Joanna Bourke
Evening Standard
United Kingdom
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Sainsbury’s store staff and drivers to get pay rise
Shop workers and drivers at Sainsbury’s will see pay increases later in the year. → Read More
Ready meals maker Cook experiences surge in online customer numbers
Frozen ready meals maker Cook has seen online customer numbers soar during the pandemic, the retailer showed as it posted record annual sales. → Read More
Average UK house price gained more than £24,500 in 2021, says mortgage lender Halifax
UK house prices rose again in December 2021 for the sixth month in a row, new data shows → Read More
Greggs boss Roger Whiteside to leave high street bakery chain
Roger Whiteside is planning to retire from sausage roll seller Greggs, the chain he has led since 2013 → Read More
Sosandar achieves record quarterly sales, boosted by partywear demand
Online womenswear retailer Sosandar has toasted encouraging festive trading, helped by “very strong” sales of partywear before Christmas. → Read More
Investor spend on central London offices returns to pre-pandemic level
Investor spend on central London offices reached more than £11 billion in 2021 → Read More
ITV and Facebook among 10 biggest London office deals of 2021
Large London office deals continued in 2021 despite the pandemic, with companies seeking modern and new space for when employees are not WFH → Read More
Christmas Day takings 60% lower than pre-Covid levels for hospitality firms
Pubs, bars and restaurants recorded Christmas Day sales that were 60% lower than pre-pandemic levels, according to trade body UKHospitality. → Read More
Anglo American in talks for potential Brazil project with Vale
FTSE 100 firm Anglo American has confirmed it has held preliminary discussions with Brazilian miner Vale about the potential to jointly develop the latter’s Serpentina iron ore resource. → Read More
Round Hill Music Royalty Fund in Niko Moon rights deal
Round Hill Music Royalty Fund Limited has increased its exposure to country and pop music with the acquisition of a significant share of the publishing rights of singer and songwriter Niko Moon. → Read More
Goodbye Topshop, hello Ikea: How London’s Oxford Street transformed in 2021
Businesses on Oxford Street had a difficult year as lockdowns hit trade and a famous flagship closed — but don’t write off the iconic shopping street yet → Read More
Investors make £13 billion bet that WFH won’t be the end of London offices
Property agent Savills anticipates office investment turnover this year will be around £13.1 billion → Read More
Taylor Wimpey leaseholders no longer subject to doubling ground rents
Leaseholders with Taylor Wimpey will no longer be subject to ground rents that double every 10 years, the UK competition watchdog has said. → Read More
Landsec increases ownership of Bluewater centre in £172m deal, as retail rents stabilise
Landsec, the FTSE 100 property firm, has increased its share in Kent’s Bluewater shopping centre → Read More
London office market reports on signs of improvement in 2021, with rise in lettings and spend
Investor spend and lettings in the London office sector improved in 2021 from the prior year, data shows → Read More
Square Mile office approvals surge in 2021 as developers bet on tenant demand for new space
City of London Corporation data shows a near 70% increase in office development approvals in 2021 → Read More
Halifax 2022 forecast: UK house price growth boom to cool and be around 1%
UK house price growth next year may be in the range of flat to 2%, and not match bumper rises seen during the pandemic, mortgage lender Halifax has forecast. → Read More
London property developer Helical lines up next major office project in £160m deal
Helical is among property developers betting on post-pandemic demand for new offices, even if employers only use space for part of the week → Read More
Black Friday boost for high streets lifted UK retail sales ahead of plan B rules coming in
UK retail sales volumes rose in November, in a boost for businesses ahead of the new Plan B rules coming in → Read More
Desperate London businesses demand support as trade ‘falls off cliff’
Cancellation rates at 70% as people told to be cautious on socialising → Read More