Piers Wehner
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Nightclubs: clubbed into submission
Fewer young people drinking and spending, and council levies, have hit nightclubs’ revenues. But flexible venues, casinos and all-night cinemas and gyms are on the up.
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Market round-up: Brighter skies ahead
Doom and gloom stories and statistics are becoming all too familiar for the retail sector.
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Higher stamp duty catches millions
The number of households being forced to pay higher stamp duty rates has more than doubled in the past decade.
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Bin Ladens buy Tuscan marble
Construction giants the Bin Laden family have bought a controlling share in the firm that quarries Tuscany’s famed Carrera marble.
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Garages fetch £500,000
Three garages in near Wandsworth Common, south-west London, have sold at auction for £500,000, despite not having permission for redevelopment.
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Eastbourne’s burnt pier may reopen next year
Eastbourne’s 144 year old pier could reopen next year, after fire destroyed the domed arcade section of the grade II* listed structure.
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Balfour calls off Carillion talks
Shares in Balfour Beatty plunged as the construction giant ended £3bn merger talks with rival Carillion.
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SFO hands Robert Tchenguiz £1.5m
The Serious Fraud Office has settled Robert Tchenguiz’s £1.5m damages claim for wrongful arrest.
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House price rise slows in July
House prices increased by 0.1 percent month on month in July, the smallest rise in 15 months.
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Tax havens hold property billions
At least £122bn of property in England and Wales is held through companies in offshore tax havens, according to an FT analysis.
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Help to Buy brings 40,000 sales
Nearly 40,000 people have bought a home through the help to Buy programme in the fifteen months since it was set up.
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Urban planner Sir Peter Hall dies
The pre-eminent urban-planner of his generation, Sir Peter Hall has died aged 82.