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London is still the world’s five-star hotel capital, according to Forbes Travel Guide’s 2020 Star Rating Awards. It is recognised as having 19 five-star properties – more than any other capital city – by the awards, which honours luxury hotels, spas and restaurants. Wynn Resorts dominates the Las Vegas market with seven five-star awards, while … Read more
London Stock Exchange set for court fight with litigation funder Burford Capital over ‘spoof trade’ claims By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 3 February 2020 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 3 February 2020 Burford Capital is at loggerheads with London Stock Exchange over a bid to unmask traders behind the alleged manipulation … Read more
Motorists who don’t live in Cardiff could be charged £2 a day to drive into the Welsh capital Daily charge of £2 to drive into the city proposed by Cardiff City Council Residents will be exempt from the levy targeted at 20m visitors to the city a year It will generate revenues for the city’s … Read more
The German capital was chock-a-block for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, but now the crowds have gone it’s the perfect time to go. Spread out across the old East and West sections, getting round this city requires planning (thankfully, public transport is first-rate). One of the joys of visiting, aside from … Read more
The art and soul of Mexico: Discovering San Miguel de Allende – the 2019 Cultural Capital of the Americas San Miguel de Allende is located two-and-a-half hours north of Mexico City Fabrica La Aurora, an old textile mill, is now San Miguel de Allende’s artistic hub It is filled with galleries displaying colourful, neo-impressionistic canvasses By … Read more
‘Businessmen pocketed £20m’ in the run-up to London Capital & Finance collapse By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:43 GMT, 10 December 2019 | Updated: 23:43 GMT, 10 December 2019 Four businessmen arrested over the London Capital & Finance savings scandal are said to have pocketed almost £20million in the run-up to its … Read more
Labour’s plans to pull capital gains tax rates in line with income tax could see some landlords pay a 50 per cent tax rate when they sell up. A hike in capital gains tax rates on property from the current maximum of 28 per cent to income tax rates of up to 50 per cent … Read more
The email landed a few days before our flight. ‘Dear Mum and Dad. Here are 32 places I want to go in Rome.’ There followed an exhaustive list compiled by our 13-year-old son Fred. We had only three days and the weather forecast was challenging. Still, it felt churlish to rain on a teenage boy’s … Read more
The capital gains tax rule change that could cost accidental landlords thousands when they sell up Private residence relief to be cut from 18 months to nine months from next year The changes could affect over half a million landlords when they come to sell Government is also scaling back lettings relief By Will Kirkman … Read more
Even after something like 50 visits to Athens, I still find the geography occasionally baffling. Still, that’s part of the charm of this beautiful European city, and, the longer you spend there, the more you realise just how much there is to discover. By all means visit one of the spectacularly glamorous shoe shops on … Read more