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

Plans for £10 billion Earls Court regeneration get go ahead from H&F

The 44 acre cleared site has stood largely unused since the demolition of the famed venue a decade ago

27 Nov 2025
Business

Gambling giants warn of £700m cost of Chancellor's betting duty hikes

The OBR said it expected the changes to raise an extra £1.1 billion a year for the Treasury by 2029-30

27 Nov 2025
Business

JPMorgan to build £3bn mega tower at Canary Wharf in boost for London

Facilities including terraces and roof-tops, wellness spaces, nursing rooms, restaurants and cafés, and bicycle parking spaces.

27 Nov 2025
9464785 jobs
Business

Hospitality bosses slam above inflation hikes in minimum wage in 2026

It also comes as firms are still reeling from Reeves' £25billion raid on employers' National Insurance in last year's Budget.

26 Nov 2025
Business

Boss of pizza giant Domino's steps down after boardroom strategy split

COO Nicola Frampton will take over on an interim basis.

25 Nov 2025
Marks & Spencer
Business

Marks & Spencer reveals 200 London locations on new stores 'wish list'

Retailer says it wants sites with good transport links and strong footfall seven days a week

25 Nov 2025
Business

Revolut share sale values London fintech giant at £57 billion

New investors include the venue capital amr of Nvidia

24 Nov 2025
Business

Veteran retail boss says Budget timing 'could not be worse' for sector

Monsoon Accessorize founder’s criticism came as he revealed as return to profits despite ‘many headwinds’

24 Nov 2025
One Lombard Street
Business

Rachel Reeves and the hospitality jobs bloodbath

Labour’s policies have dealt a huge blow to an industry that was already struggling — now thousands are paying the price, writes Jonathan Prynn

22 Nov 2025
Business

More than 200 new council homes to be built at Battersea Power Station

There are currently around 9,500 households on the housing waiting list in Wandsworth

21 Nov 2025
Business

British designer Margaret Howell to open new north London workshop

Celebrated designer is biggest name to be lured to new SME workspace development in Harringay

21 Nov 2025
Business

Guinness World Records experience to open at the O2 next year

Visitors will get the chance to become “record breakers” at Greenwich attraction

20 Nov 2025
Business

London homebuyers have paid almost £25bn in stamp duty in last decade

Successive Chancellors have ramped up stamp duty rates on more expensive homes

20 Nov 2025
Business

Businesses must be prepared for the rates shake-up coming their way

London and the South east will bear the brunt of any increases.

19 Nov 2025
Business

WH Smith boss quits after 'extremely serious' accounting errors

Profits in US division now expected to be as low as £5 million compared with £55 million before the shortcomings were exposed

19 Nov 2025
Business

Rate of inflation falls to 3.6% in pre-Budget boost for Reeves

Last set of inflation figures before the Budget shows food prices increases starting to pick up pace again

19 Nov 2025
Tourists pose for a selfie with Elizabeth Tower and the Houses of Parliament, in Westminster, London
Politics

West End chiefs back fixed London tourist tax as 5% would be £11.50

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to give Sir Sadiq Khan and other mayors the power to impose a tourism levy

19 Nov 2025
Business

More than 90% of London firms fear impact of further Budget tax hikes

Half of London firms say they will be forced to freeze pay, pause bonuses, or halt hiring

18 Nov 2025
Business

Bitcoin price falls again as investors' fears grow of major AI crash

Slump comes as Google boss warns no company would be immune from impact

18 Nov 2025