West End

Business rates could be changed to help retailers, says Greg Clark

Secretary of state for business Greg Clark has admitted that business rates could be changed in order to help high street retailers. Clark told a fringe event at the Conservative party conference that a change in business rates would be “one way” of recognising the role that high street retailers…

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RECRUITMENT: Ingle & Rhode (London, West End)

Graduate level, well spoken, responsible candidate needed to be our front of house presence and grow into the role of Client Relationship Manager over a two year period. Ingle and Rhode is London’s leading ethical jewellery brand, with a focus on outstanding client service. We are offering the successful candidate…

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Watch brand Paulin opens flagship store

Glaswegian watch brand Paulin has opened its new flagship store in the West End of the city. The brand has acquired a space on Great Western Road and was renovated and fitted out over a 12 week period. It is part shop, part design studio and has a workshop for…

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UK high street sees increase in card payments

There was an increase in payments made with debit and credit cards in the first quarter of the year, data from payment processor, Worldpay, has revealed. The UK high street saw an overall average year-on-year increase of 1.5% in card payments. Worldpay suggest that this is due to the weakening…

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Easter weekend sees footfall rise for UK high street

Major high streets saw an increase in footfall over the Easter weekend. According to Springboard, there was a 1.2% year-on-year rise in footfall across the country between Friday and Sunday. London’s West End saw a 6.8% surge of footfall over the Easter holiday. The number of in-store purchases also saw an…

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London ‘could become’ biggest growth market for monobrand watch stores

London could become the ‘primary target’ for luxury watch retailers to open their own monobrand stores as the city’s growth potential exceeds other global markets. That’s according to new research from estate agency Savills, which examined the presence of 45 luxury watch brands with their own stores in 11 gateway…

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Christmas kicks off in Hatton Garden with festive light switch-on

Christmas kicked off in Hatton Garden last night (17 November) with the area’s first ever Christmas lights switch-on. Organised by the Hatton Garden Business Improvement District (BID), the event took place between 5pm and 7pm at the corner of Hatton Garden and 120 Holborn, and featured music, entertainment and VIP…

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Hatton Garden jeweller jailed over stolen watches

Seven men including a Hatton Garden jeweller have been jailed for 64 years for their varying involvement in 10 smash and grab raids across London. Reece Dunford, 31 of Osprey Road, Waltham Abbey, Essex, played a role in all the robberies at high-end shops in the West End. Sometimes he carried…

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Uno de 50 to open first UK store on London’s Regent Street

Spanish jewellery brand Uno de 50 has announced it will open its first UK store later this year on London’s Regent Street.  The firm agreed a 10-year lease with The Crown Estate for a 1,250 sq ft unit. The move represents the brand’s first foray into the UK market, although…

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F Hinds joins 100 firms demanding rates overhaul

Britain’s largest independent family jeweller, F Hinds has joined more than 100 of Britain’s biggest companies calling for business rates to be overhauled. The signatories of the open letter, published in The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday, call the conversional tax a “critical problem”, saying that business rates “are no longer…

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