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

Former high street retail stalwart Maplin makes a comeback

Sales and profits are booming seven years after the electronics retailer fell into administration

18 Jun 2025
Business

Average London property prices see surprise £14,000 jump in April

The average cost of a home in the capital rose 2.6% during the month from £552,402 to £566,614 according to the Land Registry .

18 Jun 2025
Business

Supermarket prices on the march again as food inflation hits 4.4%

Headline rate of inflation dipped slightly after “awful April” spike

18 Jun 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street
Business

This Spending Review treats London as a one-way cash cow — again

Rachel Reeves largely ignored the capital in her spending review, despite her economic plans depending on it

12 Jun 2025
Business

Engineering pioneer Ricardo joins exodus from London with £281m sale

The company was formed as Engine Patents Limited by Sir Harry Ricardo during the First World War in February 1915.

11 Jun 2025
marks and Spencer
Business

M&S resumes online sales six weeks after devastating cyber hack

Retailer will start with a ‘selection of best selling lines’ and will add more over the coming days

10 Jun 2025
Business

More than 100k payrolled jobs lost since April as NI rates rise

London had the highest unemployment rate of any region at 6.4%

10 Jun 2025
Business

Why is the Mayor turning back the clock on e-vans?

Vans are now the biggest single contributor to harmful NOx emissions on London’s roads

9 Jun 2025
Business

Commuter train named after Dr Feelgood rock legend Wilko Johnson

The influential Essex band released their first album 50 years ago

9 Jun 2025
Business

Alphawave is latest tech company to quit London with £1.8bn deal

Alphawave listed in London in May 2021 in an IPO valuing it at £3.1 billion

9 Jun 2025
London Stansted unveils £1.1bn investment programme as it embarks on “exciting new chapter”
Business

Stansted seeks go-ahead to boost capacity to 51m passengers a year

The planning application comes as Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports also plot big increases in passenger capacity

9 Jun 2025
Business

Vodafone launches new Glasto app and boosts festival network capacity

Data consumption hit more than 225 terabytes at last year’s event

5 Jun 2025
Business

Premium cider sales show fizz despite flat drinks market

The premium share of the total cider market has increased from 20.9% per cent in 2023 to 23.4% last year

5 Jun 2025
FILE PHOTO: Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh
Politics

Tesla sales slump sees China's BYD overtake Musk's firm in UK

Tesla registrations in the UK dropped 36% to 2,016 in May, compared to 3,152 a year ago, according to new figures

5 Jun 2025
Business

Mayfair's Grosvenor Square to shut for a year for 'radical' makeover

A West End oasis used by thousands of Londoners will close on June 8th

5 Jun 2025
Business

Wise to switch its main listing to the US in major blow for the City

Wise was the largest tech listing in the UK when it was valued at almost £9 billion after its 2021 stock market debut

5 Jun 2025
Business

UK's biggest Italian to be one of four huge dining venues at Olympia

Details of four huge new hospitality venues at Olympia unveiled

5 Jun 2025
Business

Thames Water creditors warn of "short window" to agree rescue deal

A group of more than 100 creditors holding £13 billion of Thames Water debt said time is running out

4 Jun 2025
Business

Paragon's virtues shine as lender boosts first half profits to £140m

Professional landlords riding out the extra costs and regulation in the sector

4 Jun 2025
Thames Water worker standing in front of truck
Comment

KKR can walk away from Thames Water fiasco...we are all stuck with it

Even the New York firm that takes on the toughest challenges balked at London’s water supplier

3 Jun 2025