Investors worried about Chinese developer draw parallels with 2008 collapse of Lehman BrothersChina’s embattled property developer Evergrande Group has caused concern among investors worldwide. With $300bn (£220bn) owed to its creditors and key debt in…
Huguenots, Jews, Bengalis … now developers size up London’s Brick Lane
Locals, hipsters and councillors are at odds over glossy plans to revamp the Truman Brewery in London’s East End enclaveFor more than 300 years, it was the industrial heart of Brick Lane in east London, a vast rat-ridden edifice in which thousands of w…
Old Truman Brewery in London to become office and shopping complex
Critics say it will price out businesses from site on Brick Lane, in the heart of the city’s Bangladeshi communityLocal councillors have defied months of campaigning, protests and thousands of objection letters to approve plans for an office block and …
Disinfection robots and thermal body cameras: welcome to the Covid-free office
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