How Prime London property helps fund affordable housing, not wreck it
City executive who skipped £43k in train fares ‘revealed’ by media
Author: Aoife Moriarty
Month: July 2014
Nick Foulkes manages to see the sunny side of life with a sunglasses addiction
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'Bright was the summer's noon,' wrote Wordsworth at the beginning of 'Summer Vacation', the fourth book of the Prelude, but instead of yomping around the Lake District like the Romantic poet, the first indication of a daffodil poking through the soil sees me heading straight for Meyrowitz in the Royal Arcade just off Bond Street.
How Prime London property helps fund affordable housing, not wreck it
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There is a familiar refrain in certain sections of the media and the political class revolving around how purchasers of prime and super-prime property bring nothing but doom and gloom to Central London. If you believe the endlessly negative press, homes stand empty, Londoners camp on the streets and life and economic activity drain from our capital.
Aldi’s success proves that family ties can make, not break, a business
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I recently learned that Aldi is an abbreviation of 'Albrecht discounts', Albrecht being the name of the family who own the supermarket chain. This information was included in one of many recent obituaries for Karl Albrecht who with his late brother Theo built their family's small grocery business in post-war Germany into an international brand.