Property: West End landlord Shaftesbury today said that demand for its shops and restaurants remains strong as west European tourists flock to the capital.... more

Jamie Oliver and other restaurateurs defy credit crunch for 2009

22.12.08
Three of London's leading restaurateurs plan ambitious openings next year and in 2010 despite the economic downturn... more

Shaftesbury in red after £222m hit

03.12.08
Carnaby Street landlord Shaftesbury knocks £222.5 million off the value of its properties as it dives into the red... more

Demand for West End leases boosts Shaftesbury

28.05.08
Carnaby Street owner Shaftesbury delivers a bullish assessment of the West End property market as shopkeepers and restaurant owners on its land continue to enjoy booming business... more

The Shaftesbury curse is lifted by Hairspray

17.03.08
Hairspray eminently deserves its four Olivier awards, particularly for the way it has brought the Shaftesbury Theatre back to life, says Nick Curtis.... more

Independent high streets face hard times

18.02.08
Buzzing Carnaby street has managed to maintain its independent shops and avoid falling prey to high street chains.... more

It's still boomtime, says Shaftesbury

14.02.08
Shaftesbury, the owner of vast swathes of Carnaby Street, Chinatown and Covent Garden, says the West End property market is booming despite the slowdown elsewhere in the country... more

Hairspray collects record award nominations

07.02.08
West End hit Hairspray has received a record 11 nominations at the Laurence Olivier Awards.... more

Double winner and TV comic present awards

21.11.07
Stage legend Sir Ian McKellen and TV favourite Meera Syal will be among the presenters at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the shortlist

07.11.07
Billie Piper, Patrick Stewart and Hairspray are some of the names on the shortlist for this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Big hair, big fun... and a huge new star

31.10.07
Hairspray, a musical about sex, love and civil rights, sends the rare, sweet smell of success wafting through the Shaftesbury, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

The food now arriving ...

05.09.07
King's Cross is the new gourmet hot spot according to the 2008 edition of food critic Charles Campion's London Restaurant Guide.... more

Plays v musicals: facts and figures

21.11.06
An Evening Standard investigation into the state of West End theatre shows musicals in danger of finishing off straight plays. But what are the figures?... more

Take me out...

14.09.06
Here's our round-up of the weekend's events, including a bonfire of the vanities, an exhibitions of iconic Patti Smith snaps and the novel opening of a new gastropub-cum-disco...... more

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