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
NI reforms will add £750 a head to wage costs warns Hollywood Bowl
Ten pin bowling operator says changes will cost it £1.2 million a year and says smaller operators “could close”
Tallest skyscraper ever built in the City given the go ahead
The building at 1 Undershaft will equal the height of the Shard at 306.9m
Wages surge reduces chances of an interest rate cut this week
The rate of unemployment remained unchanged at 4.3% in the three months to October.
Royal Mail takeover: impact on UK stamps, letters & parcels
Plus! Approved: City of London’s tallest skyscraper approved...tall as Shard
Paddington in Peru makers CANAL+ debuts on London Stock Exchange
CANAL+ is London’s first and only £1 billion plus flotation in an otherwise lacklustre year for the City’s IPO market
Daily first class mail service secured in £3.6 bn Royal Mail takeover
Government secures pledge to maintain the six days a week first class service throughout the ownership of the buyer
Britain's oldest synagogue 'saved' after 43-storey skyscraper rejected
Campaigners hail victory after City of London rejects skyscraper next to historic Bevis Marks synagogue
Labour reels from shock 0.1% fall in GDP in October
Rachel Reeves admits that the fall in output in the same month as the Budget is “disappointing”
AI "can lift the admin burden from nurses, police and teachers"
Hard pressed frontline workers are bogged down with red tape that stops them working productively for the public
Food prices to rise almost 5% in 2025 in new cost of living squeeze
Supermarket prices will have shot up by 40% from 2020 to 2025 warns industry body in major threat to living standards
Currys warns of "inevitable" price rises after £32 million Budget hit
Chief executive criticises “new and unwelcome headwinds from UK government policy.”
Tim Cook: London's 'unbelievable' talent will help lead AI revolution
Tech giant CEO is to meet the King at Apple’s Battersea Power Station UK headquarters
M&S boss slams three-year delay on Oxford Street demolition decision
The four year planning row has become a test case in the argument about whether ageing buildings should be bulldozed or retrofitted
Frasers warns on profits after Budget hit consumer confidence
Frasers expects costs to increase by £50 million in the next financial year as a result of Budget measures
Mobiles mega merger of Vodafone and Three gets go ahead from regulator
The deal will reduce the number of mobile infrastructure operators in the UK from four to three and is expected to formally complete during the first half of 2025
London's 'brand' stronger than NYC and Paris despite crime
Capital tops the city league table for second year running ahead of New York and Paris
Homes at London's most expensive luxury development will start at £35m
Despite the eye-watering prices there are already 600 potential buyers on a waiting list
Battersea Power Station, Shard and Channel Tunnel in world top 10 list
Survey ranked buildings and structures according to volume of Google searches and Instagram mentions