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The Latest Breaking News from the Square Mile

City of London 'to become more like Canary Wharf' as century-long signs ban set to be lifted

City of London Corporation considers relaxing strict bylaws prohibiting corporate signage on buildings

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Return of banker bonus bonanza fuels City pay boom as average hits £100,000

Abolition of banker bonus cap in 2023 has unleashed new six figure pay boom in the Square Mile

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London's Square Mile plans more skyscrapers as third 'tall buildings' zone revealed

The ‘Broadgate Tall Building Site’ would become the third area in the Square Mile designated as suitable for skyscrapers

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OPINION - Why aren’t we putting more art in skyscrapers?

Summer in London is electric. Sculpture trails pop up across the Square Mile, design festivals throw open their doors and creativity spills into the streets. But this isn’t always the case.

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Police seek man after 'deliberate fire' that caused significant damage to City of London building

Simon Dantes Calancea is known to frequent the Square Mile and North West London

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Police reveal new super-fast e-bikes putting the brakes on phone snatchers in London

Lightweight Sur-ron cycles used to crack down on the capital’s £50m-a-year trade in stolen handsets

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The only way is up: Secrets of the City’s skyscraper boom

Despite the hybrid working revolution, the race for space in the Square Mile shows no sign of slowing down

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Booming City of London's GDP soars past the £100 billion mark for first time

The Square Mile’s output is on a par with those of entire national economies such as Morocco or Slovakia.

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‘Stalker’ charged with trying to stab victim’s colleague at City office after being blocked from seeing her

Police launch Christmas initiative to keep women safe while working or out partying in the Square Mile

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How a "retrofit first" planning policy will make the City an even greener place to work

Last year, there were 34 major retrofit projects approved across London and half of those were in the Square Mile

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Unesco to probe impact of high-rise developments on the Tower of London

Historic England has said plans to build tall buildings in the city represent a ‘real threat to the World Heritage Site status of the Tower of London’

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JPMorgan brings back the liquid lunch

Older folk in the Square Mile bemoan the demise of the liquid lunch. Hammering out the terms of a deal over a glass (or three) of Chateauneuf du Pape just isn’t how it’s done anymore. But bankers at JPMorgan appear to be reviving the tradition – and not just the…

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You can take the man out of the City pub,...

The secret to dealmaking in the Square Mile, any seasoned exec will tell you, is a glass of claret and a good juicy steak.

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Upscale 128-room hotel to replace office blocks between Museum of London and Barbican

The Square Mile site will also include shops and a pocket park

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Divisive, ugly, gloomy: when will the City of London see the light on tall towers?

The proposed 1 Undershaft skyscraper is meant to help woo workers, but it’ll make the Square Mile worse for everyone

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The best restaurants in Soho, from Kiln to Andrew Edmunds and the Devonshire

If the Square Mile is where London goes to work, then Soho is where Londoners play

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The new City Plan will be pivotal in moving London forward

City Voices: When picturing the world’s greatest cities, you immediately visualise their iconic buildings

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Sexism and the City: MPs to release scathing report on culture of the Square Mile

A powerful Commons committee is poised to reveal the findings of a six-month investigation into sexism in the City which is likely to be scathing about the culture that still exists at major financial institutions.

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Has Crispin Odey struck gold?

It was not a great 2023 for City stalwart Crispin Odey. The former Harrow and Oxford boy was kicked out of his own business, Odey Asset Management, before the firm eventually closed down after investors yanked their cash out of it as fast as they could.

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City job cuts are here, but the Square Mile will evolve once again

City Comment: The P45s will be flying this year but the shake-out is unlikely to harm London’s long-term prospects

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CMC to cull 200 as fears mount of City jobs axe

Growing fears of a mass City jobs cull rose today when spread betting house CMC Markets said it would axe 200 jobs -- 17% of its headcount. Replicated across the Square Mile that would be tens of thousands of jobs.

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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey's early Christmas present to the City

Picture the scene: Threadneedle Street, in the heart of the Square Mile, a bowler hat’s throw away from several of City Spy’s best-capitalised pubs and bars.

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Square Mile in record year for retrofit planning applications, with more 'green' buildings on the way

A record number of retrofit planning applications have been approved in the Square Mile in 2023, with a host of landlords looking to make building projects more environmentally-friendly.

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City Corporation on course for net zero carbon emissions by 2027

The Square Mile's governing body buys all its electricity from a solar farm in Dorset

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FTSE 100 Live: blue-chip shares close down 1%, Hotel Chocolat and City Pub in takeover deals

Dealmaking action returned to the Square Mile today as Hotel Chocolat and City Pub Group revealed takeover agreements.

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