Jonathan Prynn

Business Editor

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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.... MORE

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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.

Business

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

17 Apr 2025
Comment

What Donald Trump's win means for the City and London's economy

Shares rocketed to all-time highs in US markets but fell back in the City

7 Nov 2024
Business

Traffic-infested Edgware Road to get a pedestrian-friendly makeover

Landowners Portman Estate and Church Commissioners have teamed up with BID Marble Arch London

7 Nov 2024
Business

M&S warns of £60 million tax hit from Budget employers' NI reforms

The shares surged as M&S delivered first half profits well ahead of City forecasts

6 Nov 2024
Business

Salomon to open Soho footwear store for trainers worn by A-listers

Stars such as Timothée Chalamet, Bella Hadid, Rihanna and Emily Ratajkowsk have all been seen wearing the brand

6 Nov 2024
Business

Persimmon warns on building cost inflation return as sales pick up

Persimmon said that it was on track to deliver around 10,500 homes in the full year.

6 Nov 2024
Business

Designer Tom Ford spends £80 million on spectacular Chelsea mansion

Deal was sealed before Budget stamp duty deadline saving the buyer around £1.6 million

5 Nov 2024
Business

Pub and restaurant chiefs urge union bosses not to ruin Christmas

Bosses warn that a strike day can mean hospitality businesses lose 70% of that day’s income.

5 Nov 2024
Business

Asos delivers another huge loss but insists it can see 'green shoots'

Group revenues dropped 16% to £2.9 billion but sales of new ranges were up 24%

5 Nov 2024
Business

Vodafone and Three merger set for all clear from CMA

Competition watchdog provisionally finds deal can go ahead subject to investment and price freeze remedies

5 Nov 2024
Business

Plans for a £1.3 billion revamp of Lewisham town centre filed today

The current shopping centre was built in 1977 with Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer, and H&M the biggest occupiers.

4 Nov 2024
Business

Estate agents in 'frantic' late night scramble to complete sales

One agent had to fly home from a half term break in Oman to sort out the sale of a £6.75 million mews house in Mayfair before midnight

31 Oct 2024
Business

Ad giant lays off dozens of staff for refusing to return to the office

Publicis Media boss told employees he wanted them in the office at least three days a week

31 Oct 2024
UK

What does the Budget mean for your pay packet?

Our ready reckoner calculator will allow you to work out whether you are better or worse off

30 Oct 2024
Politics

Mortgage rates to rise after Reeves Budget, says official forecaster

The Chancellor has clashed with the Tories over whether her Budget would push up mortgage bills

30 Oct 2024
Politics

Budget 2024: How tax rises by Chancellor Rachel Reeves will hit London

Standard analyses impact of potential tax rises in the Chancellor’s October 30 Budget on millions of Londoners

30 Oct 2024
Business

Canada Water developers reveal dramatic Docklands timber walkway

Landmark is ”inspired by the history of the Surrey Docks and its role at the heart of the timber trade during the 19th and 20th centuries.”

30 Oct 2024
Business

Islington's Business Design Centre bought by Abu Dhabi owned Excel

The former Royal Agricultural Hall was built in 1862 and rescued from demolition in the 1980s

30 Oct 2024
Business

Huge new West End food market planned for Piccadilly Circus

Time Out in talks about a market in the former Swan & Edgar site on the corner of Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus

30 Oct 2024