Savills data shows H1 2025 retail transactions of about £1.6bn — a 130% year‑on‑year rise — driven by large institutional and off‑market deals on core West End streets and growing investor confidence in Oxford Street’s regeneration. Savills’ latest data shows a sharp revival in Central London retail investment, with transactions…

A London‑headquartered carbon insurance start‑up has launched a suite of green‑credit insurance products under Lloyd’s syndicate paper, aiming to de‑risk long‑tenor pre‑payments, bonds and loans to help lenders, buyers and developers scale decarbonisation projects. A London-headquartered carbon insurance start‑up has moved beyond its core carbon products and formally entered the…

RAW Charging has launched a 12‑bay ultra‑rapid hub in Forest Hill, south London, featuring six 150kW–300kW units, a MEATliquor hospitality partnership and a week of free charging to mark the site as the first in a planned London and UK rollout with partner Hubber. RAW Charging has opened a flagship…

The Wallace Collection has launched a restricted tender, estimated at £150,000, to appoint a landscape architect to produce RIBA Stage 4 designs and follow‑on services for external works as part of a Selldorf‑led five‑year masterplan to improve access, circulation and environmental controls at the Grade II‑listed Hertford House. The Wallace…

London Thames Hydrogen and Chinook Hydrogen announce a £200m private investment to build a 12‑tonne‑per‑day hydrogen‑from‑waste plant at Tilbury, the proposed first node of a £1bn national corridor aimed at fuelling HGVs and industrial users — but technical claims, carbon savings and COMAH risk remain subject to regulatory checks and…

EcoPark House, a 1,200m² two‑storey pavilion beside the River Lee, opens as part of the North London Heat and Power Project combining boat facilities, public exhibition space and an on‑site solar and ground‑source system to deliver low‑carbon, off‑grid operation and community outreach. Grimshaw has unveiled EcoPark House, a 1,200-square-metre, two‑storey…

Keir Starmer’s target of 1.5 million homes in one Parliament turns abstract quotas into a test of where Britain will build — and who gets to decide — as mandatory targets, a new “grey belt” and faster planning powers threaten allotments, back gardens and local accountability. Labour’s plan to deliver…

TfL’s proposal to phase out the 100% Cleaner Vehicle Discount for small commercial EVs and raise the standard Congestion Charge has drawn criticism from City Hall and business groups, who warn higher charges risk pushing tradespeople back to petrol or diesel and could undermine van electrification. Sorry, I can’t write…

Plans for a three‑day Rangeelu Gujarat festival in Roe Green Park have prompted renewed objections from neighbours over noise, litter, traffic and repeated disruption to green space; Brent Council will hold a licensing hearing on 19 August 2025 to weigh organisers’ mitigation promises against residents’ calls for enforceable, independently monitored…

Councillors approved Piercy&Company’s plans for partial demolition, retention and expansion of the 1950s Vogue House after concluding the employment, retail and sustainability gains outweigh heritage concerns amid a Certificate of Immunity from listing. Westminster councillors have given unanimous planning consent to Piercy&Company’s proposal to overhaul Vogue House at 1 Hanover…

A Daily Mail tally of City Hall costs has reignited scrutiny of GLA spending and hospitality rules — the figures can be checked against published GLA registers, but late declarations and procedural lapses highlight weaknesses in oversight rather than proving criminality. New Labour’s early months in office have been overshadowed…

Cases reported in England rose from 27 to 73 in the first half of 2025, mostly linked to travel to Sri Lanka, India and Mauritius; UK health bodies stress bite‑avoidance and advise targeted use of newly authorised vaccines for at‑risk travellers. Holidaymakers have been urged to take mosquito-bite precautions after…