Jonathan Prynn has been Business Editor of the Standard since May 2022. Before that he was Consumer Editor and has also worked at The Times and the Sunday Telegraph. He is responsible for all the business and finance coverage in the paper and online....
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Jonathan Prynn has been Business Editor of the Standard since May 2022. Before that he was Consumer Editor and has also worked at The Times and the Sunday Telegraph. He is responsible for all the business and finance coverage in the paper and online.
West End private members' clubs help feed London's homeless
Annabel’s, George, Harry’s Bar and Mark’s Club have all joined an initiative that started in the depths of the pandemic
AIM is on its knees and private markets will deal the fatal blow.
AIM has failed to attract scaling and emergent businesses and is left dependent on legacy firms, such as energy and finance stocks,
Eurostar enjoys record year as Paris Olympics boosts passenger numbers
Eurostar bosses a\re targetting 30 million passengers a year by 2030.
Nearly half of London workers expect to be in the office 5 days a week
The poll found that the most often cited reasons for not returning to the daily commute were travel costs and food and drink expenses
Méribel: Where to stay, ski and party in the prettiest Alpine resort
Offering excellent skiing, eating and a plethora of 5-star hotels, Méribel is the perfect destination for a winter break
Primark UK sales hit by sharp slow down in consumer spending
Trading in October and November particularly weak as consumers took fright around the time of the Budget
Wetherspoon's Tim Martin blames 'dinner party classes' for pubs crisis
Pub boss warned ‘the VAT distortions that exist today will inevitably create more supermarkets and less pubs’
EasyJet boss plots big move into Heathrow if third runway gets built
The comments came as easyJet cut its losses by more than half for the latest quarter on the back of improved demand for flights and package holidays.
Government borrowing in December surges to £17.8 billion
Interest payments, higher public sector wages and an increase in the benefits bill all stoked the borrowing total for the month
Reeves ducks question on whether she backs Heathrow third runway
A decision to push ahead with a massive expansion of Heathrow is likely to be strongly opposed by Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan
Wage growth surges to 5.6%
The surge will complicate the Bank of England’s decision on interest rates next month
City's tallest skyscraper is 100% let despite working from home boom
The last vacant space has been leased to RiverStone International, an acquirer of legacy and discontinued insurance business, on a 15-year deal
Former M&S boss Lord Rose slams WFH as 'not proper work'
The number of people working from home has doubled since before the pandemic despite employers’ efforts to draw people back to the office
Royal warrant holder Sanderson warns of profit slump in tough trading
Retail sales of wallpapers and fabrics were 13% lower in the first two weeks of January with the UK hardest hit
Bitcoin races to new all-time high amid Trump inspired crypto frenzy
Donald Trump and his wife Melania launched their own meme coins ahead of the inauguration
FTSE 100 smashes through 8,500 barrier as City rate cut hopes rise
The surge in share prices comes despite a backdrop of gloomy economic data since the start of the year
Octopus overtakes British Gas as the UK's biggest energy supplier
Disruptor now has 23.7% of the domestic market, just ahead of its former state owned rival
Reeves receives rare boost as IMF upgrades UK growth forecasts
UK output now expected to advance by 1.6% in 2025, well ahead of France and Germany
Everyman cinema chain hit by Joker: Folie à Deux flop
Everyman plans to open new screens in Queensway and Brentford in 2025