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

New CMA investigation into 'hidden fees' charged by ticket resellers

It is the first time the CMA has used new consumer protection powers to launch an investigation into anti-competitive behaviour.

18 Nov 2025
Business

Huge new £2.5bn neighbourhood for Docklands after Gulf backing secured

More than 5,000 homes will be built on former industrial site opposite the O2

17 Nov 2025
Business

Shares in pipes giant Genuit slump on impact of Budget "uncertainty"

FTSE 250 company downgrades its guidance for full year profits amid “subdued market conditions”

17 Nov 2025
Business

Confidence in UK economy plummets among London fintech bosses

More than eight out of ten are pessimistic about prospects for UK

14 Nov 2025
Angela Hartnett Waitrose
Business

Meal kits go posh with new on demand delivery service from top chefs

Londoners will have a choice of 13 meals kits costing up to £99 for two from the likes of Angela Hartnett and Rick Stein

14 Nov 2025
Business

Major new City shopping destination opens near Liverpool Street

Launch of Broadgate mall comes 40 years after Margaret Thatcher opened City development

13 Nov 2025
Business

Flurry of leasing deals sends rents higher on Old Bond Street

A flurry of leasing activity over recent months means only one retail unit remains available

13 Nov 2025
Business

Khan criticised over 'backward step' as he ploughs on with 'EV tax'

Campaigners say the disappointing decision from City Hall makes it the worst ever week to be an EV driver in London

13 Nov 2025
Business

New blow for Reeves as growth stalls close to zero in run up to Budget

GDP inches ahead by just 0.1% in the third quarter in a grim set of figures that one City analyst said revived the spectre of recession

13 Nov 2025
Business

London pubs boss urges Reeves to spare sector from Budget punishment

Fuller’s boss said the pub chain faced an £8m increase in costs as a result of last year’s Budget

12 Nov 2025
Business

Huge £3 billion canalside housing scheme in west London gets go ahead

Kensal Canalside will be one of the biggest housing schemes in London with 2,519 new homes

12 Nov 2025
Business

London unemployment hits 11-year high as Reeves NI rise batters firms

Grim jobless figures make a December interest rate cut from the Bank of England a near certainty

11 Nov 2025
Business

Vodafone set to raise its dividend for first time in eight years

Shares surge as investor cheer revenue growth and higher payout

11 Nov 2025
Olympia
Business

Roll up for the all-new Olympia — ‘like Las Vegas without the sin’

The revamped west London site is just months from opening — complete with a new music venue, theatre, hotels, restaurants and bars. Jonathan Prynn gets a sneak preview

10 Nov 2025
Business

First half profits almost wiped out at M&S by disastrous cyber hack

CEO describes period as “an extraordinary moment in time for M&S”

6 Nov 2025
Business

Bank of England leaves interest rates on hold at 4%

The next cut in the cost of borrowing is now expected in December just before Christmas

6 Nov 2025
Business

Growth to slump next year if income tax goes up, warns City forecaster

Research firm Morningstar slashes its GDP growth prediction from 1.5% to just 0.5% in 2026

6 Nov 2025
Business

Monsoon boss: Rates reform is key to unlocking high street investment

Christmas is coming - but so is the Budget and retailers are feeling tense

5 Nov 2025
Business

Boost for borrowers as average fixed mortgage rate falls sub 5%

Falling money market swap rates and intense price cutting competition between lenders are behind the falls

5 Nov 2025
Business

Our powder keg of talent can take London to the frontier of technology

London is already the leading city in Europe for life sciences and artificial intelligence

5 Nov 2025