Senior business journalist @BBCNews | former property writer @IChronicle | former news editor @PropertyWeek | Bristolian in Croydon | DMs open (yes to dog pics)
Croydon, London
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List of Premier League clubs with more goals at the World Cup than Crystal Palace:
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Who could be the UK's next chancellor? bbc.in/43Qh1De
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UK set to be among worst hit by Trump's 15% global tariff bbc.in/3OX3Pbh
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Warning for sellers amid rollercoaster gold and silver prices bbc.in/4qViBO8
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AstraZeneca pauses £200m Cambridge investment bbc.in/48fpWBs
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What are Rachel Reeves' options on property tax? bbc.in/41hYpLz
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He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? londoncentric.media/p/asf-az…
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Great article from @Mitchell_Labiak at the BBC exposing government failure to enforce the Supported Housing Act 2023. This has left people with care needs living in terrible conditions, as private firms exploit loopholes to provide exempt accommodation.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyv…
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We’re going to hear lots of stories about which people, policies and rhetoric are to blame for the Democrats’ defeat.
Some of those stories may even be true!
But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇
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Great article. This is something I have wondered about for quite some time….
#Harrods #MohamedAlFayed #AlFayed
In 2010 the Gulf state of Qatar bought luxury department store Harrods for £1.5bn.
What, if anything, was known by Qatar about the serious allegations surrounding Harrod's former boss, Mohamed Al Fayed, at the time?
My analysis for @BBCNews.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg2…
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1/2: BBC: Labour's plan to build 1.5m homes – can it be delivered? … Or does it risk making the same mistakes as the previous government? Speak to those inside the industry, and you hear concerns.” See next tweet for my concerns. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgw…
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Another homeless housing firm set up in the mould of Home REIT is in turmoil after a slew of tenants folded or stopped paying rent, @CityAM can reveal.
Domus, backed by a £63m loan from Phoenix, saw 80 per cent of its tenants in arrears last year.
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cityam.com/exclusive-phoenix…
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With our new fiscal lock, never again can a government play fast and loose with the public finances.
ft.com/content/51efed45-bfee…
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NEW: Former NatWest CEO Alison Rose, who resigned over a scandal linked to debanking @Nigel_Farage last year, has re-emerged as a senior adviser at private equity firm Charterhouse.
Full story in @PrivateEquityN1
penews.com/articles/ex-natwe…
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you kind of give away the game when you say "having to make", it sort of undermines the claim that you are doing this because you listen to your customers
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This goes to the heart of the whole covid lockdown thing.
Boris Johnson's mindset has always been one of denial, & it's unnecessarily cost tens of thousands of lives. I caught a glimpse of this when I interviewed him earlier this year...
A THREAD:
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Investors Chronicle: On the one hand, more homes are a good thing. On the other hand, the living conditions in many (PDR) homes are appalling because, under PDR, developers cut corners and build scores of cramped flats without ventilation or even windows. investorschronicle.co.uk/new…
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Vacancy rates, whether high or low, are not as clear as they seem. @Mitchell_Labiak investigates where Reits rank and what it means for investors on.ft.com/3M9XqFK
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@Mitchell_Labiak dives into the details of how FTSE 100 chief executives came to rule the roost on.ft.com/3PQanp2
