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 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
Language app Duolingo to take Soho office as its first European HQ
App known for its green owl mascot has millions of users in the UK
Why Amazon took on the supermarkets – and lost
Amazon Fresh's decision to close 19 stores, mainly in London, highlights the intensity of the capital's grocery competition
Beauty Tech Group valued at up to £320 million in rare London IPO
Kim Kardashian and Serena Williams are said to be users of the company’s gadgets
Allders name returns to boost revival of Croydon town centre
Openings come 12 years after the traumatic closure of flagship department store once the third biggest in UK
Blow for Reeves as business output slows sharply in September
Economists warn of “litany of worrying news” as PMI survey reading falls to lowest level for five months
Ranks of crypto millionaires boom 40% as Bitcoin races to record high
Boom came as President Trump and the First Lady launched their own cryptocurrencies
London housebuilder Regal snapped up by UAE developer in £500m deal
Sharjah based Arada says it will ramp up Regal’s development pipeline to 30,000 units
As Pret loses half a billion, can the lunch king fight back?
The stakes are high and the competition is fiercer than ever — but the sandwich chain is making big moves to bring back its salad days, writes Jonathan Prynn
Bank of England leaves interest rates on hold at 4%
City forecasters now expects no further rate cuts from the MPC until 2026
Pets At Home shares plunge on profit warning and ousting of CEO
Pre-tax profits for the year to the end of March are now expected to be in the range of £90 million to £100 million.
Next boss Wolfson warns on "anaemic" growth outlook for UK economy
Lord Wolfson said the medium to long term outlook for the UK “does not look favourable”
Hedonistic nightclub Tramp to open huge new Mayfair wellness centre
Health club will launch next Spring in Grosvenor Square, Tramp owner reveals in Instagram post
Rising food and drink prices in new cost-of-living squeeze
Some of the biggest price rises seen in everyday staples as economists fear food inflation could peak towards the end of the year
Sales of new build homes in London collapse to disastrous all-time low
The capital is expected to deliver 440,000 of the government’s 1.5 million new homes target by 2030
UK's biggest housebuilder warns late Budget raises risks for sector
Rachel Reeves will not deliver her set piece statement to the Commons until November 26
Microsoft unveils record £22 bn investment in UK over next four years
Half the investment will be dedicated to capital expenditure on the UK’s AI and cloud infrastructure
State pension set to rise by more than £500 next year
Rise means the full state pension is likely to be liable for income tax by 2027
Govt payroll at record 4.04 million on NHS and civil service hiring
But state pensioners can look forward to £560 pay rise next April as wage growth stays above inflation
Wetherspoon to cut food and drink prices on Thursday
Move on ‘tax equality day’ is aimed at highlighting different rates of VAT for pubs and supermarkets