Jonathan Prynn

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Jonathan Prynn has been Business Editor of Evening Standard, responsible for all City and finance news. Previously he was Consumer Editor and has also worked at The Times and the Sunday Telegraph

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Jonathan Prynn has been Business Editor of Evening Standard, responsible for all City and finance news. Previously he was Consumer Editor and has also worked at The Times and the Sunday Telegraph

Koko in Camden
Business

Koko at 125: an iconic music venue reborn

Slog, setbacks and £70 million — how a crumbling theatre became an epic London success story. Jonathan Prynn meets its visionary owner

18 May 2026
Business

London's IPO mini-boom speeds up as digital bank Shawbrook plans float

Announcement is latest of flurry of flotation plans that has breathed life into the City’s new issues market

6 Oct 2025
Business

Aston Martin shares slump again as it issues new warning on tariff hit

British luxury car maker points finger at UK government for not providing “proactive support” for manufacturers

6 Oct 2025
The canals in Amsterdam
Travel

An Autumn guide to Amsterdam: chic design hotels and majestic museums

Forget tulip season, and the city’s big 750th birthday celebrations, now is the time to best enjoy Dam’s cultural credentials, says Jonathan Prynn

4 Oct 2025
Business

Inside the data centres powering your phone — and the AI revolution

Without much fanfare London has become one of the world’s biggest markets for data centres anywhere in the world outside America

3 Oct 2025
Business

Europe's biggest hostel group snaps up Doubletree Docklands hotel

It will have 500 rooms and 2,100 beds and will be targeted at “value seeking” travellers

3 Oct 2025
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan bricklaying
London

Sadiq Khan considers slashing 35% affordable homes rule for new builds

Mayor warns requirement for 35% of new homes to be affordable has brought housebuilding in the capital to a standstill

3 Oct 2025
Comment

Labour isn't building: 35% affordable housing target has to go

London is on course for just 5,000 housing starts in 2025

3 Oct 2025
Business

City's IPO market roars back as US energy and AI developer Fermi lists

Innovative dual Nasdaq and London listing of company aiming to build vast energy and AI data centre complex

2 Oct 2025
Business

Hopes of growth among London small businesses is at lowest since Covid

Fears of what the Budget might bring in November appears to be depressing confidence says survey

2 Oct 2025
Business

Tesco sees off threat from Asda as it lifts grocery market share

Britain’s biggest retailer said it now expected operating profit for the full year of between £2.9 billion and £3.1 billion

2 Oct 2025
Business

City’s AIM tops Europe’s junior market fundraising league tables

City’s AIM tops Europe’s junior market fundraising league tables despite London’s IPO drought

1 Oct 2025
Business

Brand Beckham shrugs off family feud to land record sales and profits

Beckham holding company pays dividend of more than $50 million

1 Oct 2025
Business

Greggs shares soar as sales recover from summer heatwave slump

Boss says she feels “much more positive about sales” after cooler weather returned

1 Oct 2025
Canary Wharf skyscrapers as seen from Greenwich Park, in London
Business

London property prices flatline amid fears over Budget raid on sales

Market has been side-swiped by speculation about a possible sales tax on properties worth more than £500k

1 Oct 2025
Business

UK trade deficit in goods hits record £56.6 bn after Trump tariffs

However, the huge deficit in trade of physical goods was offset by a record surplus in services, says ONS

30 Sept 2025
Business

London’s fine dining scene is going from gloom to boom

It’s been a bleak five years for restaurants. But with a host of starry openings, the tables are finally turning, writes Jonathan Prynn

29 Sept 2025
Oxford Street In London
Business

London losing billions of tourist spending to rival European cities

New figures show spending in Paris, Milan and Madrid soars as London flatlines

25 Sept 2025
Business

Tech giant TELUS launches £1m fund for disadvantaged young Londoners

The London board is the 21st TELUS Community Board worldwide.

25 Sept 2025
Business

Work starts on £800m redevelopment of former ITV Studio on South Bank

Minister hails Japanese investment as “a huge vote of confidence in the UK”

25 Sept 2025
Business

Loss making Co-op reveals £206 m cost of "malicious" cyber attack

Hack in April left systems crippled and resulted in empty shelves across the UK

25 Sept 2025